Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Evening Express
14-08-2009
A man who had a stun gun in Aberdeen was caught after he showed it to a friend and fired it. Russell Donaldson, who bought the weapon over the internet, has been warned he could face a long jail sentence.
Evening Times
14-08-2009
A man terrorised shop workers and customers when he fired a weapon in a takeaway in Possilpark, Glasgow. He made no demands for money before fleeing. The police later said that the gun was an imitation and that it was believed blanks were fired.
Fleetwood Weekly News
14-08-2009
Three men, including one teenager, have been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence after police were called to the Werneth area of Oldham, Greater Manchester. Men in a car were reportedly threatening people with a gun.
Echo
13-08-2009
A cat was almost blinded when it was shot in the face with an air pistol in Canvey, Essex. The cat had been on the front porch of his home. Vets managed to find the pellet and remove it from his eye.
Herald (Plymouth)
13-08-2009
Mark Gazey has been sentenced to a total of seven-and-a-half years in prison for three offences, including his part in a burglary in Efford, Plymouth, in January 2009 in which a family were held captive and a stun gun was held to the back of a baby. He was one of four accomplices alleged to have been involved and the gang was armed with two stun guns and a knife. Three other men will stand trial for aggravated burglary later this year. Connar Symons, 18, was sent to an institution for young offenders for three years less the time he spent on remand, Stephen Sefton was jailed for five years less 200 days spent on remand or tagged and James Bound for five years less 197 days on remand or tagged (Herald (Plymouth), 23 January 2010).
Rochdale Observer
13-08-2009
A gunman fired shots through a bedroom window in Milnrow, Lancashire, just two feet away from a baby lying in his cot. Police later recovered six 9mm cartridges from a handgun. They also removed 50 cannabis plants found in the cellar of the house.
Sun
13-08-2009
A cat was recovering after being found injured in Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She had suffered a badly broken leg after an airgun attack and a pellet was lodged in her back leg.
BBC
13-08-2009
Paintball guns and pellets were among items stolen after a break in at an adventure centre in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. A man has been jailed for 14 months (see May 2010 Incidents).
Spenborough Guardian
13-08-2009
A man was shot in the leg with an air rifle and beaten unconscious as he walked home with his wife at Liversedge, West Yorkshire. After he was shot he shouted to see if anyone was in nearby undergrowth and two youths ran out and beat him over the head with what he believes was the butt of the gun.
This is Lincolnshire
13-08-2009
A 13-year-old was left shaken after older boys fired at him with a BB gun in a village in Lincolnshire. One pellet hit his back tyre, another narrowly missed him.
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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.