Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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BBC
24-02-2010
A number of road signs in West Oxfordshire appear to have been shot. It is not believed the incidents, which happened in Burford, Shilton, Carterton and Brize Norton, were related to more serious criminal activity. It has been suggested that the damage was probably caused by a rifle (Banbury Cake, 26 February 2010).
BBC
23-02-2010
Two men have been taken to hospital after being wounded in a shooting in Gotham, Nottinghamshire. The incident took place outside a pub. A man is on trial and denies attempted murder of both men and two alternative charges of wounding with intent to do them grievous bodily harm. He also denies a charge of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life. He accepted he shot both men, but claimed he was acting in self-defence. The weapon was a .22 pistol (Nottingham Post, 6 October 2010). He has been cleared of attempted murder, wounding with intent to do the men grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life (BBC, 7 October 2010).
This is Somerset
23-02-2010
A coroner has concluded that a farmer and builder from North Newton, Somerset, took his life when his cancer became unbearable. He was found with shotgun wounds in November.
This is Kent
23-02-2010
Andrzej Augusciak brandished an imitation handgun, a silver and black pistol, at rail staff at Canterbury West station, Kent, in September 2009. He had a blank round containing CS gas powder in his pocket. The incident occurred after staff had discovered him asleep in a carriage when his train terminated at the station. Augusciak was drunk at the time. He has been jailed for five years for possessing prohibited ammunition and three years for possessing a weapon, the sentences to run concurrently.
Swindon Advertiser
23-02-2010
A man has been charged with aggravated burglary and a firearms offence related to an alleged incident at a home in Wichelstowe, Swindon. He is also accused of attempted assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, possessing cannabis and having an imitation firearm.
Liverpool Echo
23-02-2010
Tenisha Smith has been jailed for five years for hiding a self-loading Luger pistol and 18 rounds of ammunition to pay off a drug debt. The weapon was found when police raided her flat in Toxteth, Liverpool, in December 2009.
Burton Mail
23-02-2010
A total of 231 firearms were seized or handed in to the Trent Division of Staffordshire Police based in Burton-on-Trent during 2009. They included 77 shotguns, 90 air rifles, 30 ball bearing guns and 34 imitation weapons.
Birmingham Mail
23-02-2010
A dog walker was shot with an airgun on a canal towpath in Moxley, West Midlands. The victim, who suffered a facial injury, saw four teenagers running away.
Coventry Evening Telegraph
23-02-2010
A swan rescued from a frozen pool in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and nursed back to health was shot with an air rifle just hours after being released back into the wild. A pellet was embedded in her spine and as the vet was unable to operate she had to be put to sleep.
The Citizen (Blackburn)
22-02-2010
One of three men on trial accused of terrorism told police that video footage of him firing a gun was just a bit of fun. Police confiscated video clips which showed the three men brandishing and firing guns in the garden of a house in Blackburn, Lancashire. When police raided his house they found BB guns. The owner of a gun shop in Blackburn who sold the majority of the weapons found by police at the home of the other defendants, two brothers, described them as just silly kids. He had posed with them with weapons in his store (This is Lancashire, 24 February 2010). The police had found a weapons cabinet at their home containing several machetes, an air rifle and an air pistol, crossbows and live ammunition (The Citizen, 25 February 2010). Abbas Iqbal was jailed for a total of two years for committing acts of terrorism and disseminating terrorist publications. His brother Ilyas Iqbal was jailed for 18 months for possessing a document likely to be useful to a terrorist. The third man was cleared of preparing an act of terrorism (BBC, 19 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.