Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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Boulton News

28-01-2010

A maggot farmer suffered a fractured skull when he was attacked by three raiders who were armed with a crowbar, an airgun and a knife.  The attack took place in Edgworth, Lancashire.  The gang stole a van belonging to the victim before abandoning it nearby.


BBC

28-01-2010

A man, who threatened a male assistant with what appeared to be a gun, has escaped with hundreds of pounds from a petrol station in Condorrat, North Lanarkshire.


Whitby Gazette

27-01-2010

Armed police made an arrest after reports of a youth brandishing an air rifle in Whitby, North Yorkshire, after the window of a property was smashed.


This is Wiltshire

27-01-2010

A gun handed into police in Chippenham, Wiltshire, and believed to be a starter pistol turned out to be real.  The weapon had been found in a park by a dog walker and has been sent for destruction.


Press Association

27-01-2010

Jamie Bunter has been locked up indefinitely and will serve at least 12 years for a racist shotgun attack on a man in Mitcham, south London.  The victim was attacked simply because of the colour of his skin and his life was saved only because a faulty cocking mechanism prevented the cartridge from exploding.  Bunter was found guilty of attempted murder, robbery and firearms charges.  He was with two other men at the time of the attack and they were armed with a .410-calibre double-barrelled sawn-off shotgun, a loaded revolver and a knife.


Northumberland Gazette

27-01-2010

Evan Hogarth, 19, has pleaded guilty to possessing a stun gun which was found in his bedroom in Amble, Northumberland.  He has been given an 18-month community order.


News Shopper

27-01-2010

A man armed with a handgun threatened a customer and a cashier at a bookmakers in Foots Cray, south west London, while he took money from the safe.


Monmouth Today

27-01-2010

A man was arrested following a report of a woman motorist being tailed through Monmouth by a second vehicle driven by a man with a firearm.  A loaded firearm was seized and the man was charged with three offences including possession of a shotgun with intent to cause unlawful violence.  In a linked incident armed police were called to a property in the Wonastow area to deal with what was described as a 'domestic incident' involving a firearm.  A man who had been chasing his ex-partner has been jailed after admitting possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence (see August 2010 Incidents).


Express & Star

27-01-2010

A man found dead in the garage of his home in Wollaston, West Midlands, had been shot in the chest.  There were no suspicious circumstances.  Am inquest has heard that he took his own life.  He died after shooting himself with an old Colt US military handgun to escape the pain of living with cancer.  The unlicensed gun had been kept after he had spurned the chance to hand it in during a firearms amnesty (Birmingham Post, 9 March 2010).


Evening Telegraph (Peterborough)

27-01-2010

A woman from Dogsthorpe, Peterborough, who is on trial for the murder of her lover, has said that the man, who suffered fatal stab wounds, was abusive to her and would shoot at her with a BB gun if she did not do what he said.


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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.