Six years for former RAF aircraft engineer who tried to buy grenades

A former RAF aircraft engineer who tried to have two fragmentation grenades delivered to his home to arm a criminal organisation was today jailed for six years. Alex Piatt-Green, 52, called himself ‘Benzo’ on Telegram after the drug Benzodiazepine and used a profile picture that said ‘Benzo4u’. He ordered the grenades to be sent to his home in Fulbrook Close, Redditch, under a false name for £510 from a man he believed to be an international arms dealer. Piatt-Green, who…