Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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Oxford Mail

11-02-2010

Sandeep Kumar shot a Police Community Support Officer with a ball-bearing gun, threw eggs at the homes of two women living near his home in East Oxford and threatened to kill his neighbour.  He has been given an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and ordered to wear an electronic tag for three months after breaching an Asbo he was given in December.


Manchester Evening News

11-02-2010

A post mortem examination on the body of a man found with serious stab injuries at a home in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, revealed that he had died from a gunshot wound.  The owner of the house, who had suffered serious stab injuries himself, has been charged with murder (BBC, 16 March 2010).  He has been cleared after prosecutors told the court they were dropping charges because they could not prove he had not been acting in self-defence (see July 2010 Incidents).


Local Guardian

11-02-2010

A deer has been shot and killed in park in Hampton Court, south west London.  The animal was shot once in the head with a shotgun at point blank range.  Police believe the shooting was a poaching attempt gone wrong.


East Anglian Daily Times

11-02-2010

An air pistol was fired during an attempted robbery at a shop in Canvey, Essex.  The male shop assistant was not injured during the incident.


BBC

11-02-2010

Ian Smith from Luton, Bedfordshire, has admitted brandishing a toy gun at another driver during a road rage incident on the M1 in July 2009 which involved a van.  He admitted possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and was given a 16 week suspended jail sentence and ordered to do 100 hours unpaid work.


BBC

11-02-2010

A 14-year-old boy was taken to hospital after being shot with an air rifle on a housing estate near St Austell, Cornwall.  A pellet was removed from his neck.  A man was arrested and later released on bail.


BBC

11-02-2010

A man was shot with an air rifle while playing golf on a course in Barlborough, Derbyshire.  The victim was left with a red mark on his chest.  The offender was not found.


BBC

11-02-2010

Donatien Chamchawala from Blackwood, Gwent, has admitted possessing a modified starting pistol.  The prohibited weapon was found at his home in April 2009.  He has been detained indefinitely under the Mental Health Act (see May 2010 Incidents).


This is Nottingham

10-02-2010

Jennifer Robinson, 19, has been jailed for four years after she hid a 12-bore sawn-off shotgun.  The gun was found in the wardrobe in her room at her hostel in Clifton, Nottingham, in May 2009.  At the time she was on bail for burglary.  She had admitted all charges.


South Wales Argus

10-02-2010

Jamie Thomas, 20, has admitted possessing a ball-bearing gun and air rifle in a public place.  He was driving through Brynmawr, Gwent, in March 2009 when his passenger shouted and pointed the ball-bearing handgun at a passer-by through an open window.  The weapons were recovered during a search of the car.  He was also one of four men involved in a drunken brawl which broke out on a train from Cardiff to Ebbw Vale for which they all received jail sentences.  Thomas was sentenced to six months for this, a further three months for possessing the ball bearing gun and four months for possessing the air rifle, both sentences to run concurrently with his six month sentence.


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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.