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 arrested after armed police were called to Llangollen, Denbighshire, where a woman thought she saw a man go into a bar carrying a gun. One was later charged with possession of an imitation firearm, public order offences and theft offences. An 18-year-old was charged with theft. The weapon has been found and is believed to be a ball bearing gun.
2008/2/2
South Wales Echo
A Brocock ME38 revolver which uses compressed air to fire pellets and is now a banned firearm was found by police during Operation Maximum Impact, a crime crackdown in Cardiff. The pistol was found during a raid on a house in Llanrumney during which a quantity of cannabis was confiscated. Two people were arrested on suspicion of possessing cannabis and a controlled firearm.
2008/2/1
Derbyshire Times
A gang of youths using an air rifle smashed a window of a factory in Renishaw. Police were called by members of the local Safer Neighbourhood Team.
2008/2/1
Bucks Free Press
A man allegedly held his ex-partner and her daughters at gunpoint for over an hour at their home in Chesham. A man was later arrested while he was driving through the town.
2008/2/1
The Sentinel (Staffs) Amnesty
Staffordshire Police Amnesty (following death of Mitchell Picken and ref. injury to Somma Chapman 2007 Normacott, and James Moston 2002 Penkridge Market.)
2008/2/1
Evening Times
A man was shot in the face and stomach as he sat in a car in the Calton area of Glasgow. Three others in the car dived for cover as a hooded man and two accomplices attacked with a sawn-off shotgun. The victim was in a serious but stable condition after emergency surgery. The incident is believed to be linked to a feud over missing drugs.
2008/1/31
Rhondda Leader
An airgun attack has left a family cat from Tylorstown needing surgery after a pellet was lodged in his spine. It was not possible to remove the pellet but the cat is making a reasonable recovery.
2008/1/31
Wembley & Kingsbury Times
Francis Boateng burst into a man's home in Cricklewood, north London, in January 2007 on the hunt for drugs and money. He picked up the man's air rifle and shot him in the chest fatally injuring him. Boateng was convicted of manslaughter and conspiracy to rob. Three other men were convicted of conspiracy to rob. Another man is on the run and not been traced by police. Sentencing was adjourned.
2008/1/31
Malvern Gazette
A teenager was hit in the face by what is believed to have been a BB-gun pellet fired from a car in Malvern, Worcestershire. The victim is expected to undergo surgery in eye hospital to remove the pellet. Two youths have been arrested. One has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent (BBC, 1 February 2008).
2008/1/31
BBC
Leon Johnson has been jailed for at least three years over a shooting at a carnival in Moss Side, Manchester, in May 2006. An 18-year-old was also convicted of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life and will be sentenced in April. Police received reports of gunshot being heard. No-one was seriously injured.
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