MARTIN Ellis, owner of the Griffin Hotel at March, has elected to be tried at Cambridge Crown Court on firearms charges. Ellis, 51, is accused of possessing a TX 200 British Air Arms air rifle and a Poly-Kor slug cartridge without the necessary certificat

MARTIN Ellis, owner of the Griffin Hotel at March, has elected to be tried at Cambridge Crown Court on firearms charges.

Ellis, 51, is accused of possessing a TX 200 British Air Arms air rifle and a Poly-Kor slug cartridge without the necessary certificates on April 6.

He did not enter a plea when he appeared before Fenland magistrates on Tuesday, and the case was adjourned for a committal hearing on September 26.