A Man Was Found Unconscious Inside His Car… Police Rushed In to Save Him—Then Froze When They Saw What Was Lying Right Beside Him
An Adelaide man who sparked an urgent emergency response two days before Christmas will walk free from jail in just two weeks.
On December 23, Tristan Atkins was discovered slumped in his car with the engine running in Clovelly Park, about 7km south of the city centre.
Concerned witnesses alerted the police, but what began as a routine welfare check turned sinister when two handmade explosive devices were also found in the car.
Tristan Atkins being led away by police following his arrest. Picture: 7News
The incident caused particular alarm having occurred just a matter of days after the Bondi Beach terror attack in Sydney.
The 39-year-old, of no fixed abode at the time, was arrested and charged with possessing supplies and taking steps to manufacture an explosive.
At a previous hearing, Atkins pleaded guilty to these charges and was sentenced at South Australia’s District Court on Monday.
The car Atkins was found slumped in Picture: 7News
The court did not hear his precise justification for having the explosive devices but was told that his intentions were “not nefarious”.
Sentencing Atkins, Judge Nicolas Alexandrides said Atkins had provided “inadequate” explanation for possessing the explosives that “did not mitigate the risk or potential harm” of owning them.
“It was said you purchased items to make sparkler bombs and considered these similar to fireworks,” Judge Alexandrides said.
SOURCE: NEWS.COM.AU
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