Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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News & Star The Cumberland News

28-05-2023

Nicholas Vose, aged 41, has been handed a suspended 20-week prison term after admitting illegally possessing an imitation firearm and obstructing a police officer in Whitehaven, Cumbria in January this year. Click on media link to read full report.


EssexLive

28-05-2023

It has emerged that a man allegedly threatened staff with a suspected handgun and stole cash at a shop in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex in April this year. No injuries were reported. Police have issued a description of the suspect and appealed for information.


BirminghamLive

28-05-2023

A man was taken to hospital with stabbing injuries following reports of shots fired and a fight involving knives on a street in Walsall, West Midlands. Click on media link to read full report.


South Yorkshire Police

28-05-2023

After a teenage boy was fatally stabbed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, police officers charged a man with murder, possession of a firearm on arrest for a schedule 1 (or serious) offence, possession of a bladed article, being in possession of an offensive weapon when in a private place and assault by beating. Click on media link to read full report.


The Press & Journal

27-05-2023

Robin Baxter, aged 49, has been jailed for 37 months after admitting attempting to acquire and have in his possession a firearm and ammunition. After meeting someone on the dark web, Baxter agreed to store a Glock handgun and bullets at his home in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. The firearm and 200 bullets, as well as a red dot laser sight and sound moderator, were found hidden in a jukebox by US security officials. Baxter was arrested after he received a replacement dummy package.


UKNIP 247

27-05-2023

Armed police responding to reports of a man with a gun at a shopping centre in Purley, South London discovered the weapon was a silver toy pistol. A police spokesperson said that the incident served as a reminder for individuals to exercise caution and sensitivity when carrying objects that resemble firearms in public places.


BirminghamLive

27-05-2023

Armed police officers responding to reports of youths with knives at a park in Birmingham, West Midlands seized a live firearm and two knives. No arrests have been reported.


Metropolitan Police

27-05-2023

A teenage boy was treated in hospital after being shot in Hackney, London. His injuries are not thought to be life threatening. No arrests have yet been reported.


BirminghamLive

27-05-2023

Police officers recovered a 9mm Glock handgun and a quantity of cocaine from a car after it collided with another vehicle in Birmingham, West Midlands. After being treated in hospital, a man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and possession of cocaine.


Yellow Advertiser

26-05-2023

James Mansbridge and Wayne Byrne have been jailed for eight-and-a-half years and eight years, respectively, after pleading guilty to two robberies committed in 2022. In December 2021, the men threatened a delivery driver in Ilford, East London with a gun and a knife before stealing his van. The men’s co-defendant, Lana Clayton, drove them away after they transferred the contents of the van into a BMW car. The following month, the two men entered a shop in Romford with a gun and stole cash, with the BMW again being used as a getaway car. A few weeks later, the men raided a supermarket in Dagenham, threatening staff with a knife and an imitation gun before fleeing with cash and cigarettes. Clayton, received two years after admitting her involvement with the Ilford and Romford robberies.


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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.