Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner
12-03-2010
Anthony Scott, 18, has been given a four-and-a-half year sentence after being found guilty of robbing another teenager of £5 in Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire, in December 2009. He was armed with a realistic-looking black ball bearing handgun when he demanded money from his victim. It was not certain whether or not a pellet had been discharged but the victim had to be treated in hospital for an injury to his nose.
Hartlepool Mail
12-03-2010
A man from Hartlepool who armed himself with a taser stun gun after hearing rumours that he was going to be burgled has admitted possession of a firearm. Keith Turner was given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and 12 months probation supervision and 140 hours of unpaid work.
Evening Telegraph (Northamptonshire)
12-03-2010
John-Paul Owen and Darren Start have each been jailed for seven years following an attempted robbery on a store in Kettering, Northamptonshire, in September 2009 (see Incidents). Shop staff were terrified with a samurai sword and an imitation firearm and one of them was hit three times with the gun butt, fracturing his ribs. Owen admitted robbery and Start was convicted of robbery, possession of an imitation firearm and an offensive weapon.
BBC
12-03-2010
A 14-year-old boy has died at an address in Merstham, Surrey. He is believed to have been shot with a firearm. The occupants of the home are thought to be registered firearm keepers. The police are not looking for anyone in connection with the incident. It appears that the boy shot himself with a shotgun with a licensed firearm registered to his father (Telegraph, 13 March 2010).
Evesham Journal
11-03-2010
Brendan Ash was found with a stun gun and drugs when police searched his home in Evesham, Worcestershire, in January 2010. He admitted buying the gun but said he could not remember why. He pleaded guilty to possession of class A and B drugs as well as a weapon. He was fined a total of £125, given a 12-month community order with 150 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay costs.
BBC
11-03-2010
A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a man who was shot in the head in Bensham, Tyneside, in August 1999. Stephen Hardy will be sentenced after the trial of another man who has been charged with conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm. The other accused man in now on trial (Evening Chronicle, 21 October 2010).
Welwyn & Hatfield Times
10-03-2010
A man had his laptop stolen as he was walking in a street in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He gave it up after seeing "something resembling a gun". It is believed it was an imitation gun. A teenager has been arrested.
The Star
10-03-2010
David Wilson, 20, was drunk when he sparked an armed police operation after being spotted topless in Broomhill, Sheffield, waving an air rifle at neighbouring houses and firing the gun. He pleaded guilty to threatening unlawful violence. He was ordered to serve a 12-month community sentence with 120 hours of unpaid work.
Kent Online
10-03-2010
A woman has been shot in the legs in Eastchurch, Kent. There is speculation that the victim opened the door to a money lender and when she saw he had a shotgun she shut the door but he blasted a hole through it. Surgeons removed 80 shotgun pellets from the victim's legs following the attack (Kent Online, 18 March 2010). A man faces four charges including unlawful and malicious wound with intent to do the victim grievous bodily harm, unlawful and malicious wound, threatening to kill the victim's husband and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. The court has heard that the shooting may have resulted from a feud over unpaid drugs money (Kent News, 14 July 2010).
Hull Daily Mail
10-03-2010
Damian Morley and Brian Genther attacked a man then had met at a house party and robbed him taking his ring, wallet and phone. During the street robbery in west Hull they held him up with a black starting pistol, which they fired four times and put to the head of their victim before hitting and kicking him. A month previously the pair had taken photographs of themselves posing as gangsters with the gun and a knife. Morley was jailed for five years and Genther for four years after they both pleaded guilty to robbery.
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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.