Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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BBC

17-03-2010

A married couple have been found dead at a house in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire, after a suspected shooting incident.  The police are not believed to be looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.  It is reported that the man took his double-barrelled shotgun from a locked cabinet and waited for his wife to return from her job.  He shot her and then himself.  It is alleged by one of his friends that he had said that "he had had enough of his wife and was going home to shoot her.  We knew he had a gun licence".


Scunthorpe Telegraph

17-03-2010

Two men armed with a gun raided the post office in Owston Ferry, Humberside.  They smashed a partition screen before stealing a large amount of cash from behind the counter.  Two men have been appeared in court charged in connection with this robbery and two others which took place month, one on another post office in Hensall, North Yorkshire (see below) and one on a bookmakers in Thorne, South Yorkshire (BBC, 27 March 2010).  They have also been charged with possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing a sawn-off shotgun (Scunthorpe Telegraph, 27 March 2010).  Two men have been convicted and jailed for a total of 21 years (see January 2011 Incidents).


West Yorkshire Police

16-03-2010

Omar Shah has been sentenced to 13 years in prison following a shooting at a nightclub in the centre of Bradford in November 2009 (see Incidents).  After being ejected from the club he returned with a double barrelled shotgun and fired it towards bar staff.  Three members of the public were injured.  He was convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, GBH and two counts of ABH.


BBC

16-03-2010

A man was seriously hurt when he dropped a shotgun at a farm in Combe Martin, Devon.  He was injured in the arm and has undergone surgery.  Armed police were automatically dispatched as they are to any report of a firearm incident.


Daily Mirror

15-03-2010

Reporters investigating a family in Crawley, West Sussex, who are alleged to have subjected fellow residents to 15 years of torment were greeted by the crack of an air rifle.


East Anglian Daily Times

15-03-2010

A shopkeeper had to undergo emergency surgery after he was shot in the face with a BB gun when three men raided a shop in Ipswich.  The men demanded money and eventually stole the till.  Around £800 was stolen along with the till.


Liverpool Echo

15-03-2010

Three men armed with a shotgun and knives burst into a pub in Stoneycroft, Liverpool, and forced customers to lie on the floor.  They stole money from the till, said to be several hundreds of pounds.  They escaped in a car which they stole from a taxi driver.


Evening Star

15-03-2010

The window of a carriage was shattered as a train approached Stowmarket, Suffolk.  Passengers were showered with broken glass and left frightened and shocked.  It is suspected that an airgun was used, and the conductor saw people in a field with rifles.


Evening Chronicle

15-03-2010

Philip Curry and Stephen Moat have admitted a number of robberies and burglaries across Tyneside.  In one of the raids on a store in Benton in September 2009 (see Incidents) staff were threatened with a shotgun and machete.


BBC

14-03-2010

Three raiders burst into a shop in Widnes, Cheshire, armed with a knife and gun.  The previous evening three men armed with a shotgun robbed a store in Mossley Hill, Merseyside. In both incidents cash and cigarettes were taken.   The gun used in the Widnes raid was later reported to be a type of shotgun (Liverpool Echo, 15 March 2010).


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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.