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Australian Psychiatrist Caught Taking Gun Into Court 'Feared Former Wife'

24 October 2007

Age (Melbourne)

A Prahran psychiatrist built up a cache of weapons including two guns, an electric cattle prod and a speargun at his home because he feared he and his wife were going to be killed, a court has heard. Police found the weapons at Dr Jerry Gelb's former Armadale home after the 49-year-old tried to take an unregistered .22 Ruger pistol and 49 rounds of ammunition into the Melbourne Magistrates Court in February, the County Court heard yesterday. Prosecutor John McArdle,... (GunPolicy.org)

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