A dad got into an argument with a barber while his sons were having a haircut - and then returned and threatened him with a loaded gun.

Amur Zaraf, 32, had taken his children to ‘King of the Barbers’ in Bury for a cut when he became upset at something staff working in there on the day had said or done, a court heard.

In a ‘senseless’ move he then returned to the shop five hours later, exchanged more words with the barber, before leading him to his car and pulling out a revolver.

Zaraf has now been locked up for five years for the ‘sinister’ act designed to intimidate the innocent barber.

“It appears there was some upset caused to the defendant,” Michael Knowles prosecuting, told Minshull Street Crown Court.

“There is some suggestion he was looking at a woman outside, although there is no evidence that was the cause of it.

“But it transpired there was an argument, following which he (Zaraf) left the shop with his two sons.

“It was shortly before 4pm, he returned to the barbers in his car.

“He went inside, more words were exchanged and they both went outside to the defendant’s car.”

A concerned customer in the shop followed them, saw the weapon which Zaraf was holding on his lap, and was able to reach in, grab it and throw it on the floor next to the car, the court heard.

Zaraf then started to drive off with the barber still in the car, but he was able to jump out a short distance away.

Police were called and the gun was recovered from outside the shop on Kershaw Street.

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It was found to be an Orbea Hermanos revolver believed to have been made at the turn of the 20th century.

It ‘may have once been antique’ and wasn’t in good condition but it was examined by experts and was capable of discharging live fire, and so was illegal, Mr Knowles said.

There were two bullets inside the gun - although they were incompatible with the weapon - and there was no evidence of an attempt to fire it, the court heard.

Zaraf, of Walmersley Road, Bury pleaded guilty to possession of a prohibited firearm at a hearing last week.

In a basis of plea he insisted he had ‘no idea’ it was a working gun, the court was told, and he had no intention of using it.

Back in 2003 he was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in a young offenders’ institution for robbery and possession of an imitation firearm.

Sentencing him to the statutory minimum sentence of five years for the latest offence, Judge John Potter said: “For some reason you took exception to something that (the barber) had done or had been seen to be doing and that caused you to leave. That should have been the end of the matter.

“But in what you describe in your own words as stupid, and I view as arrogance, you chose to return that afternoon with a gun that you had picked up from somewhere.

“This was an extremely frightening and dangerous weapon which on the face of it you used to intimidate.

“It was a senseless and arrogant act. You describe it as a stupid act but I view it as more sinister than that.”

He added Zaraf ‘had a degree of insight’ into his offending - but had to choose whether to begin living a law abiding life or simply ‘spend longer and longer in prison.’