But yesterday the Adelaide Magistrates Court found there was "nothing nefarious" about Berekmeri's deadly weapons.

Magistrate Gary Gumpl sentenced the 50-year-old, of Mile End, to 18 months' jail for 14 firearms breaches including possession of gun parts, silencers and prohibited explosives all part of his weapons and military memorabilia collection.

He suspended that sentence on condition of a three-year $100 good behavior bond and warned Berekmeri to find a new, legal hobby or risk jail.

"This is not a case of a person nefariously building a cache of weapons for illegal purposes," Mr. Gumpl said.

"(But) you must know that you can no longer afford to indulge the illegal aspects of your hobby and avoid immediate imprisonment in the future."

Mr. Gumpl said officers from the anti-biker taskforce Operation Avatar had raided Berekmeri's home and a factory he leased in Daw Park last October.

The weapons they seized included a homemade 9mm machinegun, a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolver, a Ruger .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle and a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun.

They also found Pentaerythrite Tetranitrate, a military-grade explosive which has a concussive force almost equal to nitroglycerine.

"It concerns me, as it does prosecution, that along with the guns (Berekmeri) was also in possession of explosives," Mr. Gumpl said.

"(But) these are not the type of explosives commonly used in what we have come to refer to as 'terrorist attacks'."

Berekmeri's counsel said he was a collector of antique weaponry and an experienced gunsmith who built fully-operational copies of any weapons he could not buy.

"I am not permitted to speculate what the defendant may have done with the weapons he possessed, I am limited to the facts presented," Mr. Gumpl said. "There is no evidence or suggestion that he has sold any of the weapons or made any available to any other person or organization."

He said Berekmeri's interest in firearms was "no secret" and he openly talked about his collection while caring for war veterans and widows as a registered nurse at the Repatriation General Hospital.

"It is clear from the references (of friends and employers) that the defendant is a careful and safe user of firearms ... a number of items of memorabilia, not seized by the police, indicate he has been a genuine collector," he said.

Mr. Gumpl also banned Berekmeri from holding or obtaining a firearm's license "until (a) further order" was made

Graeme Slater of the Gypsy Jokers was found not guilty murdering former CIB chief Don Hancock and racing identity Lou Lewis. The trial lasted two months.

It was the crown's case that Slater murdered the men to avenge the death of another member of the Gypsy Jokers who he believed Mr Hancock had shot dead.

Key witness and traitor Sydney John Reid testified they both were responsible. Reid is serving a life sentence with a minimum of 15 years in a secret location. The jury deliberated for more than a day before delivering its verdicts.

Superintendent Dave Caporn from the WA police says he has no criticism of the way the case was handled.

"To say it's disappointing is an understatement, but we've taken proper authority, we've taken it to the Supreme Court and the jury have found him not guilty so we need to move on from that," he said.

Mr Slater's lawyer, Colin Lovatt QC, described the verdict as a victory for the jury system.

"It took courage to bring in a verdict of not guilty in the face of all the security and fear and pre-trial publicity and I think the jury are to be commended for being able to rise above all of that," Mr Lovatt said

A Hanover Township man who allegedly assaulted a Bethlehem bar manager and ran an illegal video poker business in Northampton and Lehigh counties was arrested Wednesday.
Dale Scott Houser faces a total of 27 assault, conspiracy and gambling charges. He was arrested Tuesday and held overnight in Northampton County Prison in lieu of $250,000 bail.
Attorney General Mike Fisher also charged Stephen "Slap" Bodnar, a reported member of the Pagans motorcycle club, in the April 2002 assault on Hawthorne Pub manager Edward Schaneberger. The assault occurred when Bodnar and Houser allegedly tried to extort $15,000 from Schaneberger. A warrant has been issued for his arrest and the Attorney General's office declined to discuss where Bodnar may be located.
According to a statement from the attorney general, Schaneberger met Houser in February 2002 when Houser allegedly offered two illegal video poker machines for the Hawthorne Pub at 702 Hawthorne Road and a $5,000 cash advance. The two allegedly agreed to split profits from the machines after Schaneberger paid off the $5,000 advance. Until then, Houser was to receive all profits from the poker machines. The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement confiscated the poker machines in March 2002 during a routine inspection.
According to Schaneberger's testimony before a state grand jury, Houser and Bodnar arrived at Schaneberger's Allentown home in April 2002, demanding $15,000 for the confiscated poker machines and unpaid cash advance. While discussing the matter outside the South Sixth Street home, Bodnar allegedly struck Schaneberger in the legs with a 2-by-4 while Houser punched his face about 15 times, according to court documents. After Houser allegedly struck him, Schaneberger tried to appease Houser by handing over the keys to his truck and promising to deliver $500 the next day.
Bodnar and Houser allegedly returned to the home twice on May, 14 2002, and entered without permission looking for Schaneberger. Sean Connolly, spokesman for the attorney general, said the state's Organized Crime Section investigation began in May 2002 after Schaneberger contacted state officials.
Since October 2001, state police confiscated 23 illegal poker machines allegedly owned by Houser from five bars or clubs. Connolly said the machines seized by state police were used in the attorney general's case against Houser.
Connolly could not say whether charges were filed against Schaneberger or owners of the other clubs. The decision to charge club owners is up to state police, he said.
In October 2001, state police confiscated four illegal poker machines from the Rittersville Fire Co. in Allentown. A club official testified Houser owned the machines and collected 40 percent of the profits.
Another inspection by state police at Rittersville Fire Co. in September 2002 turned up three more poker machines also reportedly owned by Houser.
In January 2001, state police confiscated five poker machines from the Fairview Fire Co. No. 11 social club in Allentown. A bartender at the club testified Houser owned those machines for about seven years and split profits equally with Fairview.
During a routine inspection of the Willow Grove Hotel in Freemansburg in August 2002, state police seized three poker machines. Another search this February produced three more machines.
The owner of the Willow Grove Hotel testified he split profits from the machines with Houser for about four or five years.
Police confiscated three poker machines this February from the Silver Fox Pub at 2110 Willow Park Road in Bethlehem Township. Houser admitted to state police he owned the machines.

SHAPE OF GLASS CAN TRICK EYE              
The tricks of the eye and brain can play havoc with dieters, drinkers and businesses that sell liquor. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tested teens, adults and bartenders -- asking them to pour a liquid in a tall slender glass and a short fat glass. Even the bartenders poured 31 percent more into the tumbler than the highball. "Because people believe there is greater capacity in a tall, slender glass, they will pour less into it, but thinking the opposite with a short, wide glass, will keep pouring," the researchers say. Aside from over consumption of alcohol, inadvertent over pouring of medications and over the counter drugs could pose a potential health risk, according to the study published in the Journal of Consumer Research.