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.
The body of the landlord of a pub in Fernhurst, Sussex, was discovered in a room at the pub when staff arrived to open the pub. It appears he had taken his own life using a shotgun.
2008/9/14
The Journal
A teenager was threatened and had a .22 calibre air rifle thrust into his face when he was robbed for a portion of chip in Ouston, Country Durham.
2008/9/14
Sunday Express
Cecil Stephens carried out a raid at a post office in North Newbald, East Yorkshire, whilst on day release from a semi-open prison in December 2007. He bludgeoned the postmaster but left empty handed. He has been found guilty of attempted robbery and possessing an imitation firearm. His girlfriend Doreen Cramman was found guilty of attempted robbery as his getaway driver. They will be sentenced later.
2008/9/13
Daily Post
A cat was in intensive care after being shot with an airgun in Panycae, near Wrexham. The pellet punctured her intestine.
2008/9/13
BBC
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after another man was shot in the leg in Tipton, West Midlands. The victim was taken to hospital where his condition was described as stable.
2008/9/13
Bolton News
Anthony Horrocks, 20, has been found guilty of two counts of possessing a prohibited firearm and three counts of possessing ammunition without the correct authority. The guns were found during a raid on a house in Halliwell, Bolton, where he was living. The police were alerted to him after video footage was uploaded to his YouTube site in which he claimed filmed himself loading a handgun.
2008/9/13
The Star
A masked man armed with a shotgun burst into a bookmakers in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and demanded cash. He got away with just over £100.
2008/9/13
The Star
A teenager was threatened and had a .22 calibre air rifle thrust into his face when he was robbed for a portion of chip in Ouston, Country Durham.
2008/9/12
Bognor Regis Observer
An airgun pellet partially blinded a cat when she was shot in the head in Felpham in Bognor Regis, Sussex.
2008/9/12
Evening Times
A 16-year-old was caught with a sawn-off shotgun in Glasgow's East End during an incident in January 2008. Billy Gibson was seen throwing the gun away on CCTV. He has admitted being in possession of an offensive weapon and will be sentenced next month.
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