FORMER DOCTOR JAILED AFTER HE WAS FOUND WITH ARSENAL OF WEAPONS AND AN ASSASSINATION LIST OF PEOPLE HE BLAMED FOR LOSING HIS HOSPITAL JOB

A former doctor identified as Martin Watt has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars after he amassed weapons with an assassination list of ex-colleagues he blamed for losing his doctor job at North Lanarkshire's Monklands Hospital in 2012 - around the same time his marriage crashed.
The 62-year-old was found with two pistols, three sub machine guns, one thousand and five hundred live cartridges at a property in Cumbernauld, Scotland, last year. He had also
carried out shooting practice.

He titled his assassination list 'Bad Guys'.

He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for building a stock of guns with the intent to endanger life.

His defense QC John Scott asked the ruling judge to take Watt's 30-year public service with the NHS and his age into consideration during the sentencing, he said:

"Dr Watt is an unusual person to find himself in the dock at the High Court."

Watt's 'Bad Guys' list

Judge Lady Stacey said:

"I entirely accept you have served the community in the past."

"It is sad to see a man who has held the positions you have in this situation."

"Nothing has been said that explains why you acquired a stock of weapons and ammunition."

"You are a well educated and intelligent man and must appreciate the law in this country around firearms is strict. These are lethal weapons."

"The jury found you had them with intent to endanger life. I take the view you represent a danger to members of the public."

Martin Watt

Watt was given an extended sentence with twelve years in prison and an additional three years of supervision.

A serious crime prevention order was also granted restricting his internet use, travel and NHS visits for five years after his release from custody.