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.
Nine people have been arrested and three guns seized by police as part of an operation to tackle gun crime in Manchester. Twenty houses in Trafford and Eccles were searched.
2008/1/30
BBC
A man was shot in Lightmore Heath, Warwickshire. He was taken to hospital where his condition was described as stable. Police are questioning a man in connection with the incident. A man has been charged with attempted murder, possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing a banned weapon and ammunition (BBC, 1 February 2008).
2008/1/30
Argus (Brighton)
Children as young as four have been spotted roaming the streets in the Whitehawk estate, Brighton, in large numbers, shooting at buses and residents' homes with ball-bearing guns. Thirty two incidents of damage have been reported to the police this month. An initiative has been launched involving a curfew which will be monitored solely by residents across the estate.
2008/1/29
Daily Record
Pupils were evacuated from a primary school in Easterhouse, Glasgow, after two holdalls containing 10 pistols and rifles were found in a gym cupboard along with balaclavas, ski masks, camouflage gear and white gloves. Police inquiries are continuing. Police have confirmed that the guns were children's toys.
2008/1/29
Daily Post
David Smith was given a nine-month suspended prison sentence after admitting assault causing actual bodily harm. There will be a two years supervision requirement and he must attend a domestic violence programme. Smith, from Kinmel Bay near Rhyl, shot his wife in the shoulder with an airgun after a row in September 2007 He claimed he had been aiming at a magpie.
2008/1/29
Leicester Mercury
Levi Crawshaw accidentally shot himself in the leg but told the police he was the victim of a mystery gunman. The incident took place during a party at a pub in Woodgate, Leicester, in March 2007 (see Incidents). Crawshaw has admitted that he shot himself while putting the handgun, a 7.65mm self-loading pistol, in his front trouser pocket and has been given a five year jail sentence.
2008/1/29
Birmingham Mail
A window of a shop in Heath Hayes, Cannock, Staffordshire, was smashed when airgun shots were fired.
2008/1/29
BBC
Three men were arrested following an incident at a flat in Manchester city centre in which a woman was reported to have been hit over the head with a gun. Police recovered an imitation firearm from the flat.
2008/1/29
BBC
Five men are due to be sentenced on kidnap, robbery and firearms charges for their part in a £53m raid on a depot in Tonbridge, Kent, in February 2006 (see Incidents). Stuart Royle, Jetmir Bucpapa, Roger Coutts, Lea Rusha and Emir Hysenaj had all denied conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to possess firearms. The manager was kidnapped as were his wife and child of the depot manager who were taken from their home in Herne Bay at gunpoint. Two other men were cleared of involvement. The five men were given sentences of between 20 and 30 years (Info4Security, 30 January 2008).
2008/1/28
Scunthorpe Telegraph
A family's pet cat has died after being shot through the spine with an air rifle in Scunthorpe. One pellet became lodged in her back and another in her stomach.
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