Outlaws' guns sold

A .45-caliber, fully automatic Thompson submachine gun believed to have been seized from outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde's Joplin hideout in 1933 (AP)

Two guns thought to have been used by the bank-robbing fugitives Bonnie and Clyde fetched $210,000 (£135,000) at auction.

The Joplin Globe reported that an online bidder bought the weapons, believed to have been seized from the outlaw couple's Joplin hideout in 1933.

Up for sale were a .45-calibre Thompson sub-machine gun and an 1897 Winchester 12-gauge shotgun.

AP