Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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BBC News
27-03-2013
Paul Allwright, 63, has been jailed for six years after pleading guilty to possessing his licensed single-barrelled shotgun with intent to endanger life during a stand-off with firearms officers outside his home in Seaford, Sussex. Armed police were sent to the property after receiving reports that Allwright was threatening to shoothis wife and dog. He pointed the gun at the officers and ignored requests to drop his weapon and was shot with two baton rounds and three live rounds, which left him with wounds to his chest and leg for which he was treated in hospital. Allwright fired his gun during the incident in what was reported to have been a reflex action to being shot. It emerged during the case that "systemic failings" in the licensing procedures had contributed to the stand-off. Allwright had been allowed to keep his firearms licence because a backlog in processing applications meant that his GP's indication that he was unsuitable to hold guns due to his depression was not identified.
#Mirror
27-03-2013
Stephen Seddon has been convicted of shooting dead his parents with a sawn-off shotgun to get his inheritance at their home in Sale, Greater Manchester. He had previously attempted to kill them by driving a car into a canal, but they had survived and Seddon had been seen as a hero for trying to rescue them. He tried to make it look as though his father had shot his mother and then himself but forensic testing showed they had been murdered.
In-Cumbria
26-03-2013
Police were deployed after a man with an air rifle who was suspected to be poaching was reportedly seen in Windermere, Cumbria. No weapon was recovered and no arrests were made.
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News
26-03-2013
Police allegedly recovered a rifle from a stolen vehicle after a car chase through Liverpool, Merseyside. The vehicle was pursued when it failed to stop for officers and was brought to a halt using a tire deflation device. Police seized the rifle and two men were arrested at the scene.
Kent Online
26-03-2013
Firearms officers were deployed after police received reports about a group of people with a gun in Lydd, Kent. The officers stopped and searched a vehicle and seized an air pistol and a number of allegedly stolen electronic items. Four men were arrested.
Darlington & Stockton Times
26-03-2013
Shots have been fired at the window of a pub in Darlington, County Durham. The property was damaged with what police believed to be a BB gun or airgun.
Richmond and Twickenham Times
26-03-2013
Police have seized two stun guns designed to look like mobile phones from Twickenham, west London. A fifteen-year-old male was arrested in connection with the recovery. Borough commander Superintendent Clive Chalk said, “I am keen to emphasise the dangers these devices bring. Even by purchasing such a weapon, you are committing an offence - one that could result in jail. Ignorance is not a defence."
Yorkshire Post
26-03-2013
Jemele Rhone, 17, and Devon Walker, 19, have been jailed for ten and nine years respectively for shooting a 15-year-old boy with a sawn-off shotgun after a minor argument on a street in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The pair cornered the victim, grabbed him and forced him to ring his father to tell him he was being held at gunpoint. They then told him to run before firing 50 shotgun pellets at his chest and upper arm. The victim went for help and was taken to hospital, but needed plastic surgery and has been left with chronic pain. The shooters were arrested and the gun recovered from the street where it was dumped, but the shooting triggered reprisal attacks in the area which took police seven weeks to bring under control.
Liverpool Echo
26-03-2013
Six members of a gang have been convicted of conspiring to possess firearms with intent to supply and to commit arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered, supplying cocaine, heroin, and class B drugs in Liverpool, Merseyside. The gang had carried out shooting and arson attacks on the homes of their rivals and their relatives, including shooting someone in the kneecaps, setting fire to a building with a toddler inside and attempting to shoot a taxi driver. During the investigation police recovered a number of firearms including a 12-gauge double-barrelled shotgun, a five-shot .32 calibre revolver, a .45 calibre revolver loaded with live ammunition and a gun disguised as a key fob, many of which had been buried in publicly accessible locations.
Liverpool Echo
25-03-2013
A man has been shot dead in a reportedly targeted attack in Liverpool, Merseyside. His body was found with four gunshot wounds in the back garden of a home, a few hours after shots were fired at a property in which a family was sleeping in the same street. The occupants were not connected to the victim, and the property is believed to have been hit by a stray bullet.
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About this information
This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.