A RETIRED medical consultant has been caught with a stash of firearms after searching 'how to kill someone' online.

Martin Watt, 62, was found with three Skorpion submachine guns, two pistols and scores of ammunition during a police raid at his home.

1 He also looked up how to kill people and break their necks during internet searches at his Cumbernauld home Credit: Google Maps

PC Scott McLeod was one of the officers who went to the Cumbernauld property with a firearms warrant on May 18 last year.

He told Glasgow Sheriff Court when they arrived Watt said "I will show you what I have got" and led them to a bedroom.

Cops also found paperwork relating to Watt's dismissal from Monklands Hospital in Airdrie where he had been a consultant in medicine.

An envelope with 'Bad Guys' written on was also seized - which contained names and addresses of some people linked to Watt's disciplinary process.

Watt, from Cumbernauld, Lanarkshire is on trial for using submachine guns and pistols to endanger life between March 2013 and May 2017.

He denies this but admits having in his possession most of the firearms the police found at the house in Condorrat.

Jurors were read a joint minute that detailed the firearms, ammunition and all other items found during the search.

Advocate depute Alex Prentice said that between May 18 and 20, police searched and recovered a number of items belonging to Watt at his home.

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He listed the various firearms, ammunition and other items found in the search, including three Skorpion submachine guns and two self loading pistols.

Mr Prentice said a laptop belonging to Watt was examined and on it were 656 images including firearms, firearm parts, diagrams relating to the making of explosive devices and pictures of people.

He said the internet history of the laptop was found to contain searches on individuals involved Watt's dismissal hearings, how to kill someone and how to break someone's neck, among others.

The trial before judge Lady Stacey continues.

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