Samuel Kelham, aged 34, has been jailed for twelve months after pleading guilty to possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possessing a firearm and ammunition following a suspended prison sentence and possessing Class A drugs. In June 2023, Kelham discharged a blank-firing gun on his driveway in Brinsley, Nottinghamshire and made a social media video of himself firing the weapon from an open window of his parked car. Armed police responded and a police dog found Callum hiding on nearby farmland. Officers recovered one 9mm cartridge casing in his vehicle and another in the garden of a property on his street, as well as a box of blank firing ammunition from inside his home. The gun was not found. The court heard that Callum, who was under the influence of drugs and suffering acute mental distress on the day of the offences, had only meant for police officers to see the weapon. He admitted the first charge on the basis that he at no time intended to cause fear to the general public.

Four men have been charged with possession of an imitation firearm, wounding with intent, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, having a bladed article and having a baseball bat following an incident in Bloxwich, West Midlands, during which a man was hurt. Click on media link to read full report.

Armed police officers responded following reports of a person seen with a gun in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. No firearms were recovered, nor any arrests made.

Samuel Black, aged 28 and from Southall, West London, has been jailed for twenty-one-and-a-half years after admitting conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis, conspiracy to acquire criminal property, conspiracy to sell or transfer prohibited weapons and possession of criminal property. After the criminal messaging network, Encrochat, was decrypted in 2020, detectives discovered images of Black counting large sums of money. Investigations revealed that he was involved in drug dealing and the supply of at least two firearms, a .38 Revolver and a semi-automatic Walther PPK, while having access to other firearms (9mm Glocks) and ammunition.

A man, detained in Stratford, East London under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, has been charged with preparation of terrorism, possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of ammunition without a firearms certificate and ten counts of possession of terrorist material. Upon his arrest in a supermarket car park, the teenager allegedly had in his possession a semi-automatic pistol and 200 bullets.

Following intelligence received regarding illegal drug supply, police officers seized cash, drugs and what are believed to be a knife, a gun and a crossbow from a property in Whitchurch, Shropshire. Click on media link to read full report.

A cat underwent surgery to have a pellet removed after being shot in the abdomen with an air gun in Plymouth, Devon. The pet’s owners have been handing out flyers in the area to warn other cat owners that “someone in the vicinity was likely to be responsible”.

Michael Lawson has been handed a two-year suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to production of cannabis and possession of a prohibited firearm. After police officers investigating drug dealing found Lawson burning cannabis on a BBQ in the garden of his home in Bicester, Oxfordshire, they recovered drug paraphernalia, a machete, an extendable baton, a sawn-off shotgun and 50 cartridges from the property. Lawson claimed to have confiscated the shotgun from a friend whom he feared might use it on himself, adding that he had not handed it to police for fear of being arrested. Lawson, who suffers from fibromyalgia and depression, said he had been growing cannabis in order to “mimic CBD creams” sold by a high street health store.

Gavin Hamilton, aged 52, has been handed a community order and ordered to attend an alcohol dependency course after admitting assaulting his ex-partner, assaulting and grabbing the Taser of a police officer, criminal damage and breaching his court bail. In September 2023, police officers attended Hamilton's home in Rednal, West Midlands after he refused to allow his partner to leave the property. Upon his arrest, Hamilton assaulted one officer, broke his video camera and grabbed his Taser and threatened him.

Yasin Hamid, aged 26, has been jailed for five years after admitting being in possession of a converted starter pistol. Hamid was arrested after the firearm was discovered underneath a vehicle in Oxford, Oxfordshire, with CCTV footage showing him arguing with a group of men nearby earlier on the same day.