Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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The Courier
01-05-2013
Michael Kieran Mackie, 18, has been ordered to pay £200 compensation after pleading guilty to shooting his female friend in the face with a BB gun in Arbroath, Angus. The girl sustained an injury when the pellet struck her face.
BBC News
01-05-2013
George Nicol and David Fowler have pleaded guilty to theft and possession of firearms after they attempted to break into an ATM machine at a bank in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. The pair stole a sewage tanker and drove it into the cash point but were unable to break into it and tried to smash it open with sledgehammers before escaping in a car with fake number plates. They were pursued by police and arrested after crashing the vehicle, which was found to contain a sawn-off shotgun, five shotgun cartridges, tools, knives, and a set of licence plates.
Banbury Guardian
01-05-2013
Two men, aged 19 and 44, have been arrested on suspicion of robbery and possession of a firearm in connection with an armed robbery of a store in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Two men threatened employees at the shop and escaped with cash.
Bradford Telegraph & Argus
01-05-2013
A masked man has fired a shotgun into the front door of a house occupied by a mother and toddler in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The shooter escaped in a getaway vehicle leaving the victims shaken but uninjured. The attack was reported to have been targeted, and to have come after multiple previous incidents in which the victim had her car windscreen damaged.
Eastbourne Herald
01-05-2013
Two reportedly unconnected armed robberies have taken place on one day in Eastbourne, East Sussex. Two men threatened staff during an attempted robbery outside a supermarket. The pair intimated they had a gun and demanded money from two employees in a cash in transit van, but fled empty handed. A post office worker was later threatened with a gun by a man disguised in a postman's uniform. He pointed the gun at the victim, took an undisclosed amount of cash from the safe and set fire to the premises before fleeing. She was left extremely shaken but unhurt.
Maldon and Burnham Standard
01-05-2013
Firearms officers have arrested a 23-year-old man suspected of possessing a firearm in Maldon, Essex.
Liverpool Echo
01-05-2013
A flare, a shotgun, and ammunition have been found on unused land near a railway line in Liverpool, Merseyside. The discovery of the flare by patrol officers prompted a search in which the gun and ammunition were found.
BBC News
30-04-2013
A man disguised as a postman, and carrying a gun, tied up a postal worker and set fire to the building during a robbery of a post office in Eastbourne, East Sussex. The assailant threatened the victim with the firearm and took money from the till, before tying her up and setting the premises alight. He fled and the 49-year-old employee was able to escape. The building was damaged by smoke and the victim was treated in hospital for shock, but was otherwise unharmed by the attack.
This is Hampshire
30-04-2013
A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm with intent to cause unlawful violence after a suspected arson attack on an unoccupied flat in a block in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Residents had to be evacuated while fire-fighters put out the fire, which caused significant damage to the flat but did not spread to other properties in the building. The incident followed an armed police raid at the building the week before.
BBC News
30-04-2013
A cat was shot in the leg with an air rifle in Armadale, West Lothian. A pellet lodged in the wound and had to be removed at a veterinary surgery.
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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.