A MAN has appeared in court charged with firearms offences after an incident in Poole.

Gary Gethens Reid, 51, of Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth, spoke only to confirm his details at Bournemouth Magistrates Court yesterday.

Reid is charged with possessing a shotgun when prohibited from doing so for five years, possessing a shotgun that had the barrel and stock sawn off and possessing a sawn-off shotgun with intent to endanger life.

The charges relate to an incident inside a property at Rossmore Road on Friday.

Reid was remanded in custody to appear at Bournemouth Crown Court next Tuesday