Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Halifax Courier
09-02-2013
Police in Bradford have seized drugs worth £22,000, 60 vehicles and a shotgun cartridge during an ongoing operation to tackle drug, money and firearms offences in the city. Officers also arrested 48 people during the crackdown.
The Bolton News
09-02-2013
Two men who died when they crashed the car they were driving, are suspected to have threatened to shoot a man who witnessed them stealing the vehicle shortly before the crash in Farnworth, Greater Manchester. A group of three men were seen driving up to the victim's neighbour's house, smashing a window and stealing the keys to a car which two of the men then drove off in. They crashed the stolen car after both vehicles were seen travelling at high speed through the area, and one hit the wall of a house, flipped over and burst into flames leaving their bodies unidentifiable. The car that is suspected to have been driven to the burglary was later found abandoned a few miles from the scene of the crash.
South Wales Argus
09-02-2013
Connor Harte, 19, has been given a six-year custodial sentence in a young offender's institution, and ordered to spend four years on licence upon release, for using an imitation gun that he believed to be real to threaten a worker at a store in Newport, Gwent. He threatened to shoot an employee at closing time and demanded cash but was verbally challenged by the victim and escaped, hiding the gun near a local high school before later disposing of it in a river. Harte already had convictions for two previous violent armed robberies and was still on licence at the time of the attempted robbery and subject to a suspended sentence order for which he should have been wearing an electronic tag which was never fitted. Scott Stephens, Daniel Saunders, and Phillip Saunders - Harte's father - were jailed for four years, 16 months and 13 months respectively for their involvement, which included helping to plan the robbery and dispose of the weapon as well as driving the getaway vehicle and helping Harte to evade arrest.
Bridlington Free Press
08-02-2013
Adrian Thorsby, a 49-year-old registered sex offender from Burton Agnes, East Yorkshire, has been jailed for four and a half years for firing a 20-bore shotgun through a window into the living room of a house in which four children were playing. Thorsby had to be taken into police custody during the trial after he received threats and was assaulted by protestors.
Lynn News
08-02-2013
Shane Aden Kelk, 18, has pleaded guilty to possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence during a incident in Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire.
Daily Mail
08-02-2013
Robert Richards has been jailed for 10 and a half years and Darren Randall has been jailed for 12 years for an attempted armed burglary on a house in Whitbourne, Hertfordshire in October 2011 in which Richards was shot in the leg by the homeowner with an illegal shotgun. The pair armed themselves with a crowbar, chisel and cable ties in an attempt to steal cash and drugs from the property but fled to get medical help when Richards was shot and they were arrested. His leg was later amputated and illegal ammunition and cannabis were found at Randall's home during the investigation. The homeowners were previously also convicted of possessing illegal guns and producing cannabis that was found at their property during the investigation.
BBC News
08-02-2013
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that officers used a taser stun gun to contain a ram that was loose on a main road near Okehampton, Devon. The taser was deployed to secure the sheep after officers failed three times to prevent the animal from running into the road and into the path of traffic.
ITV News
08-02-2013
A Browning over and under 12-bore shotgun, hundreds of pounds in cash, an iPad, an iPod, two laptop computers and some jewellery were stolen during a burglary at a residential property in Corbridge, Northumberland. Police have appealed for information.
Ipswich Star
08-02-2013
An air weapon and jewellery have been stolen from a home in Ipswich, Suffolk. A man and a woman were seen in the neighbourhood around the suspected time of the burglary.
Waltham Forest Guardian
08-02-2013
Seven people were arrested, six were charged with drug offences and one was also charged with possession of a loaded gun without a certificate after police drug raids at properties across Chingford and Walthamstow, east London.
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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.