TWO teenagers have been sentenced after they were caught in possession of a firearm.

On July 14 at 3am, police were called to a property on Cooper Road, Darton, following reports that a window had been broken by a firearms discharge.

Jacob Robinson, 19, of Bridge Street, Barnsley, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Sheffield Crown Court on Friday.

Robinson was sentenced to 16 months suspended for two years after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm with no firearms certificate in place, possession of ammunition and possession of cannabis.

The second teenager, has been sentenced to three years in a young offenders institute after pleading guilty to possession of a firearm with no firearms certificate in place, possession of ammunition and threats to kill.