A woman who hid a converted revolver in her sofa and claimed she was concealing it for someone has been jailed for three and a half years.

Cheryl Greenfield, 33, was arrested after police found a converted Olympic revolver at her flat in Harts Lane, Barking, in May this year.

Greenfield said she was hiding it in her sofa for someone else and denied the firearm belonged to her.

But she was later charged with possession of a firearm and remanded in custody.

During forensic examinations, the gun was found to be a converted blank firearm which had been drilled and could now fire a live round of ammunition.

Greenfield was found guilty of possession of a firearm at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday, October 29, and was sentenced the same day to three and a half years in prison.

Detective Sergeant Jim Barry, from the Met's Trident Gang Crime Command, said: "This sentence should serve as a stark reminder to those looking after guns for gang members or criminals.

"Trident will continue to tackle these offences in order to make our communities a safer place."