The millionaire proprietor of a luxurious menswear model has been blocked from having a shotgun licence after he allegedly threatened to shoot an worker at a VIP get together.
Kristian Ferner Robson, chief government of Oliver Brown, had appealed towards a choice by police to refuse a gun licence after a string of alcohol-fuelled incidents.
Allegations included that he racially abused a person in central London’s Piccadilly and threatened to kill an worker stated to have ‘crashed’ an occasion for shoppers at unique Mediterranean restaurant Isabel Mayfair.
Oliver Brown sells menswear, taking pictures put on and equipment and has shops in London’s Decrease Sloane Avenue, Jermyn Avenue and Cornhill.
Mr Ferner Robson, a former gamekeeper, usually attends and participates in shoots to indicate off the outfits, the court docket was instructed.
An employment tribunal beforehand heard Mr Ferner Robson was upset and annoyed after assistant supervisor Jerome Ingle-Smith arrived on the restaurant after get together to have fun the launch of the Jermyn Avenue retailer in November 2021.
In accordance with court docket paperwork, the 50-year-old married father of two instructed Mr Ingle-Smith: ‘I’ll beat the shit out of you, you little c***. I’ll f****** kill you’ and ‘I’ll f****** shoot you’.
Kristian Ferner Robson (pictured) , chief government of Oliver Brown, had appealed towards a choice by police to refuse a gun licence after a string of alcohol-fuelled incidents
Allegations included that he racially abused a person in central London ‘s Piccadilly and threatened to kill an worker stated to have ‘crashed’ an occasion for shoppers at unique Mediterranean restaurant Isabel Mayfair
The subsequent day, the employees member resigned stating: ‘Following final night time’s threats of violence towards me by Kristian, I now not really feel secure attending my place of business.’
Mr Ingle-Smith gained the employment tribunal, though Mr Ferner Robson continued to disclaim that he threatened to shoot him.
In his assertion to the court docket, Mr Ferner Robson argued that ‘idle threats’ within the ‘warmth of the second’ shouldn’t bar him from holding a gunshot licence.
However Sergeant Jamie Tyrrell, of the Met Police Firearms Enquiry Group (FET), acknowledged: ‘The invention of this incident is of immense concern as Mr Ferner Robson has not solely made threats to kill a member of his personal employees, however that he has additionally threatened to make use of of a firearm so as to take action.’
The officer acknowledged that the incident was not reported to police but when the workforce had identified about it, Mr Ferner Robson’s allow to carry a shotgun would have been reviewed then.
Giving proof on the Previous Bailey, the businessman stated he was a ‘modified man’.
His lawyer, Quentin Hunt, stated his shopper now not drank to extra and ‘extremely respectable people queued as much as say good issues about him’.
However panel chair Decide Simon Mayo KC dismissed his attraction after ‘cautious consideration’ of proof.
He stated: ‘We’ve got reached the conclusion that the appellant can’t be permitted to own a shotgun with out hazard to the general public security and to the peace.’
Sgt Tyrrell outlined a previous ‘sample of behaviour’ when Mr Ferner Robson was underneath within the affect of alcohol.
In April 2007, he was arrested for making racist slurs in direction of a person in Westminster, and made an additional racist comment in custody.
Mr Ferner Robson stated now felt ‘disgusted’ and ‘deeply regeted’ the incident which had resulted in a warning for a racially aggravated public order offence.
In June 2008, Mr Ferner Robson was arrested however no additional motion was taken after property agent indicators have been taken down and strewn throughout two roads.
In accordance with Mr Ferner Robson, he had returned house from a stag do at 1am and eliminated a Foxton’s on the market signal after discovering it exterior his property.
In 2001, he was cautioned for the illegal switch of a shotgun to an unlicensed individual.
Mr Ferner Robson defined it was a ‘easy error’ when he gave his shotguns to a ‘superb pal’ who already had 20 weapons in his cupboard.
In his assertion to the court docket, Mr Ferner Robson argued that ‘idle threats’ within the ‘warmth of the second’ shouldn’t bar him from holding a gunshot licence
He acknowledged: ‘He mistakenly instructed me that his licence was in-date and so I assumed I used to be doing the accountable factor by handing over my weapons when my gun licence was resulting from expire imminently.’
In 2010, his automobile discovered deserted at 4am and shotgun cartridges have been recovered from his boot which had been in there since 2007.
Mr Ferner Robson had additionally didn’t disclose his earlier convictions and cautions when he utilized for a shotgun licence in 2022.
He defined that he suffered from ADHD and had difficulties filling out types.
The court docket heard how Mr Ferner Robson had beforehand labored as a recreation keeper on the Raeshaw Property in Scotland.
He additionally argued that he was a ‘constructive’ affect on society and labored for a homeless charity and helped vaccinate individuals through the Covid pandemic.
