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.
A man was arrested after members of the public reported seeing a man wandering around Romsey, Hampshire, with what they thought was a rifle. He had pointed the weapon at someone but then left the scene. A BB gun was recovered. He was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an imitation firearm with intent to put someone in fear of violence.
2010/4/16
Southend Standard
Two cars have been fired at with what is thought to have been an air rifle in Southend, Essex. During one incident in which four teenagers were seen a back passenger window was smashed.
2010/4/16
Peterlee Mail
Adam Bone, 18, was told that he deserved to go to prison after he admitted possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. He fired a ball bearing gun at another motorist after he was involved in a minor accident in Peterlee, County Durham, in May 2009. The judge sentenced Bone to a 12 month supervision order with a requirement that he attends a clinic for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment. The judge believed it was in the interests of justice and the better protection of the public in the longer term for his condition to be treated.
2010/4/16
Lancashire Evening Post
A man has been charged in connection with possession of an imitation gun and false imprisonment after an incident in which a woman was allegedly threatened with a gun at her flat in Leyland, Lancashire. Three other people, two women and a man were also arrested and bailed. Two men have pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation firearm to cause fear of violence and false imprisonment (see January 2011 Incidents).
2010/4/16
This is Nottingham
A man was arrested after a raid at a house in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, and charged with drug and weapons offences including possession of a shortened shotgun, possession of a shotgun with intent to cause fear or violence and possession of a firearm with intent to commit robbery. A teenager who was arrested was released on bail. A man has been jailed after admitting possession of the gun (see August 2010 Incidents).
2010/4/16
Northern Echo
A lamb has been shot and killed with a high-powered air rifle at a farm in Dalton, North Yorkshire. The farmed found the lamb in a remote field. It had been shot twice. There had been a similar incident in the same field last year when two lambs were shot and left for dead.
2010/4/16
Express & Star
Paul Swain held an imitation gun to the head of his wife when their marriage collapsed. He threatened that "This is for you" as she was driving through Walsall, West Midlands. His wife did not immediately report the incident to the police but did so when Swain attacked her at the house they shared after a drinking spree. Swain admitted possession of an imitation firearm and assault and was jailed for 16 months.
2010/4/15
Worcester News
Following concerns from a member of the public when two youths were seen on the roof of a building in Worcester, the two were arrested on suspicion of public order offences and offences related to possessing an airgun.
2010/4/15
Westmorland Gazette
A sniper with an airgun has been taking pot shots at pigs on farms in South Lakeland. Fifteen animals at a farm in Allithwaite, Cumbria, were found peppered with pellets and police believe the incidents may be more widespread. Pellets were found in meat supplied to a butcher's shop at Grange-over-Sands.
2010/4/15
This is Cornwall
A cat has been shot and killed in Helston, Cornwall. Her owners thought she had been involved in a cat fight but her condition deteriorated and she died. An x-ray revealed two airgun pellets, at least one of which had penetrated her chest and ended up in her neck. The shooting was described as appalling by the local vet.
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