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 found in an alleyway in Allestree, Derby, had died as a result of a single gunshot wound to the chest. A firearm was recovered from the scene. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
2009/7/29
Mirror
A landlord has died after being shot outside a pub in Bilston, West Midlands. He was dead on arrival at hospital. The victim had broken up a row. Eight people, including a 17-year-old boy, have been charged with murdering the victim (BBC, 3 August 2009). Two men have been found guilty of murder and seven others were convicted of related offences (see August 2010 Incidents).
2009/7/29
Telegraph
A man seen with a handgun at Gatwick Airport was disabled by police using a Taser gun. He was arrested and taken into custody. He has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence (see December 2009 Incidents).
2009/7/29
BBC
A shotgun was fired during an attempted robbery at a post office in Thorney Wood, Nottingham. Two men threatened two members of staff with a knife and gun but fled empty handed. A £5,000 reward has been offered for information which helps catch the men (BBC, 16 September 2009).
2009/7/29
Dorset Echo
A man walking his dog in Weymouth, Dorset, was hit on the side of his head, just above his eye with an airgun pellet. There has been a recent spate of seagull shootings in the area.
2009/7/29
Largs & Millport Weekly News
A steel pellet was fired through the window of a cafe in Largs, Ayrshire. It is believed that a catapult or airgun may have been used.
2009/7/29
Liverpool Echo
Three men all deny charges of blackmail, unlawful imprisonment, assault and possession of an imitation firearm. The charges stem from an alleged incident at garages in Bootle, Liverpool, in December 2008 when a car salesman had a gun rammed into his mouth.
2009/7/29
London Informer
A gang of five men has been jailed for bringing a gun onto a street in Pimlico, central London. John Hernandez, Lema Nsimba and Silvino Domingos were all sentenced to seven years in prison. Two men who admitted the charge, Anthony Adalumo and Ousalnov Leone were sentenced to five years and three months and five years, respectively.
2009/7/29
Reading Evening Post
Jaroslaw Trzcinski was one of three men who stole £10,000 from a jewellers in Reading in April 2008. The men used a gun, which was never recovered but was said by the raiders to be an imitation, to intimidate the shopkeeper. Trzcinski was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to robbery and possession of an imitation firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence. He has lost an appeal to reduce the sentence.
2009/7/29
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Two teenagers have been arrested for assaults and possession of an imitation firearm after members of the public were shot at with a BB gun in Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Two victims were left with red marks on their neck and back
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