A SCUNTHORPE shopkeeper who had an electric stun gun after his business was robbed has escaped an immediate prison sentence.Thileepan Kandapillai, 44, of Pinewood Close in the town, admitted possessing the firearm, disguised as a mobile phone, between September 21 and September 24 last year.His business, the Sathi Mini-Market on Manor Road, had been the subject of a robbery three months earlier where his wife was threatened with a knife, Hull Crown Court heard.Prosecuting, Stephen Welch said:...
