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.
Two men have been jailed for firearm offences after police raided a house in Haydock, Lancashire, and found a number of guns. Mark Watts was found guilty of 13 offences and was jailed for 15 years, Neil Johnston was jailed for eight years after admitting four firearm offences. Police believe the pair were supplying Liverpool gangs. Among the weapons found was a handgun with four barrels capable of firing at once.
2008/3/7
Press Association
Marvin Davidson was caught with a loaded revolver at Hackney station in East London when he tried to avoid a police metal detector. He has been jailed for 5 years.
2008/3/7
Herts Advertiser
A man was held up at gunpoint in the second firearm robbery in St Albans in a week. Three men approached him from behind and pushed him into a side street where he was threatened. The thieves stole his music player, wallet and mobile phone.
2008/3/7
Whitby Gazette
Two cats have been shot, probably with an air rifle, in attacks in Whitby, North Yorkshire. One of the cats needed extensive surgery and has lost the sight in one eye. The other cat will also need treatment after being shot in the cheek.
2008/3/6
Harborough Mail
Advertising hoardings at a sports ground in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, have been peppered with airgun pellets.
2008/3/6
Birmingham Mail
David Bowater has admitted producing cannabis, possessing the drug and possessing an air rifle without holding a firearms certificate at his home in Dudley.
2008/3/6
BBC
A 19-year-old man was shot twice with a sawn-off shotgun outside a house in Tyldesley, Greater Manchester. He suffered injuries to his leg and hip and was left with pellets lodged in his thigh.
2008/3/6
BBC
A man carrying a handgun demanded cash from a cashier in a bank in St John's, Worcester. He was given money before he fled.
2008/3/6
BBC
Imitation firearms were found at a Dundee flat at the centre of a police operation. No one was arrested.
2008/3/6
BBC
A buzzard has died after it was found shot in Potcote, Northamptonshire. An x-ray revealed the bird's body contained three shotgun pellets.
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