Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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yahoo! news

01-03-2023

Two boys pulled up an “historic” gun while magnet fishing in the Forth and Clyde Canal in Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire. Click on media link to read full report.


BirminghamLive

01-03-2023

Michael Derrane, aged 50, has been jailed for nineteen years and two months after pleading guilty to conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons (firearms) and conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs. Derrane used the criminal messaging network, EncroChat, to organise the sale of drugs and firearms to organised crime groups across the country. He was arrested in April 2020 after police stopped his van in Leeds, West Yorkshire and retrieved a converted firearm, ammunition, Class B drugs and £6,000 cash. Derrane’s co-defendant, 26-year-old Alsi Vata was sentenced to fourteen years and three months after pleading guilty to the same charges as well as possession of a prohibited weapon (firearm). Vata had conspired with Derrane to buy the firearm found in the van.


Your Herefordshire

01-03-2023

Following reports that a group of youths were waving a gun and pointing it at members of the public in Hereford, Herefordshire, police officers arrested two teenagers and recovered an imitation firearm. Click on media link to read full report.


Birmingham World

01-03-2023

Following a disorder in Birmingham, West Midlands in January this year, police officers searched a nearby address and recovered a home-made slam gun, shotgun cartridges and a blank firing pistol, converted to fire live ammunition. Officers subsequently searched a second address in the city and retrieved several other weapons and a large quantity of ammunition. Two men have since been arrested, with one being charged with two firearms possession offences.


BirminghamLive

01-03-2023

Police officers arrested two men on suspicion of possession of a weapon and a firearm after recovering drugs, a stun gun and a machete at a property in West Bromwich, West Midlands. Click on media link to read full report.


South Wales Argus

01-03-2023

No suspects located after armed police officers responded to reports of a group of boys with a gun in Newport, South Wales. Click on media link to read full report.


The Bolton News

01-03-2023

A male student was arrested on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm in a public place and possession of Class B drugs after he brought a replica gun onto a university campus in Bolton, Greater Manchester. Click on media link to read full report.


Grantham Journal

01-03-2023

It has emerged that police officers Tasered and arrested a man following an incident in Grantham, Lincolnshire in July 2019. One of the arresting officers has since been the subject of a misconduct hearing due to his alleged use of “unreasonable force” during the arrest.


BirminghamLive

28-02-2023

Jaheim Sharp, now aged 19, has been handed a suspended eight-month prison term with 25 days of rehabilitation activity after being convicted of handling stolen goods, possession of a bladed article, cannabis and an imitation firearm, driving without a licence and insurance, and failing to surrender to court. In October 2021, police stopped a stolen car being driven by Sharp in Birmingham, West Midlands. Sharp admitted to the officers that he had a blade and a gas-powered BB gun on him and claimed to be delivering the items, along with the car, to another man.


Newbury Today

28-02-2023

After admitting having a stun gun in Reading, Berkshire in November 2021, 20-year-old Yusef Tetouani was fined £666 and ordered to pay £85 costs plus a victim services surcharge of £66. Click on media link to read full report.


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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.