A teenager who was caught by police with a gun and bullets hidden down his trousers and also admitted being involved in a stabbing in Crystal Palace has been jailed for 15 years.

Juordon Johnson was found guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing ammunition with intent to endanger life after a two-week trial at Woolwich Crown Court in January.

The 19-year-old also pleaded guilty to possessing a prohibited weapon and causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) in relation to a stabbing in April 2016, and was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday (March 24).

Trident officers initially arrested Johnson, from Alexandra Drive, in Gipsy Hill, after a man was attacked and stabbed on St Kitts Terrace in Crystal Palace on April 1, 2016.

Johnson was charged on 1 June 2016 after he was identified as being involved in the stabbing.

While on bail he was then stopped by officers from the Met's Trident and Area Crime Command on September 13, 2016, when they carried out an armed stop on a car.

The Trident officers were working with specialist armed colleagues and stopped a red Vauxhall Corsa on Gallery Road, in West Dulwich.

Johnson, who was a passenger in the car, was searched and a revolver with five rounds of ammunition was found hidden down his trousers.

Detective Constable Iain Logan, of the Met's Trident and Area Crime Command, said: "Johnson now has a lengthy sentence behind bars after he admitted his involvement in a stabbing and found guilty of possessing of a firearm.


Johnson was jailed for 12 year for possessing a firearm, 10 years for possessing ammunition and five years for possessing the prohibited weapon. All these sentences will run concurrently.

A sentence of three years and three months' imprisonment, to be served consecutively, was imposed in relation to the charge of GBH with intent.