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Perthshire teenager who used 3D printer in bid to build gun spared jail

  • A teenager named James Maris, 19, was sentenced for attempting to 3D print a semi-automatic gun in his bedroom.
  • Maris received a community payback order requiring 300 hours of unpaid work and three years of supervision.
  • The judge, Lady Hood, noted Maris's lack of previous convictions and his expressions of remorse as factors for a non-custodial sentence.
  • Maris claimed he built the gun out of fascination and intended to destroy the components, not to cause harm.
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