Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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BBC News
31-01-2016
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that at least 21 beavers found dead across Tayside were shot dead by landowners in the area. Two of the animals were heavily pregnant when killed and another two had just given birth. One of the animal was killed with lead shot, although it is illegal to use lead shot to kill animals in water. It was also reported that some of the animals may not have been killed humanely, but may have taken a long time to die from their wounds. There is currently no legal protection for beavers in Scotland, but the matter is under consideration by the government.
London Evening Standard
30-01-2016
A 45-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman were attacked by a man with a BB gun and a metal bar at a shop in New Malden, south-west London. The victims were threatened by the suspect who demanded cash as they were opening up the shop in the morning, and pointed the gun at them. When the male victim confronted the assailant, he shot the victim three times and assaulted him with the metal bar, before escaping empty-handed.
The St Helens Reporter
30-01-2016
A man has been arrested and charged with dangerous driving, assault, and threatening police officers with a suspected pistol at an address in Preston, Lancashire.
The Leader Live
29-01-2016
Matthew Mackenzie has been jailed for two years and four months after pleading guilty to having a loaded single-barrelled shotgun in public in Wrexham, Clwyd. He carried the stolen gun unloaded through his housing estate and pointed it at a group of young men, before loading it and firing it at trees in which birds were nesting and a grassy area near to some residential properties. He was seen by undercover police officers visiting the estate on a different matter, who called armed police to the scene. When the firearms officers visited Mackenzie at home, he came to the door holding part of the gun and held knives to his own throat, leading to a stand-off. He gave himself up for arrest after several hours of negotiations.
Liverpool Echo
29-01-2016
Police were called to reports of people in a car with a gun in Bootle, Merseyside. Officers arrested a man who was in a taxi on suspicion of possessing a firearm and also searched a property in the area but did not recover the weapon.
Mirror
29-01-2016
Reuben Murphy, 20, has been jailed for five years and pleading guilty of possessing an eight-millimetre Bruni self-loading pistol and 10 bullets in Liverpool, Merseyside. Police found the gun and ammunition when they searched his home after Murphy cycled up to an undercover officer sat in a car and confronted him, accusing him of being a police officer and asking, “are you following me?”. Police found the pistol and bullets in the pocket of the jacket Murphy had been wearing when he had been cycling around the area and approached the undercover officer. The gun was a deactivated pistol that had been reactivated by drilling it out to unblock its barrel.
BBC News
29-01-2016
Workers were threatened by two men armed with an apparent handgun and a crowbar during the robbery of a bank in Kirkcaldy, Fife. The pair escaped on bikes with cash, leaving staff shaken but uninjured.
The Telegraph
29-01-2016
Richard Gladwin and Fred Samengo-Turner have each been handed 15-month suspended prison sentences, and been ordered to pay £2,000 fines, £500 to each of two victims, and do 200 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm in a public place and affray in Chelsea, west London. While under the influence of alcohol, Gladwin pointed an imitation shotgun at two passers-by outside the fine-dining restaurant he co-owned in the area, before his bar manager Samengo-Turner held the gun as if he was going to fire it at people in the street outside the establishment. The gun was a decommissioned shotgun which had been hanging on the wall of the restaurant, before Gladwin took it down to brandish it and was arrested when the frightened passers-by reported his actions to police.
The Courier
29-01-2016
Ronald McMichael, 63, has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a stun gun at his home in the village of Friockheim, Angus.
Echo News
29-01-2016
A masked man used a suspected imitation pistol attempted to rob a convenience store in Basildon, Essex. He brandished the gun at the cashier and demanded cash, but believing the gun was an imitation, the victim grabbed the barrel of the gun causing the robber to flee followed by two other men who were apparently in the shop with him.
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About this information
This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.