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 has appeared in court on a charge of being in possession of a handgun on the A74(M) motorway in Dumfriesshire.
2008/1/23
Great Yarmouth Mercury
A woman from north Yarmouth was taken to hospital after sustaining an injury to her nose in what police established was an accident involving an airgun.
2008/1/23
Bromley Times
Ian Upson, 20, has been jailed for seven years after five raids on banks in south London. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to committing robberies on banks in Dulwich Village, Herne Hill, Penge and Sydenham between April and July 2007. He was caught after a fifth robbery in West Wickham in July 2007. Police found a ball-bearing gun in a rucksack in his home. A second man, Herbert Kulsomu was given an indeterminate sentence after pleading guilty to armed robbery and possessing an imitation firearm. He had been recruited for the West Wickham robbery.
2008/1/23
Greenock Telegraph
A 14-year-old girl was hit in the arm when an airgun sniper shot at her near Coves Reservoir in Gourock. Two teenage boys who were with her were also targeted but were unhurt.
2008/1/23
BBC
A man was being treated for gunshot wounds after he was shot following a disturbance in Blantyre, Lanarkshire. His condition is described as stable. The attack is being treated as attempted murder. A woman has been arrested in connection with the incident (BBC, 7 January 2008).
2008/1/22
Lancashire Evening Post
A man and a woman are on trial following a shooting in Ribbleton in May 2007. The victim was hit from close range with a shot from what was believed to have been a self-loading pistol though the bullet went across his chest without going through his ribs. The man denies attempted murder and his 19-year-old girlfriend pleads not guilty to intending to pervert the course of justice by providing a false alibi.
2008/1/22
BBC
A shot was fired at a house in Allenton, Derbyshire, by someone on foot who then got into a car and drove off. A man in the house suffered minor injuries from broken glass. Police don't believe it was a random shot and are investigating whether there are any gang links. The incidents follows three others in Derby, one earlier this month in Allenton, and the police say that a 12-strong police unit has been investigating five incidents. Eight addresses have been raided in the past month (Derby Evening Telegraph, 23 January 2008). Initial tests show that a bullet was fired through the window (BBC, 24 January 2008).
2008/1/22
ic Renfrewshire
A "high-spirited" man who was believed to be brandishing a pistol and threatened to shoot armed police was paralysed with a stun gun during a showdown in a housing scheme in Ferguslie Park, Paisley. A man is due to appear in court in connection with the incident. The firearm appears to have been a blank-firing pistol (ic Renfrewshire, 25 January 2008).
2008/1/21
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
A teenager, aged between 16 and 18, produced what was thought to be a handgun and threatened staff at a takeaway in Northampton. He produced the gun after he was challenged for behaving aggressively. He fled the store.
2008/1/21
BBC
A pregnant woman was assaulted and robbed in Milton Keynes by a group of six youths, one of whom pulled out what was thought to be a handgun. The group demanded money from their victim. A girl in the group stole her shoes before the offenders ran off.
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