Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Uxbridge Gazette
08-02-2013
A man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm after a bailiff reported being threatened by the 39-year-old when he called at his house in Harefield, west London. Armed officers were sent to the property and surrounding homes were evacuated in order to carry out the arrest.
Hull Daily Mail
08-02-2013
A masked man has carried out two armed robberies in two days at banks in Hull, East Yorkshire. In both raids the man passed a note to cashiers while they were serving customers intimating that he was armed with a gun and demanded money. No one was injured and no arrests have been made.
East Anglian Daily Times
08-02-2013
A man has been charged with robbery, possession of a class B drug with intent to supply, possession of ammunition for a firearm and possession of a firearm, and another man has been charged with robbery. They were arrested after two men were reported to have stolen a money box from a female security guard on a street in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Bucks Free Press
07-02-2013
The coroner in the inquest into the death of Christopher Lacey has found that the 57-year-old took his own life with his shotgun at his home in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire. He was found with a shotgun wound to his head by a friend he had arranged to meet days before he was set to receive test results for a liver complaint. The post mortem did not reveal any damage to his liver.
North Devon Journal
07-02-2013
Dean Eric Truby has had a 12-month jail sentenced reduced to five months on appeal against a conviction for illegally possessing a double-barrelled shotgun, an air rifle, and expanding bullets at his home in Knowle, Devon. He pleaded guilty to possession of the weapons after they were recovered by police executing a warrant at the property.
BBC News
07-02-2013
A inquest has found that Dale Burns, 27, died as a result of a heart attack caused by taking class B drug MDPV after an incident in which police used a taser to arrest the bodybuilder from his home in Barrow, Cumbria. Burns was tasered four times and pepper-sprayed in the face when he violently resisted arrest and was taken to hospital and sedated but suffered a cardiac arrest. The coroner delivered a narrative verdict and ruled that the controlled substance was the only significant cause of death. A separate investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission concluded that the police officers involved had acted appropriately and used justified force.
BBC News
07-02-2013
A member of the public found a red kite that had been shot down with a shotgun and landed on an electric fence in a field near Harmer Hill, Shropshire. The rare bird of prey received treatment for multiple pellet wounds and damage to its eye, but the RSPCA said that it may not survive its injuries. The kite later had to be put down because it was discovered to be blind and unable to be released back into the wild (Shropshire Star, 5 March 2013).
Sky News
07-02-2013
Police have arrested two men in connection with the search for the remains of a man who committed three armed robberies and an assault, and was involved in the shooting of a female shopkeeper during an attempted raid of her jewellery shop in Nottingham in 2003. He went missing after the robbery and is believed to have been killed by criminal associates. Police have also begun a search for his body at a farm in East Heckington, Lincolnshire since new information emerged.
The Hinkley Times
07-02-2013
A woman was assaulted by a man in his 20s with a gun during an attempted robbery of a post office in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire. The assailant held the victim to stop her leaving the shop and pointed the firearm at workers, demanding cash. He fled without being given anything, but left the 49-year-old with minor injuries. A 43-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the raid.
Tottenham & Wood Green Journal
06-02-2013
Vincent Barnes has been jailed for two years for threatening an employee at an off licence with a realistic airgun in Wood Green, north London. He took the gun to the shop after the shopkeeper took money he claimed was owed for previous purchases. The threats resulted in a struggle outside the premises during which the victim was able to wrestle the weapon from his assailant. Barnes was arrested shortly afterwards after he was identified using CCTV footage and DNA from the weapon.
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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.