A young couple accused of possessing a gun and ammunition in a north Liverpool home are set to stand trial.
Three people were arrested, including a 16-year-old boy, when police raided the house in Fazakerley last month.
Officers said they recovered a pistol and bullets stashed in a bag in a search at around 9.30am, on December 2 last year.
Billy Jo McGee, 19, of Elizabeth Road, on Field Lane Estate, and James Lloyd, 28, of Bowland Drive, Litherland , were charged over the haul.
McGee and Lloyd both deny possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing prohibited ammunition at McGee's home in Elizabeth Road.
According to the charges, the gun is an Austrian Glock model, sub-compact self-loading pistol, with a barrel less than 30 centimetres in length.
The ammunition is said to comprise of cartridges "with a bullet designed to explode on or immediately before impact".
McGee, with long blonde hair and wearing a black coat, appeared in court last week, when she entered not guilty pleas to both charges.
The teen - supported by an older woman sitting in the public gallery - was remanded on bail ahead of a trial on the week commencing May 25.
Lloyd, with short black hair and wearing a grey sweatshirt, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today via video link from HMP Altcourse .
He spoke only to confirm his personal details and also to deny both charges during the short hearing this afternoon.
Judge Denis Watson, QC, remanded Lloyd in custody until the trial, which is estimated to last two to three days.
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