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'Weapon obsessed' ex-PCSO told to expect jail

Lincolnshire Police A police-issued image of Zoe Watts who has shoulder-length purple hair and is wearing a red top. She is standing in front of a grey wall.Lincolnshire Police
Zoe Watts, 38, will be sentenced in August after she was found guilty of trying to use a 3D printer to make a gun

A former police community officer (PCSO) with an "obsession" for weapons has been found guilty of trying to make a gun using a 3D printer.

Zoe Watts, 38, of St Helen's Avenue, Lincoln, was found with parts for a semi automatic weapon, a machete, bladed article, crossbow and bow during a raid on her home on 11 December.

During her trial at Lincoln Crown Court, Watts claimed she was making a "fidget" toy gun as a Christmas present.

Watts is due to be sentenced on 8 August.

Lincoln Crown Court heard the 3D printer was found in a cupboard during a search of her home along with many of the parts needed to make a gun.

When firearms experts tried to put the weapon together it did not work but the prosecution said it would be a "lethal" prohibited weapon if manufactured correctly.

Two days before the raid on her home, Ms Watts had also searched the internet for "Has anybody been killed by a 3D printed gun":[]}