Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Sentinel
23-01-2010
A drunken man terrified his ex-partner and her teenage daughter when he held a gun to his head after she dumped him. The incident happened at her home in Newcastle, Staffordshire, in July 2009. Peter Brereton produced a gun and a knife from his van and imitated shots to his head. He has pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and harassment. The weapon was a BB gun which belonged to a friend and Brereton kept in his van. He was jailed for 12 months and is subject to a restraining order preventing him for contacting his ex-girl friend for three years.
icRenfrewshire
23-01-2010
Two staff members were threatened by men after with a knife and a suspected gun during a robbery at a bookmakers in Ballieston, Glasgow. A three-figure sum of cash was stolen.
Evening Post (Bristol)
23-01-2010
A road was closed near Nailsea, Bristol, after reported sightings of a man carrying a gun. No one was found and the road reopened two hours later.
Evening Post (Bristol)
23-01-2010
A school in Keynsham, Bristol, had to be sealed off after reports that a youth with a grudge was heading to the site with a gun. A 16-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were arrested away from the school site on suspicion of possessing a firearm. No weapon was recovered.
Echo
23-01-2010
Two men, one of whom was brandishing a handgun, robbed an assistant of £100 takings and her handbag at a fast food outlet in Southend, Essex. A teenager has been charged with robbery (Echo, 2 February 2010).
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
23-01-2010
An air rifle pellet was fired at a ground floor window at a property in Golcar, West Yorkshire.
Messenger
22-01-2010
A 15-year-old has pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm after a small handgun was found in his bedroom in Old Trafford, Manchester. He told police he was keeping the weapon for someone else and his family would be harmed if he refused. He was given an 18-month detention and training order.
This is Nottingham
22-01-2010
Paul Easom has been jailed for five years after allowing a member of a crime gang to hide a pump-action shotgun in a rabbit hutch at the back of his home in Bestwood, Nottinghamshire. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class B drugs and possession of a shotgun. He has been jailed for five years. Mark Badder of Aspley was sent to prison for five-and-a-half years after pleading guilty to supplying drugs and possessing ammunition.
Express & Star
22-01-2010
A bullet proof vest and a loaded .38 Smith & Wesson handgun were discovered during a police raid on a house in Bushbury, Wolverhampton. One woman has already appeared in court charged with possession of the firearm and money laundering offences and a man has been remanded in custody.
Coventry Telegraph
22-01-2010
A man was arrested by police inside a pub in Coventry and charged with possession of a firearm, possession of a cartridge and bullets and two counts of common assault.
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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.