Gun Incidents in Great Britain


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Nottingham Post

09-02-2011

A shotgun was found on wasteland in St Ann's, Nottingham, after an anonymous phone call.  It is not known whether it is being linked to any of the three shooting incidents in the Nottingham area in the last two months.


East Lothian News

09-02-2011

Staff at a bookmaker's in Newark, Nottinghamshire, were threatened with what was believed to be a handgun by a man who entered the branch.  Cash was stolen.


Bucks Free Press

09-02-2011

Three men threatened a resident of a house in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, with what is believed to be a gun before they "realised they had gone to the wrong address".  The incident is being treated as an aggravated burglary.


Birmingham Mail

09-02-2011

Two cars recently seized by police as part of a criminal investigation were stolen from a storage yard in Stechford, West Midlands, by a gang who it is claimed pointed a pistol to the head of a staff member at the yard.


Yorkshire Evening Post

08-02-2011

A man brandished a gun a staff in a shop in Scholes, Leeds, before making off with cash from the till.  A man has been charged with armed robbery, possessing an imitation firearm, vehicle theft and driving offences (Seacroft Today, 9 March 2011).


Local Guardian

08-02-2011

Five men involved in a raid on a jewellers in Richmond, south west London, in February 2010 have been jailed for a total of 41 years.  One of the men was armed with a handgun.  Lee Byer and four others had pleaded guilty.


This is Hull and the East Riding

07-02-2011

A man described as a weapons fanatic kept an "armed robber's toolkit" of guns, knives and nearly 100 bullets hidden in his bedroom in Hull.  Police found a collection, which included a sawn-off shotgun and 9mm bullets including expanding ammunition, at the home of Raymond Catley.  Catley, who claimed the collection was due to his interest in armoury, has been jailed for two years.  The judge said that his desire to possess the weapons was "so powerful as to override the risk of going to prison for their possession".


Telegraph & Argus

07-02-2011

Shots were fired through the downstairs window of a house in Clayton, Bradford.


Telegraph & Argus

07-02-2011

Two men fired shots and threatened staff with a shotgun during a raid on a supermarket in Bradford.


The Shuttle

07-02-2011

An 11-year-old girl was shot in the face with a BB gun in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.  She was approached by a teenage boy she did not know who shot her from a distance of two inches.


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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.