Gun Incidents

The Infer Trust makes every effort to record and categorise the firearms incidents reported in the UK but we recognise that it is not a complete record.

If you are aware of a gun incident which is not listed please notify us.  You can do this by either sending us the link for an on line report, or a hard copy of a press article to our address. 
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2010/10/19 The Star
An inquest has heard that a man found dead with a gunshot wound in Gleadless, Sheffield, in January 2009 (see Incidents) had barricaded himself into his flat when police officers arrived to arrest him for allegedly breaching a non-molestation order sought by his partner.  During a 48-hour siege a shot was fired through the door and a police officer was saved from serious injury by his helmet.  The man had previously been seen by doctors who concluded he was not unwell enough to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act.  Before the siege he had thought people were talking about him and collected weapons.  According to the reports he was gripping the trigger of a ‘rifle’ when he was found but had a shotgun wound and more than 40 small shotgun pellets were recovered from his brain.  The police were unaware he owned guns but had been given two deactivated rifles as a birthday present by his ex-wife (The Star, 27 October 2010).  The inquest jury recorded a verdict that he took his own life.  The coroner is set to recommend changes in the way information is passed to police in siege situations (The Star, 29 October 2010).
2010/10/19 The Leader
Andrew Hemus, one of three men convicted and jailed for being involved in a cannabis factory in Cymau, Clwyd, has had his shotgun certificate revoked.  It was said in court he had a passion for shooting.
2010/10/19 Evening Post (Bristol)
Liam Dimond has pleaded guilty to 10 offences relating to a haul of dangerous weapons found in his luggage as he tried to smuggle them through Bristol Airport in August 2010.  The arsenal included a rechargeable torch/stun gun disguised as a mobile phone.  He claimed he wanted them to "decorate" his bedroom.  He has been ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and will be supervised by the Probation Service for 12 months (Evening Post (Bristol), 9 November 2010).
2010/10/19 Evening News
A 14-year-old boy claimed he was going to take four bullets to his school in Edinburgh.  He made the threat on an internet chatroom.  The police searched his home for guns and questioned him on the threats.
2010/10/19 Bolton News
John Waldron has pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery plus seven counts of stealing heavy machinery.  In September 2009 at a club in Milnrow, Greater Manchester, where he was a committee member, he posed as a victim when he was pushed into the club by another man, Mark Brown, who was pointing a gun to his head.  Brown took more than £4,000 from the club safe.  The pair committed another robbery at a house in Littleborough in October 2009 when they were armed with a machete.  Brown had pleaded guilty to both robberies, possession of an imitation firearm and possession of an prohibited weapon in March 2010 and was given an indefinite jail sentence reduced to 10 years on appeal.  Waldron was sentenced to 10 years in jail and four years for the thefts.  Waldron's appeal for a reduction in his sentence was dismissed (Bolton News, 2 March 2011).
2010/10/19 BBC

People riding two motorbikes in Norris Green, Liverpool, were seen firing a gun.  No-one was injured.  Three teenagers have been arrested (BBC, 22 October 2010).

2010/10/18 Yorkshire Evening Post
Scott Whittard from Whinmoor, Leeds, was stopped by police officers in September 2010 who found a stun gun, a cosh and a knife in his vehicle.  He was given a 26-week suspended sentence and ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work and was given supervision requirements.
2010/10/18 Weston Worle & Somerset Mercury
Richard Ayers has been jailed for 14 months after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.  He put the gun to the head of a waiter at a restaurant.  He had earlier told a woman who had befriended him to shut up and put tape over her mouth after she saw the gun at her home in Weston-super-Mare. The weapon was an imitation.
2010/10/18 Manchester Evening News
A man walking home from church in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, was shot in the back of the head with a pellet from an air weapon.  The pellet embedded itself in the top of his head.
2010/10/18 The Gazette
A property in Cleveleys, Lancashire, was raided by armed police after reports a man inside had a gun.  A man was arrested on suspicion of threats to kill and possession of a handgun.  No weapon had yet been found.
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