Renewed appeal over airgun shooting of elderly lady in Dawley
4th Feb 2008
Thatsnews Telford
Police have made a second appeal for information following an assault in Dawley just over a week ago. The incident occurred at around 6.30pm on Sunday 27th January outside an address on a residential bungalow...
http://shropshirenews.blogspot.com/2008/02/renewed-appeal-over-airgun-shooting-of.html
Airgun teacher escapes ban
5th Feb 2008
Manchester Evening News
A TEACHER who was jailed for confronting a group of youths with a pellet gun, was told today she could carry on teaching...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1035280_airgun_teacher_escapes_ban?rss=yes
Operation for boy, 9, shot in leg by airgun
6th Feb 2008
Cossacks Breaking News
A BOY aged nine underwent surgery yesterday to remove a pellet from his leg after he was shot with an airgun. Ryan Leatham, was playing in a friend’s back garden when he was hit by a shot fired from a nearby wood. ...
http://cossacks.org.uk/business/operation-for-boy-9-shot-in-leg-by-airgun/
Mum wounded in air rifle shooting
6th Feb 2008
Birmingham Mail
A MOTHER on her way to pick up her children from school was shot in the head by a man taking pot-shots with an air rifle, Birmingham crown court was told..
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/02/06/mum-wounded-in-air-rifle-shooting-97319-20440920/
Airgun Man's Year Behind Bars
7th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record
AMAN who fired a hail of airgun pellets at four teenagers because one of them "mooned" at him was jailed for a year yesterday. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/07/airgun-man-s-year-behind-bars-86908-20311391/
Man, 44, shot in stomach
7th Feb 2008
Chronicle Live
A MAN is recovering in hospital today after being shot in the stomach. The 44-year-old was in his backyard when he was injured with what is believed to be an air rifle.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/02/07/man-44-shot-in-stomach-72703-20446736/
Attacker aged just 6
11th Feb 2008
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
A child of approximately six years of age was brandishing an airgun and laughing uncontrollably.”...
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/02/11/attacker-aged-just-6-55578-20459756/
Boy On Petrol Bomb Charge
12th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A TEENAGER has been charged with petrol bomb attacks and shooting children with an air rifle. Liam Ross, 16, is accused of shooting and wounding boys ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/12/boy-on-petrol-bomb-charge-86908-20316713/
Man aimed gun at wife after Jeremy Kyle revelation
13th Feb 2008
Daily Post North Wales
A MAN pointed a loaded air rifle at his wife’s head a week after finding out her baby was not his during a recording of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/02/13/man-aimed-gun-at-wife-after-jeremy-kyle-revelation-55578-20471963/
Airgun Pet attacks on the Rise
16th Feb 2008
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7248423.stm
18 Months For Sniper
19th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A SNIPER was photographed in the act as he took pot shots at council offices with an air rifle. Edward Humphrey was firing from a windowin a block of flats ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/19/18-months-for-sniper-86908-20324045/
Airgun sniper hunted
22nd Feb 2008
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
Police want to trace anyone who may have seen an airgun being fired. In the first incident – at about 4.10pm in Central Avenue – a man was driving his car ...
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/02/22/airgun-sniper-hunted-86081-20508437/
Man arrested over airgun threat
23rd Feb 2008
BBC News - UK
A man has been arrested after armed police responded to reports of a woman being threatened with an air rifle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7259744.stm
Campaign to cut out airgun attacks
23rd Feb 2008
Northwich Guardian - Northwich,England,UK
THE RSPCA has launched a campaign this week after a massive increase in the number of airgun attacks reported against animals in the past year. ...
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.2064979.0.campaign_to_cut_out_airgun_attacks.php
Teenager injured in airgun attack
26th Feb 2008
Kirkintilloch Today - Kirkintilloch,Scotland,UK
Police are appealing for witnesses to a horror airgun attack on a 16-year-old boy. The teenager was shot in the forehead while he was on open ground behind ...
http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/Teenager-injured-in-airgun-attack.3817777.jp
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Sunday, 3 February 2008
Cabbie’s windscreen ‘shot out by thugs’
1st January 2008
Echo South Essex news
YOUTHS with an air rifle are believed to be responsible for shooting and shattering a taxi driver's windscreen.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk:80/news/local/display.var.1935076.0.cabbies_windscreen_shot_out_by_thugs.php
Man injured in air rifle drama
2nd January 2008
Wiltshire Times - UK
WHAT is believed to have started as an argument over a girl ended in someone being shot with an air rifle yesterday in Calne.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1937289.0.man_injured_in_air_rifle_drama.php
Man charged as rifle is aimed at hospital staff
2nd Jan 2008
Rochdale Observer - UK
A BELFIELD man has been charged with a firearms offence after an air rifle was pointed at staff at Rochdale Infirmary. Scott Charlton, aged 31, of Bellshill
http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1030327_man_charged_as_rifle_is_aimed_at_hospital_staff
Vandals destroy new lights
3rd Jan 2008
Lancaster News
Vandals are believed to have used an air rifle to cause £5000 of damage to brand new lighting columns in Heysham.
http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/news/News.asp?id=SX9452-A780CDB5
Four charged after air rifle spree
4th Jan 2008
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
Dozens of vehicle windscreens were smashed in Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket and Woodbridge on October 14, while a 21-year-old man was struck in the face by a pellet in Ipswich's Clapgate Lane.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED04%20Jan%202008%2009%3A13%3A23%3A653
Kids' play room window shot at
11th Jan 2008
East Lothian Courier - Haddington,Scotland,UK
A high-powered air rifle, thought to be of .22 calibre, was used in the attacks,
http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/article.php?sec=1&id=18568
Man Shot in Eye with Airgun
16th Jan 2008
BBC News
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a man was shot in the eye with what police believe to be an airgun. The victim, a 30-year-old man from Birmingham, was picking up a van he had bought on Langton Road in Kirkby on Tuesday when the incident happened. He is still being treated in hospital and doctors say they are worried about the man's sight in his left eye.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7191281.stm
Shot man loses sight in one eye
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Echo - UK
A MAN shot with an air rifle in Kirkby has been blinded in one eye. Surgeons tried to save his sight when he was taken to hospital after the attack on Tuesday.But it was today revealed that the operations had failed and the 30-year-old man has been left blind in his left eye.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/01/18/shot-man-loses-sight-in-one-eye-100252-20365948/
Man arrested over shooting with air rifle
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
A MAN has been arrested and an air rifle recovered after police searched three homes in Knowsley.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/18/man-arrested-over-shooting-with-air-rifle-64375-20364522/
Attacker Shot Victim and Held Sword to His Neck
17th Jan 2008
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
A thug held a Samurai sword to a teen's neck and shot him with an airgun.
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk:80/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19580950
Taxi driver shot at in rifle attack
17th Jan 2008
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The grandad-of-five, who has run his taxi business A1Cabs for three years, and driven for 41 years, added: “I believe an air rifle was used..."
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/01/17/taxi-driver-shot-at-in-rifle-attack-91466-20360981/
Man hit his dog with a saucepan — then shot it with an air rifle
17th Jan 2008
Worcester News - Worcester News, UK
When that did not work, he shot it four times with a .22 calibre air rifle, owned by his partner's father. The dog was put to sleep at Charnock Shepherd
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/wnnewslatest/display.var.1972928.0.man_hit_his_dog_with_a_saucepan_then_shot_it_with_an_air_rifle.php
Teenager gets life for killing grandfather
18th Jan 2008
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER who shot a grandfather at point-blank range with an air rifle and then battered him to death with the butt of the gun was caged for life today.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Teenager-gets-life-for-killing.3688962.jp
Airgun 'sniper' attacks girl,14
23rd Jan 2008
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
The 14-year-old was hit in the arm when the gunman struck near Coves Reservoir in Gourock at 10.30pm on Saturday.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=18950
Woman shot
23rd Jan 2008
Great Yarmouth Mercury - Great Yarmouth,England,UK
ARMED police arrested a man in north Yarmouth following reports he had shot his partner.Police spokesman Jon Smith said a woman was taken to hospital after sustaining an injury to her nose at around 9pm on January 14 but that it was soon established it was an accident involving an airgun.
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/content/yarmouthmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=GYMOnline&category=news&tBrand=GYMonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Jan%202008%2018%3A11%3A33%3A063
Yob, 19, fired air gun at Skelmersdale bus
25th Jan 2008
icSeftonandWestLancs - Southport,England,UK
A 19-YEAR-OLD from Ennerdale, Skelmersdale, who fired an air rifle pellet at a bus in the Digmoor area of the town was arrested and given a final warning.
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/skelmersdaleadvertiser/news/tm_headline=yob-19-fired-air-gun-at-skelmersdale-bus&method=full&objectid=20385633&siteid=60252-name_page.html
Man who shot wife with air rifle is jailed
28th Jan 2008
West Yorkshire in the News
A LEEDS man who repeatedly shot his wife with an air rifle after a boozy night out has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=57&item=218913
Man Charged After Woman Shot With Air Weapon
29th Jan 2008
Greater Manchester Police
A 21-year-old man has been charged after a woman was shot in the neck with an air rifle in bury.
http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/513b6e65f072aa09802573df005e67fb.htm
1st January 2008
Echo South Essex news
YOUTHS with an air rifle are believed to be responsible for shooting and shattering a taxi driver's windscreen.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk:80/news/local/display.var.1935076.0.cabbies_windscreen_shot_out_by_thugs.php
Man injured in air rifle drama
2nd January 2008
Wiltshire Times - UK
WHAT is believed to have started as an argument over a girl ended in someone being shot with an air rifle yesterday in Calne.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1937289.0.man_injured_in_air_rifle_drama.php
Man charged as rifle is aimed at hospital staff
2nd Jan 2008
Rochdale Observer - UK
A BELFIELD man has been charged with a firearms offence after an air rifle was pointed at staff at Rochdale Infirmary. Scott Charlton, aged 31, of Bellshill
http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1030327_man_charged_as_rifle_is_aimed_at_hospital_staff
Vandals destroy new lights
3rd Jan 2008
Lancaster News
Vandals are believed to have used an air rifle to cause £5000 of damage to brand new lighting columns in Heysham.
http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/news/News.asp?id=SX9452-A780CDB5
Four charged after air rifle spree
4th Jan 2008
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
Dozens of vehicle windscreens were smashed in Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket and Woodbridge on October 14, while a 21-year-old man was struck in the face by a pellet in Ipswich's Clapgate Lane.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED04%20Jan%202008%2009%3A13%3A23%3A653
Kids' play room window shot at
11th Jan 2008
East Lothian Courier - Haddington,Scotland,UK
A high-powered air rifle, thought to be of .22 calibre, was used in the attacks,
http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/article.php?sec=1&id=18568
Man Shot in Eye with Airgun
16th Jan 2008
BBC News
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a man was shot in the eye with what police believe to be an airgun. The victim, a 30-year-old man from Birmingham, was picking up a van he had bought on Langton Road in Kirkby on Tuesday when the incident happened. He is still being treated in hospital and doctors say they are worried about the man's sight in his left eye.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7191281.stm
Shot man loses sight in one eye
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Echo - UK
A MAN shot with an air rifle in Kirkby has been blinded in one eye. Surgeons tried to save his sight when he was taken to hospital after the attack on Tuesday.But it was today revealed that the operations had failed and the 30-year-old man has been left blind in his left eye.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/01/18/shot-man-loses-sight-in-one-eye-100252-20365948/
Man arrested over shooting with air rifle
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
A MAN has been arrested and an air rifle recovered after police searched three homes in Knowsley.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/18/man-arrested-over-shooting-with-air-rifle-64375-20364522/
Attacker Shot Victim and Held Sword to His Neck
17th Jan 2008
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
A thug held a Samurai sword to a teen's neck and shot him with an airgun.
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk:80/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19580950
Taxi driver shot at in rifle attack
17th Jan 2008
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The grandad-of-five, who has run his taxi business A1Cabs for three years, and driven for 41 years, added: “I believe an air rifle was used..."
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/01/17/taxi-driver-shot-at-in-rifle-attack-91466-20360981/
Man hit his dog with a saucepan — then shot it with an air rifle
17th Jan 2008
Worcester News - Worcester News, UK
When that did not work, he shot it four times with a .22 calibre air rifle, owned by his partner's father. The dog was put to sleep at Charnock Shepherd
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/wnnewslatest/display.var.1972928.0.man_hit_his_dog_with_a_saucepan_then_shot_it_with_an_air_rifle.php
Teenager gets life for killing grandfather
18th Jan 2008
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER who shot a grandfather at point-blank range with an air rifle and then battered him to death with the butt of the gun was caged for life today.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Teenager-gets-life-for-killing.3688962.jp
Airgun 'sniper' attacks girl,14
23rd Jan 2008
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
The 14-year-old was hit in the arm when the gunman struck near Coves Reservoir in Gourock at 10.30pm on Saturday.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=18950
Woman shot
23rd Jan 2008
Great Yarmouth Mercury - Great Yarmouth,England,UK
ARMED police arrested a man in north Yarmouth following reports he had shot his partner.Police spokesman Jon Smith said a woman was taken to hospital after sustaining an injury to her nose at around 9pm on January 14 but that it was soon established it was an accident involving an airgun.
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/content/yarmouthmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=GYMOnline&category=news&tBrand=GYMonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Jan%202008%2018%3A11%3A33%3A063
Yob, 19, fired air gun at Skelmersdale bus
25th Jan 2008
icSeftonandWestLancs - Southport,England,UK
A 19-YEAR-OLD from Ennerdale, Skelmersdale, who fired an air rifle pellet at a bus in the Digmoor area of the town was arrested and given a final warning.
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/skelmersdaleadvertiser/news/tm_headline=yob-19-fired-air-gun-at-skelmersdale-bus&method=full&objectid=20385633&siteid=60252-name_page.html
Man who shot wife with air rifle is jailed
28th Jan 2008
West Yorkshire in the News
A LEEDS man who repeatedly shot his wife with an air rifle after a boozy night out has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=57&item=218913
Man Charged After Woman Shot With Air Weapon
29th Jan 2008
Greater Manchester Police
A 21-year-old man has been charged after a woman was shot in the neck with an air rifle in bury.
http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/513b6e65f072aa09802573df005e67fb.htm
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
A GUNMAN took a pot shot at a moving vehicle from another car.
1st December 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Police believe an air rifle was fired at a Landrover Discovery from another vehicle as the vehicles passed each other along Gipsy Lane, Irchester, ...
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Gunman-fires-from-passing-car.3546485.jp
Trial told of 'Samurai Threat'
4th December 2007
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
David Adamson and Lee Hutchison are accused of attacking Mr Garden and repeatedly shooting him with an air rifle. It is alleged they brandished a sword at ...
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19154495
Boy shoots teen in the leg with airgun
6th December 2007
Harlow Herald 24 - Stevenage,England,UK
A FOURTEEN-year-old Harlow schoolboy shot another teenager in the leg with an airgun he bought on the internet, a court heard
http://www.harlowherald.co.uk/content/herald/news/story.aspx?brand=EHHOnline&category=NewsHarlow&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshlhnew&itemid=WEED06%20Dec%202007%2011%3A41%3A52%3A040
Elderly women shot with air gun
7th December 2007
Dorset Echo - England,UK
OFFICERS in Ferndown are appealing for help from the public to find the person responsible for firing air pellets at two elderly women as they walked along Station Road in Ferndown.A 74-year-old woman was shot in her bottom and an 88-year-old woman was shot in her left leg and needed hospital treatment - she is now at home recovering.
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1889630.0.elderly_women_shot_with_air_gun.php
Driver tells of terrifying airgun ambush
13th December 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A FORMER soldier has told of the "terrifying" moment he was ambushed on his way home from work by a youth wielding an airgun.
http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3589651
Teenager shot in head with pellet
13th December 2007
BBC News - UK
Armed police were called in after a teenage boy was shot in the head with a pellet gun. Josh Mayer, 16, is recovering in hospital after he was shot in a lane near Hollybush School in Cwmbran, Torfaen, on Tuesday afternoon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7141438.stm
Community service for airgun man
14th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A teenager who shot a young boy in the head with an air pistol in an Edinburgh street has been sentenced to 225 hours community service. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7142218.stm
Man held over air rifle shootings
17th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A man has been arrested after reports of cars and other property being shot at in a Cumbrian town. Officers were called to White School Close at Kells in Whitehaven on Saturday, after reports that a rifle was being shot out of a house window. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7147525.stm
Shooting : Ill Health saves OAP from Jail
24th December 2007
Stratford Herald - Stratford upon Avon,England,UK
A STRATFORD pensioner who fired an airgun at a group of youngsters playing football in a park near his garden fence has escaped being jailed because of his ...
http://www.stratford-herald.co.uk/mainstory.php?ID=1238
1st December 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Police believe an air rifle was fired at a Landrover Discovery from another vehicle as the vehicles passed each other along Gipsy Lane, Irchester, ...
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Gunman-fires-from-passing-car.3546485.jp
Trial told of 'Samurai Threat'
4th December 2007
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
David Adamson and Lee Hutchison are accused of attacking Mr Garden and repeatedly shooting him with an air rifle. It is alleged they brandished a sword at ...
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19154495
Boy shoots teen in the leg with airgun
6th December 2007
Harlow Herald 24 - Stevenage,England,UK
A FOURTEEN-year-old Harlow schoolboy shot another teenager in the leg with an airgun he bought on the internet, a court heard
http://www.harlowherald.co.uk/content/herald/news/story.aspx?brand=EHHOnline&category=NewsHarlow&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshlhnew&itemid=WEED06%20Dec%202007%2011%3A41%3A52%3A040
Elderly women shot with air gun
7th December 2007
Dorset Echo - England,UK
OFFICERS in Ferndown are appealing for help from the public to find the person responsible for firing air pellets at two elderly women as they walked along Station Road in Ferndown.A 74-year-old woman was shot in her bottom and an 88-year-old woman was shot in her left leg and needed hospital treatment - she is now at home recovering.
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1889630.0.elderly_women_shot_with_air_gun.php
Driver tells of terrifying airgun ambush
13th December 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A FORMER soldier has told of the "terrifying" moment he was ambushed on his way home from work by a youth wielding an airgun.
http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3589651
Teenager shot in head with pellet
13th December 2007
BBC News - UK
Armed police were called in after a teenage boy was shot in the head with a pellet gun. Josh Mayer, 16, is recovering in hospital after he was shot in a lane near Hollybush School in Cwmbran, Torfaen, on Tuesday afternoon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7141438.stm
Community service for airgun man
14th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A teenager who shot a young boy in the head with an air pistol in an Edinburgh street has been sentenced to 225 hours community service. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7142218.stm
Man held over air rifle shootings
17th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A man has been arrested after reports of cars and other property being shot at in a Cumbrian town. Officers were called to White School Close at Kells in Whitehaven on Saturday, after reports that a rifle was being shot out of a house window. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7147525.stm
Shooting : Ill Health saves OAP from Jail
24th December 2007
Stratford Herald - Stratford upon Avon,England,UK
A STRATFORD pensioner who fired an airgun at a group of youngsters playing football in a park near his garden fence has escaped being jailed because of his ...
http://www.stratford-herald.co.uk/mainstory.php?ID=1238
Friday, 14 December 2007
November 2007
Girl, 9, shot in head with airgun
5th November 2007
BBC Birmingham - UK
A nine-year-old girl has been injured after she was shot in the head with an airgun pellet. Ambulance staff said if the pellet had been "an inch to the side" she could easily have suffered a very serious eye injury or lost the sight in the eye. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7078672.stm
Double glazing salesman shot in the head
8th November 2007
Blackburn Citizen - UK
Alex O'Neill, 17, of Blackburn, was left with a chipped skull after he was hit by an air rifle pellet, thought to have been fired from a first floor window http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk:80/mostpopular.var.1816552.mostviewed.double_glazing_salesman_shot_in_the_head.php
Pregnant woman shot in stomach
12th November 2007
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
A YOUNG gunman who shot a pregnant woman in the stomach is being hunted by police. The same evening a woman was walking her dog when it was shot twice - in the head and shoulder - by an air rifle in the Elvet Place area.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk:80/news/teesside-breaking-news/2007/11/12/pregnant-woman-shot-in-stomach-84229-20098060/
Girl shot on way home from school
14th November 2007
Times 24 - Welwyn Garden City,England,UK
Pellets blasted from an airgun rained down on a 13-year-old girl, while others smashed into a nearby house and car.
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/whtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=WHTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newswhtnew&itemid=WEED14%20Nov%202007%2013%3A14%3A08%3A833
Youth accused of airgun terror spree given Asbo
22nd November 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER accused of terrorising a Lothian town by brandishing an air rifle has been given an Asbo. The 17-year-old from Tranent was alleged to have damaged property with the weapon.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1838122007
Bricke shot on building site
24th November 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Construction worker Dave Sewell was struck with a pellet from an air rifle as he worked on a building site in Corby. He had been fired at with an air rifle... http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bricke-shot-on-building-site.3519676.jp
Woman victim of air rifle sniper
27th November 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A woman has been shot in the neck with an air weapon in Bury. It is believed the air weapon was fired from a grass verge overlooking the petrol station forecourt nearby. Police are currently investigating three other similar incidents in the same area and are keen to speak to anyone with any information. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1861860.0.woman_victim_of_air_rifle_sniper.php
Arrests after air-rifle shooting
30th November 2007
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Three people have been arrested after a woman was shot in the neck by an air rifle in Bury on Monday evening.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/countries/arrests-after-air-rifle-shooting-$1173869.htm
Two-day amnesty attracts weapons
30th November 2007
BBC News - UK
A two-day gun amnesty in Newport following a teenager's death from an air rifle wound has been welcomed as " absolutely fantastic". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7121364.stm
5th November 2007
BBC Birmingham - UK
A nine-year-old girl has been injured after she was shot in the head with an airgun pellet. Ambulance staff said if the pellet had been "an inch to the side" she could easily have suffered a very serious eye injury or lost the sight in the eye. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/7078672.stm
Double glazing salesman shot in the head
8th November 2007
Blackburn Citizen - UK
Alex O'Neill, 17, of Blackburn, was left with a chipped skull after he was hit by an air rifle pellet, thought to have been fired from a first floor window http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk:80/mostpopular.var.1816552.mostviewed.double_glazing_salesman_shot_in_the_head.php
Pregnant woman shot in stomach
12th November 2007
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
A YOUNG gunman who shot a pregnant woman in the stomach is being hunted by police. The same evening a woman was walking her dog when it was shot twice - in the head and shoulder - by an air rifle in the Elvet Place area.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk:80/news/teesside-breaking-news/2007/11/12/pregnant-woman-shot-in-stomach-84229-20098060/
Girl shot on way home from school
14th November 2007
Times 24 - Welwyn Garden City,England,UK
Pellets blasted from an airgun rained down on a 13-year-old girl, while others smashed into a nearby house and car.
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/content/whtimes/news/story.aspx?brand=WHTOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newswhtnew&itemid=WEED14%20Nov%202007%2013%3A14%3A08%3A833
Youth accused of airgun terror spree given Asbo
22nd November 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER accused of terrorising a Lothian town by brandishing an air rifle has been given an Asbo. The 17-year-old from Tranent was alleged to have damaged property with the weapon.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1838122007
Bricke shot on building site
24th November 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Construction worker Dave Sewell was struck with a pellet from an air rifle as he worked on a building site in Corby. He had been fired at with an air rifle... http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Bricke-shot-on-building-site.3519676.jp
Woman victim of air rifle sniper
27th November 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A woman has been shot in the neck with an air weapon in Bury. It is believed the air weapon was fired from a grass verge overlooking the petrol station forecourt nearby. Police are currently investigating three other similar incidents in the same area and are keen to speak to anyone with any information. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1861860.0.woman_victim_of_air_rifle_sniper.php
Arrests after air-rifle shooting
30th November 2007
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
Three people have been arrested after a woman was shot in the neck by an air rifle in Bury on Monday evening.
http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/countries/arrests-after-air-rifle-shooting-$1173869.htm
Two-day amnesty attracts weapons
30th November 2007
BBC News - UK
A two-day gun amnesty in Newport following a teenager's death from an air rifle wound has been welcomed as " absolutely fantastic". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7121364.stm
Boy Dies in Air Rifle Accident
Boy dies in air rifle accident
12th November 2007
Reuters, London
A 17-year-old boy has died after being shot in an air rifle accident in south Wales, police said on Monday. Police have arrested two local youths, aged 18 and 16, and recovered an air weapon from the scene. Local councillor Mark Whitcutt told the BBC: "You wonder about the levels of responsibility or the levels of awareness (people have) about the damage lethal weapons can do."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1259923220071112
Daniel Marsh suffered a ruptured artery in his chest after a pellet entered his body.
"He staggered 70 yards and collapsed in the street. A couple of people came out because of the frenzied activity in the street and a neighbour tried to carry out emergency medical assistance," he said. Paramedics tried to revive Daniel as they took him the short distance to the hospital. Staff there continued to try to save his life, but could not. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7090184.stm
12th November 2007
Reuters, London
A 17-year-old boy has died after being shot in an air rifle accident in south Wales, police said on Monday. Police have arrested two local youths, aged 18 and 16, and recovered an air weapon from the scene. Local councillor Mark Whitcutt told the BBC: "You wonder about the levels of responsibility or the levels of awareness (people have) about the damage lethal weapons can do."
http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL1259923220071112
Daniel Marsh suffered a ruptured artery in his chest after a pellet entered his body.
"He staggered 70 yards and collapsed in the street. A couple of people came out because of the frenzied activity in the street and a neighbour tried to carry out emergency medical assistance," he said. Paramedics tried to revive Daniel as they took him the short distance to the hospital. Staff there continued to try to save his life, but could not. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7090184.stm
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Tommy's Rage After Shooting
AN armed thug fired shots at the home of ex-MSP Tommy Sheridan in a terrifying latenight attack.
4th November 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
The former MSP - an antiairgun campaigner - was at home with his wife and toddler daughter at the time.
Police discovered holes in the front window of their Glasgow home which they suspect were made by airgun pellets.
Last night, Tommy revealed he and wife Gail - who have a two-year-old daughter, Gabrielle - were shattered by the attack.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2007/11/04/tommy-s-rage-after-shooting-78057-20057900/
4th November 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
The former MSP - an antiairgun campaigner - was at home with his wife and toddler daughter at the time.
Police discovered holes in the front window of their Glasgow home which they suspect were made by airgun pellets.
Last night, Tommy revealed he and wife Gail - who have a two-year-old daughter, Gabrielle - were shattered by the attack.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2007/11/04/tommy-s-rage-after-shooting-78057-20057900/
Thursday, 1 November 2007
October 2007
Pair 'shot and beat victim to death simply for amusement'
3rd October 2007
Times Online - UK
Two teenagers used an air rifle and cricket bat to kill a defenceless man on a deserted country lane, a court was told yesterday. ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2578282.ece
Near disaster as train driver shot in the head
3rd October 2007
Enfield & Haringey Independent - UK
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a train driver was shot in the head with an air gun near an Enfield station, narrowly avoiding a disaster.
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1732313.0.near_disaster_as_train_driver_shot_in_the_head.php
Rare Hawk killed by airgun menace
4th October 2007
thisisgloucestershire.co.uk - Gloucester,England,UK
It had a broken wing and a pellet from an airgun inside it. "We did two operations to remove the pellet from its stomach and to pin the wing, but it didn't survive.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=18505226&folderPk=108867&pNodeId=231888
Drinking session ends with an airgun attack
8th October 2007
Weston & Somerset Mercury - Weston-super-Mare,England,UK
A DRUNKEN man who admitted opening fire at a neighbour's window has been warned he could face a prison sentence. William Kay fetched his 22-calibre air ...
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1734592.0.man_47_stabbed_to_death_in_pub.php
Sniper terror
11th October 2007
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
The airgun-wielding thug strikes mostly at weekends and targets properties in Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=16051
Man terrified road diggers by aiming fake rifle at them
12th October 2007
icBerkshire - Reading,England,UK
Police officers raced to the scene and arrested Gudgeon when they saw him attempting to throw an air rifle into a council wheelie bin.
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_headline=man-terrified-road-diggers-by-aiming-fake-rifle-at-them&method=full&objectid=19941197&siteid=50102-name_page.html
Woman injured in airgun shooting
16th October 2007
BBC News - UK
A woman was seriously injured when she was shot at with an air weapon as she returned home to her flat in Glasgow's east end. The 31-year-old was hit in the legs...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7047144.stm
Jailed teacher's battle to work
17th October 2007
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A TEACHER jailed and sacked for firing an airgun in a row with youths will fight for her right to teach at a hearing tomorrow.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1020015_jailed_teachers_battle_to_work
Second arrest in air gun probe
17th October 2007
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
A SECOND person has today been arrested in connection with an airgun shooting spree which saw a man shot in the face and caused thousands of pounds of damage.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED17%20Oct%202007%2012%3A05%3A18%3A333
Smoking party goers shot by air gun sniper
18th October 2007
Hampstead and Highgate Express - London,England,UK
SMOKERS at a party discovered their habit really was bad for their health when they stepped outside and were shot at by air rifle snipers.
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED18%20Oct%202007%2016%3A18%3A49%3A663
No Prison Sentence, so Soldier can still serve
20th October 2007
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby,England,UK
A Soldier who used an airgun to fire pot shots at passers-by from his bedroom window has been spared a prison sentence so he can continue in active service.
Alex Wolfson, prosecuting, said "Whilst bending down into the car, Mrs Peto felt an incredible pain to her thigh. She had been shot by the defendant with an air rifle."
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeId1=124522&contentPK=18730306
Grieving man’s gun rampage
24th October 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
But then, 15 minutes later, O’Leary returned to the doorway holding an air rifle. Mr Lake said shots were heard and people fled in fear as the shots flew ...
http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=grieving-man-8217-s-gun-rampage&method=full&objectid=19997849&siteid=50060-name_page.html
Camilla's hairdresser took potshots at his neighbours
25th October 2007
Daily Mail - UK
But now Daniel Galvin has come a cropper after taking an air rifle and shooting at his neighbours over a bitter boundary dispute.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489543&in_page_id=1770
Swans die in air rifle attacks
25th October 2007
The RSPCA is appealing for help to find those responsible for shooting a swan and its cygnet in Harlington, Doncaster.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489543&in_page_id=1770
Gunman Locked Up
26th October 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Philip Thompson, 39, fired an airgun at police during the stand-off at his home in West Linton, Peebleshire. His wife had said she was leaving him. ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2007/10/26/gunman-locked-up-86908-20012091/
Thug Shoots Swan In Head
27th October 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Vets fear the female bird has been left brain damaged by the airgun pellet and may die if released. Now the SSPCA are preparing to capture its heartbroken mate...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/10/27/thug-shoots-swan-in-head-86908-20017042/
Don't play with guns
29th October 2007
Dorset Echo - England,UK
TEENAGER Hayley Torr today told how she is waiting to learn if she will lose her sight after being shot in the eye.
Hayley, 19, of Shepherds Croft, Portland, suffered horrific injuries after being hit with an air rifle pellet during an evening with friends.
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1792639.0.dont_play_with_guns.php
Hunt on after van airgun attack
31st October 2007
BBC News - UK
An investigation is under way after an air rifle pellet was fired at the windscreen of a van in Dundee.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7072285.stm
Old man in fear at airgun shooting
31st October 2007
Petersfield Post - Petersfield,England,UK
AN ELDERLY man was hospitalised when he fell in fright at three airgun pellets being shot at his window. Peter Saunders (79), of Oaklands Road, broke his wrist trying to get help after he was scared by the attack.
http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/news/Old-man-in-fear-at.3429282.jp
3rd October 2007
Times Online - UK
Two teenagers used an air rifle and cricket bat to kill a defenceless man on a deserted country lane, a court was told yesterday. ...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2578282.ece
Near disaster as train driver shot in the head
3rd October 2007
Enfield & Haringey Independent - UK
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a train driver was shot in the head with an air gun near an Enfield station, narrowly avoiding a disaster.
http://www.enfieldindependent.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1732313.0.near_disaster_as_train_driver_shot_in_the_head.php
Rare Hawk killed by airgun menace
4th October 2007
thisisgloucestershire.co.uk - Gloucester,England,UK
It had a broken wing and a pellet from an airgun inside it. "We did two operations to remove the pellet from its stomach and to pin the wing, but it didn't survive.
http://www.thisisgloucestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=231771&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231774&contentPK=18505226&folderPk=108867&pNodeId=231888
Drinking session ends with an airgun attack
8th October 2007
Weston & Somerset Mercury - Weston-super-Mare,England,UK
A DRUNKEN man who admitted opening fire at a neighbour's window has been warned he could face a prison sentence. William Kay fetched his 22-calibre air ...
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/display.var.1734592.0.man_47_stabbed_to_death_in_pub.php
Sniper terror
11th October 2007
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
The airgun-wielding thug strikes mostly at weekends and targets properties in Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=16051
Man terrified road diggers by aiming fake rifle at them
12th October 2007
icBerkshire - Reading,England,UK
Police officers raced to the scene and arrested Gudgeon when they saw him attempting to throw an air rifle into a council wheelie bin.
http://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200berkshireheadlines/tm_headline=man-terrified-road-diggers-by-aiming-fake-rifle-at-them&method=full&objectid=19941197&siteid=50102-name_page.html
Woman injured in airgun shooting
16th October 2007
BBC News - UK
A woman was seriously injured when she was shot at with an air weapon as she returned home to her flat in Glasgow's east end. The 31-year-old was hit in the legs...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7047144.stm
Jailed teacher's battle to work
17th October 2007
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A TEACHER jailed and sacked for firing an airgun in a row with youths will fight for her right to teach at a hearing tomorrow.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1020015_jailed_teachers_battle_to_work
Second arrest in air gun probe
17th October 2007
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
A SECOND person has today been arrested in connection with an airgun shooting spree which saw a man shot in the face and caused thousands of pounds of damage.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED17%20Oct%202007%2012%3A05%3A18%3A333
Smoking party goers shot by air gun sniper
18th October 2007
Hampstead and Highgate Express - London,England,UK
SMOKERS at a party discovered their habit really was bad for their health when they stepped outside and were shot at by air rifle snipers.
http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/content/camden/hamhigh/news/story.aspx?brand=NorthLondon24&category=Newshamhigh&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newshamhigh&itemid=WeED18%20Oct%202007%2016%3A18%3A49%3A663
No Prison Sentence, so Soldier can still serve
20th October 2007
Derby Evening Telegraph - Derby,England,UK
A Soldier who used an airgun to fire pot shots at passers-by from his bedroom window has been spared a prison sentence so he can continue in active service.
Alex Wolfson, prosecuting, said "Whilst bending down into the car, Mrs Peto felt an incredible pain to her thigh. She had been shot by the defendant with an air rifle."
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=124378&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231734&home=yes&more_nodeId1=124522&contentPK=18730306
Grieving man’s gun rampage
24th October 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
But then, 15 minutes later, O’Leary returned to the doorway holding an air rifle. Mr Lake said shots were heard and people fled in fear as the shots flew ...
http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=grieving-man-8217-s-gun-rampage&method=full&objectid=19997849&siteid=50060-name_page.html
Camilla's hairdresser took potshots at his neighbours
25th October 2007
Daily Mail - UK
But now Daniel Galvin has come a cropper after taking an air rifle and shooting at his neighbours over a bitter boundary dispute.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489543&in_page_id=1770
Swans die in air rifle attacks
25th October 2007
The RSPCA is appealing for help to find those responsible for shooting a swan and its cygnet in Harlington, Doncaster.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489543&in_page_id=1770
Gunman Locked Up
26th October 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Philip Thompson, 39, fired an airgun at police during the stand-off at his home in West Linton, Peebleshire. His wife had said she was leaving him. ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2007/10/26/gunman-locked-up-86908-20012091/
Thug Shoots Swan In Head
27th October 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Vets fear the female bird has been left brain damaged by the airgun pellet and may die if released. Now the SSPCA are preparing to capture its heartbroken mate...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2007/10/27/thug-shoots-swan-in-head-86908-20017042/
Don't play with guns
29th October 2007
Dorset Echo - England,UK
TEENAGER Hayley Torr today told how she is waiting to learn if she will lose her sight after being shot in the eye.
Hayley, 19, of Shepherds Croft, Portland, suffered horrific injuries after being hit with an air rifle pellet during an evening with friends.
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1792639.0.dont_play_with_guns.php
Hunt on after van airgun attack
31st October 2007
BBC News - UK
An investigation is under way after an air rifle pellet was fired at the windscreen of a van in Dundee.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7072285.stm
Old man in fear at airgun shooting
31st October 2007
Petersfield Post - Petersfield,England,UK
AN ELDERLY man was hospitalised when he fell in fright at three airgun pellets being shot at his window. Peter Saunders (79), of Oaklands Road, broke his wrist trying to get help after he was scared by the attack.
http://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/news/Old-man-in-fear-at.3429282.jp
Sunday, 21 October 2007
September 2007
A gunman shot at a packed train - smashing a window and terrifying commuters
2nd September 2007
Sunday People - UK
He fired his airgun from the side of the track between Exeter and Axminster, Devon. One passenger said yesterday: "I heard a plop and a window shattered. ...
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=rifle-maniac-blasts-train&method=full&objectid=19722027&siteid=93463-name_page.html
Airgun attackers shoot three men
5th September 2007
BBC News - UK
In the third incident, a man in his 50s reported that six shots from an airgun were fired at him from a passing car.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6979660.stm
Gun man facing jail term
5th September 2007
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
A MAN who fired an air rifle in a Greenock street has been told he could face jail.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=12218
Armed robbery arrest
6th September 2007
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
Brandishing a BB gun, or airgun, a robber demanded cash from staff at Sainsbury's petrol station in Didcot yesterday morning at about 9.30pm
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1671298.0.armed_robbery_arrest.php
Father jailed for gun attack on son
8th September 2007
Bolton News - Bolton,UK Barry Hayes, aged 58 shot his son, aged 31, in the head, leg and chest with a modified air rifle after following him in his car.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1674818.0.father_jailed_for_gun_attack_on_son.php
SHOOTINGS PROMPT POLICE WARNING OVER AIR RIFLES
12th September 2007
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
Two separate shootings which happened within hours of each other in Exeter and Mid Devon have prompted police to issue a warning over the dangers of air rifles. A city man had to undergo lifesaving surgery in Southampton yesterday after apparently shooting himself in the head on Monday evening. Meanwhile, a man from Beaford, near Winkleigh, had a lucky escape after accidentally shooting himself in the chest in a hunting accident.
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137199&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136986&contentPK=18365987&folderPk=79934&pNodeId=137002
Police seize airgun from kids
19th September 2007
Wiltshire Times - UK
POLICE officers on patrol through Trowbridge Town Park seized a gun from two nine-year-old children who were pointing it at passers by at 3pm on Saturday.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1699069.0.police_seize_airgun_from_kids.php
Gun-toting Woodhouse man jailed for 15 months
20th September 2007
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
A MANSFIELD Woodhouse man who pointed an air rifle at a police officer was jailed for 15 months today.
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Guntoting-Woodhouse-man-jailed-for.3220042.jp
Man jailed for Halloween shooting
21st September 2007
BBC News - UK
A man was jailed for firing an air rifle at partygoers he threw out of his daughter's Halloween party. Jamie Armstrong, 37, from Ascot, Berkshire, was jailed for three and a half years after Reading Crown Court was told he shot one girl in the leg .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7007666.stm
PENSIONER SHOT IN BACK BY 'STRAY' PELLET
22nd September 2007
Lincolnshire Echo - Lincoln,England,UK
A pensioner was shot in the back by a stray air rifle pellet from a window ledge shooting gallery, a court heard.
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156582&command=displayContent&sourceNode=156408&contentPK=18458794&folderPk=87028&pNodeId=156139
Driver shot in face with airgun
24th September 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A LORRY driver was shot in the cheek with an air rifle as he stood on a building site. The 37-year-old man was left with a pellet buried his eye after the attack.
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1709293.0.driver_shot_in_face_with_airgun.php
Driver may carry pellet for life
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A DELIVERY driver shot in the face with an airgun may have the pellet lodged in his cheek for life.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1017508_driver_may_carry_pellet_for_life_
Shocking scale of gun crimes by young
28th September 2007
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... with eight charged, although for seven of those the gun was an air rifle or BB gun
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Shocking-scale-of-gun-crimes.3241532.jp COPS IN
POST SNUB
30 September 2007
Sunday People Residents are fuming after postal bosses turned down police protection for staff delivering to homes near a dangerous travellers' camp. Royal Mail stopped rounds next to the Hovefields site in Wickford, Essex, in 2005 after one postiewas shot in the leg with an airgun and another was attacked by dogs.
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=cops-in-post-snub&method=full&objectid=19870984&siteid=93463-name_page.html
LAWYERS REFUSE TO CHARGE BOY WHO SHOT GIRL
26th September 2007
UK Express - UK
A TEENAGER who nearly blinded a schoolgirl when he shot her in the face with an air rifle is to escape charges. Lawyers claimed the boy of 14 was not old enough to recognise the dangers of his action. Doctors said 15-year-old Lorna De-Ste-Croix was lucky not to lose an eye after she staggered home with her face covered in blood.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/20211/Lawyers-refuse-to-charge-boy-who-shot-girl-
2nd September 2007
Sunday People - UK
He fired his airgun from the side of the track between Exeter and Axminster, Devon. One passenger said yesterday: "I heard a plop and a window shattered. ...
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=rifle-maniac-blasts-train&method=full&objectid=19722027&siteid=93463-name_page.html
Airgun attackers shoot three men
5th September 2007
BBC News - UK
In the third incident, a man in his 50s reported that six shots from an airgun were fired at him from a passing car.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/6979660.stm
Gun man facing jail term
5th September 2007
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
A MAN who fired an air rifle in a Greenock street has been told he could face jail.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=12218
Armed robbery arrest
6th September 2007
Oxford Mail - Oxford,England,UK
Brandishing a BB gun, or airgun, a robber demanded cash from staff at Sainsbury's petrol station in Didcot yesterday morning at about 9.30pm
http://www.oxfordmail.net/news/headlines/display.var.1671298.0.armed_robbery_arrest.php
Father jailed for gun attack on son
8th September 2007
Bolton News - Bolton,UK Barry Hayes, aged 58 shot his son, aged 31, in the head, leg and chest with a modified air rifle after following him in his car.
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/display.var.1674818.0.father_jailed_for_gun_attack_on_son.php
SHOOTINGS PROMPT POLICE WARNING OVER AIR RIFLES
12th September 2007
Express & Echo - Exeter,England,UK
Two separate shootings which happened within hours of each other in Exeter and Mid Devon have prompted police to issue a warning over the dangers of air rifles. A city man had to undergo lifesaving surgery in Southampton yesterday after apparently shooting himself in the head on Monday evening. Meanwhile, a man from Beaford, near Winkleigh, had a lucky escape after accidentally shooting himself in the chest in a hunting accident.
http://www.thisisexeter.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=137199&command=displayContent&sourceNode=136986&contentPK=18365987&folderPk=79934&pNodeId=137002
Police seize airgun from kids
19th September 2007
Wiltshire Times - UK
POLICE officers on patrol through Trowbridge Town Park seized a gun from two nine-year-old children who were pointing it at passers by at 3pm on Saturday.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1699069.0.police_seize_airgun_from_kids.php
Gun-toting Woodhouse man jailed for 15 months
20th September 2007
Mansfield Chad - Mansfield,England,UK
A MANSFIELD Woodhouse man who pointed an air rifle at a police officer was jailed for 15 months today.
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Guntoting-Woodhouse-man-jailed-for.3220042.jp
Man jailed for Halloween shooting
21st September 2007
BBC News - UK
A man was jailed for firing an air rifle at partygoers he threw out of his daughter's Halloween party. Jamie Armstrong, 37, from Ascot, Berkshire, was jailed for three and a half years after Reading Crown Court was told he shot one girl in the leg .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7007666.stm
PENSIONER SHOT IN BACK BY 'STRAY' PELLET
22nd September 2007
Lincolnshire Echo - Lincoln,England,UK
A pensioner was shot in the back by a stray air rifle pellet from a window ledge shooting gallery, a court heard.
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156582&command=displayContent&sourceNode=156408&contentPK=18458794&folderPk=87028&pNodeId=156139
Driver shot in face with airgun
24th September 2007
This Is Lancashire - Blackburn,England,UK
A LORRY driver was shot in the cheek with an air rifle as he stood on a building site. The 37-year-old man was left with a pellet buried his eye after the attack.
http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1709293.0.driver_shot_in_face_with_airgun.php
Driver may carry pellet for life
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A DELIVERY driver shot in the face with an airgun may have the pellet lodged in his cheek for life.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1017508_driver_may_carry_pellet_for_life_
Shocking scale of gun crimes by young
28th September 2007
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... with eight charged, although for seven of those the gun was an air rifle or BB gun
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Shocking-scale-of-gun-crimes.3241532.jp COPS IN
POST SNUB
30 September 2007
Sunday People Residents are fuming after postal bosses turned down police protection for staff delivering to homes near a dangerous travellers' camp. Royal Mail stopped rounds next to the Hovefields site in Wickford, Essex, in 2005 after one postiewas shot in the leg with an airgun and another was attacked by dogs.
http://www.people.co.uk/news/tm_headline=cops-in-post-snub&method=full&objectid=19870984&siteid=93463-name_page.html
LAWYERS REFUSE TO CHARGE BOY WHO SHOT GIRL
26th September 2007
UK Express - UK
A TEENAGER who nearly blinded a schoolgirl when he shot her in the face with an air rifle is to escape charges. Lawyers claimed the boy of 14 was not old enough to recognise the dangers of his action. Doctors said 15-year-old Lorna De-Ste-Croix was lucky not to lose an eye after she staggered home with her face covered in blood.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/20211/Lawyers-refuse-to-charge-boy-who-shot-girl-
August 2007
MAN SHOT IN THE EYE WITH AIR RIFLE
1st August 2007
Grimsby Evening Telegraph - Grimsby,England,UK
A Man cannot see out of one eye after he was shot in the head with an air rifle. Christopher Wray (35) was walking home along Sandringham Road, Cleethorpes
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=181505&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231723&home=yes&more_nodeId1=151458&contentPK=17984495
Youth arrested after air rifle attack on boy
2nd August 2007
Kent News - United Kingdom
Police arrested two youngsters after a boy was shot in the leg with an air rifle as he walked by the River Medway in Tovil. The attacker was among a gang of five youths when he took aim with the weapon at a group of six young males on the opposite bank.
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Youth-arrested-after-air-rifle-attack-on-boy-newsinkent4515.aspx
Gun pointed at girl, 10,
6th August 2007
Burnley Citizen - UK
A YOB involved in trouble during which an air rifle was pointed at a 10-year-old girl's head is behind bars. 'Troubled' Ian Jackson, 19, of Dixon Street, Colne http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/display.var.1598419.0.gun_pointed_at_girl_10.php
Teenager shot with air rifle
8th August 2007
Maidenhead Advertiser - Maidenhead,England,UK
A 16-year-old girl has been shot in the leg by an air rifle in a Maidenhead road. Police are appealing for witnesses
http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news_article.php?section=5&category=89&story=4078
Teens shot in park airgun attack
8th August 2007
BBC News - UK
The 15-year-olds suffered minor injuries when they were hit at about 2130 BST on Monday in a park near the city's Ferguson Street. Tayside Police, who think who think the weapon may have been fired from a window in Victoria Street, have appealed for witnesses to come forward. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6936558.stm
Gun Nuts take pot shots at women golfers
15th August 2007
Paisley Daily Express - Renfrewshire,Scotland,UK
One source said: "There were young neds with a high-powered air rifle who were chillingly using the women for target practice. http://icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/pde/news/tm_headline=gun-nuts-take-pot-shots-at-women-golfers&method=full&objectid=19634933&siteid=63858-name_page.html
Man shot in the leg by passing car
15th August 2007
Aylesbury Today Bucks Herald - Aylesbury,England,UK
A MAN from Waddesdon is recovering this week after he was shot in the knee with a air rifle.
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news?articleid=3114408
Police alert over air rifle attacks
15 August 2007
Wiltshire Times - UK
POLICE are stepping up measures to combat a rising spate of air rifle attacks on residents and animals in Warminster. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1619754.0.police_alert_over_air_rifle_attacks.php
Claims dead pensioner 'molested girl'
21st August 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A PENSIONER shot dead with an airgun was at the centre of apparently unfounded rumours he molested a teenage girl. Thomas Nicoll, 72, was attacked at his home in Winchburgh and died from a gunshot wound to the head on Sunday.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1326552007
Toddler shoots playmate in head with air rifle
23rd August 2007
Daily Mail - UK
A girl of three has been shot in the head by her elder sister - and has a pellet lodged in her brain. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=477020&in_page_id=1770
Man injured in air rifle incident
24th August 2007
BBC News - UK
Police in Inverness are investigating an incident in which a man was shot with an air rifle. The 28-year-old was taken to Raigmore Hospital http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6961801.stm
Boy, 13, shot with airgun
26th August 2007
Guardian Unlimited - UK
A teenager is being treated in hospital after being shot with what is believed to be a pellet from an air weapon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6876114,00.html
Friends take cover as shot draws blood
28th August 2007
Guernsey Press and Star - Vale,Guernsey,UK
Dexter Crowson was struck by an air rifle pellet only inches from his right eye while changing to go swimming at North Side.
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=002611&year=2007&category=news
Louts take pot-shots at walkers on busy city street
29th August 2007
York Press - York,UK
Mr Gardner said police had seized a rifle and a large quantity of ammunition from a flat and had found air gun pellets all along Pavement. http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/display.var.1649931.0.louts_take_potshots_at_walkers_on_busy_city_street.php
Guns from suspect’s home are off to lab
29th August 2007
Guernsey Press and Star - Vale,Guernsey,UK
A CACHE of weapons has been retrieved from the house of a suspect bailed after Sunday’s incident where an 18-year-old was shot in the forehead with an air rifle. http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=002621
Air gun yobs' death threat
31st August 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
GUN-TOTING hoodie thugs threatened to kill a terrified woman if she called the police – then shot her in the head. "They said if it had hit me in the eye I would have been blinded." She added that she was now scared to go into her garden. http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=air-gun-yobs-death-threat&method=full&objectid=19715180&siteid=50060-name_page.html
Airgun trial ends with no verdict
31st August 2007
Sunderland Echo - UK
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of shooting an air rifle at a teenage girl. The 15-year-old victim in the case told Durham Crown Court an air rifle was pointed at her from a passing car and fired twice as she waited at a bus stop in Wingate, County Durham.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Airgun-trial-ends-with-no.3164465.jp
1st August 2007
Grimsby Evening Telegraph - Grimsby,England,UK
A Man cannot see out of one eye after he was shot in the head with an air rifle. Christopher Wray (35) was walking home along Sandringham Road, Cleethorpes
http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=181505&command=displayContent&sourceNode=231723&home=yes&more_nodeId1=151458&contentPK=17984495
Youth arrested after air rifle attack on boy
2nd August 2007
Kent News - United Kingdom
Police arrested two youngsters after a boy was shot in the leg with an air rifle as he walked by the River Medway in Tovil. The attacker was among a gang of five youths when he took aim with the weapon at a group of six young males on the opposite bank.
http://www.kentnews.co.uk/kent-news/Youth-arrested-after-air-rifle-attack-on-boy-newsinkent4515.aspx
Gun pointed at girl, 10,
6th August 2007
Burnley Citizen - UK
A YOB involved in trouble during which an air rifle was pointed at a 10-year-old girl's head is behind bars. 'Troubled' Ian Jackson, 19, of Dixon Street, Colne http://www.burnleycitizen.co.uk/display.var.1598419.0.gun_pointed_at_girl_10.php
Teenager shot with air rifle
8th August 2007
Maidenhead Advertiser - Maidenhead,England,UK
A 16-year-old girl has been shot in the leg by an air rifle in a Maidenhead road. Police are appealing for witnesses
http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/news_article.php?section=5&category=89&story=4078
Teens shot in park airgun attack
8th August 2007
BBC News - UK
The 15-year-olds suffered minor injuries when they were hit at about 2130 BST on Monday in a park near the city's Ferguson Street. Tayside Police, who think who think the weapon may have been fired from a window in Victoria Street, have appealed for witnesses to come forward. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6936558.stm
Gun Nuts take pot shots at women golfers
15th August 2007
Paisley Daily Express - Renfrewshire,Scotland,UK
One source said: "There were young neds with a high-powered air rifle who were chillingly using the women for target practice. http://icrenfrewshire.icnetwork.co.uk/pde/news/tm_headline=gun-nuts-take-pot-shots-at-women-golfers&method=full&objectid=19634933&siteid=63858-name_page.html
Man shot in the leg by passing car
15th August 2007
Aylesbury Today Bucks Herald - Aylesbury,England,UK
A MAN from Waddesdon is recovering this week after he was shot in the knee with a air rifle.
http://www.bucksherald.co.uk/news?articleid=3114408
Police alert over air rifle attacks
15 August 2007
Wiltshire Times - UK
POLICE are stepping up measures to combat a rising spate of air rifle attacks on residents and animals in Warminster. http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1619754.0.police_alert_over_air_rifle_attacks.php
Claims dead pensioner 'molested girl'
21st August 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A PENSIONER shot dead with an airgun was at the centre of apparently unfounded rumours he molested a teenage girl. Thomas Nicoll, 72, was attacked at his home in Winchburgh and died from a gunshot wound to the head on Sunday.
http://news.scotsman.com/politics.cfm?id=1326552007
Toddler shoots playmate in head with air rifle
23rd August 2007
Daily Mail - UK
A girl of three has been shot in the head by her elder sister - and has a pellet lodged in her brain. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=477020&in_page_id=1770
Man injured in air rifle incident
24th August 2007
BBC News - UK
Police in Inverness are investigating an incident in which a man was shot with an air rifle. The 28-year-old was taken to Raigmore Hospital http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6961801.stm
Boy, 13, shot with airgun
26th August 2007
Guardian Unlimited - UK
A teenager is being treated in hospital after being shot with what is believed to be a pellet from an air weapon.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6876114,00.html
Friends take cover as shot draws blood
28th August 2007
Guernsey Press and Star - Vale,Guernsey,UK
Dexter Crowson was struck by an air rifle pellet only inches from his right eye while changing to go swimming at North Side.
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/showarchive.pl?ArticleID=002611&year=2007&category=news
Louts take pot-shots at walkers on busy city street
29th August 2007
York Press - York,UK
Mr Gardner said police had seized a rifle and a large quantity of ammunition from a flat and had found air gun pellets all along Pavement. http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/display.var.1649931.0.louts_take_potshots_at_walkers_on_busy_city_street.php
Guns from suspect’s home are off to lab
29th August 2007
Guernsey Press and Star - Vale,Guernsey,UK
A CACHE of weapons has been retrieved from the house of a suspect bailed after Sunday’s incident where an 18-year-old was shot in the forehead with an air rifle. http://www.thisisguernsey.com/code/shownewsarticle.pl?ArticleID=002621
Air gun yobs' death threat
31st August 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
GUN-TOTING hoodie thugs threatened to kill a terrified woman if she called the police – then shot her in the head. "They said if it had hit me in the eye I would have been blinded." She added that she was now scared to go into her garden. http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=air-gun-yobs-death-threat&method=full&objectid=19715180&siteid=50060-name_page.html
Airgun trial ends with no verdict
31st August 2007
Sunderland Echo - UK
A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the case of a man accused of shooting an air rifle at a teenage girl. The 15-year-old victim in the case told Durham Crown Court an air rifle was pointed at her from a passing car and fired twice as she waited at a bus stop in Wingate, County Durham.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Airgun-trial-ends-with-no.3164465.jp
July 2007
Workmen injured by suspected air rifle attack
2nd July 2007
Town Crier - Northants,Northampton,UK
A MAN received minor injuries after being shot with what is believed to be an air rifle as he worked at an industrial estate in St Neots
http://www.towncriertoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2996703
SHOT BOY'S TERROR AT PARK AIR RIFLE ATTACK
7th July 2007
This is Nottingham - Nottingham,England,UK
A Teenager says he is lucky to be alive after being shot with an airgun. Mitchell Hill, 14, needed surgery to remove a pellet from his right arm. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=195917&command=displayContent&sourceNode=134241&contentPK=17765086&folderPk=78486&pNodeId=133951
Jogger hit in thigh by air pellet
19th July 2007
Redditch Standard - Redditch,England,UK
A MAN in Redditch was injured after he was hit in the leg with a pellet - believed to be from an air rifle - whilst out running at the weekend.
http://redditch.standardtoday.co.uk/News.tvt?%5Fticket=R1G6RV6VBHSJ53J94NNAD0UGAKLAFS6DJQRFL1PAAUTMCNLFEMTITRRITAXM9NTHNLL9CHUTVUQFIQ0CAMTECYPABHSI75YEIOPNIVSEAOW4UURGUU4KHONDLHG09LLDPGSG0SQFIVQ9AN0H9LLGHGSG1VQFIRY6O&%5Fscope=Flow%2FWebsites%2FRedditch%2FNews&id=15695
Bus driver hurt in air gun attack
18th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
AN AIR gun was fired at a Coventry bus, shattering the wind-screen and sending a shard of glass into the driver's eye. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=bus-driver-hurt-in-air-gun-attack&method=full&objectid=19472219&siteid=50003-name_page.html
BOY SHOT IN AIRGUN BLAST
22nd July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
The victim was walking with a friend through woods when he was hit with an airgun. He was taken to hospital with facial injuries and had a pellet removed from his neck. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=boy-shot-in-airgun-blast&method=full&objectid=19493359&siteid=64736-name_page.html
Gun thugs shoot pair with air rifle
24th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
THUGS armed with an air rifle shot two people - including a 13-year-old boy - as they walked in Coventry. The innocent victims were hit in Lythalls Lane, http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=gun-thugs-shoot-pair-with-air-rifle&method=full&objectid=19509849&siteid=50003-name_page.html
'Pellet was only an inch from eye'
26th July 2007
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A CYCLIST was shot in the face with an airgun as he rode along the Taff Trail. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=8216-pellet-was-only-an-inch-from-eye-8217&method=full&objectid=19519630&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Girl, 15, injured in rifle shooting
28th July 2007
Hartlepool Today - UK
An air rifle pellet lodged in a girl's finger when she was shot as she played in woods with pals. Detectives in east Durham are investigating shooting in woodland, near Wingate, after a 15-year-old girl was left with a broken finger.
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news?articleid=3068443
THE 99P GUN
29th July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
CHILDREN as young as 11 are being sold guns which could inflict injuries for just 99p. Firearms experts yesterday said the pistols, which fire plastic pellets, could cause serious injuries and warned they should not be sold to under-18s. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the-99p-gun&method=full&objectid=19536551&siteid=64736-name_page.html
Sunderland Echo - UK
Pressure is mounting for a national airgun ban, after a campaign by devastated Wearside families. The Government has signalled it plans to consider outlawing the weapons in Scotland, in a reform which would see the surrender of up to 500,000 airguns. Now Wearside MP Fraser Kemp has called for Ministers to act south of the border after leading a drive with Sunderland mum Linda Mitchell.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news?articleid=3054743
2nd July 2007
Town Crier - Northants,Northampton,UK
A MAN received minor injuries after being shot with what is believed to be an air rifle as he worked at an industrial estate in St Neots
http://www.towncriertoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2996703
SHOT BOY'S TERROR AT PARK AIR RIFLE ATTACK
7th July 2007
This is Nottingham - Nottingham,England,UK
A Teenager says he is lucky to be alive after being shot with an airgun. Mitchell Hill, 14, needed surgery to remove a pellet from his right arm. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=195917&command=displayContent&sourceNode=134241&contentPK=17765086&folderPk=78486&pNodeId=133951
Jogger hit in thigh by air pellet
19th July 2007
Redditch Standard - Redditch,England,UK
A MAN in Redditch was injured after he was hit in the leg with a pellet - believed to be from an air rifle - whilst out running at the weekend.
http://redditch.standardtoday.co.uk/News.tvt?%5Fticket=R1G6RV6VBHSJ53J94NNAD0UGAKLAFS6DJQRFL1PAAUTMCNLFEMTITRRITAXM9NTHNLL9CHUTVUQFIQ0CAMTECYPABHSI75YEIOPNIVSEAOW4UURGUU4KHONDLHG09LLDPGSG0SQFIVQ9AN0H9LLGHGSG1VQFIRY6O&%5Fscope=Flow%2FWebsites%2FRedditch%2FNews&id=15695
Bus driver hurt in air gun attack
18th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
AN AIR gun was fired at a Coventry bus, shattering the wind-screen and sending a shard of glass into the driver's eye. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=bus-driver-hurt-in-air-gun-attack&method=full&objectid=19472219&siteid=50003-name_page.html
BOY SHOT IN AIRGUN BLAST
22nd July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
The victim was walking with a friend through woods when he was hit with an airgun. He was taken to hospital with facial injuries and had a pellet removed from his neck. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=boy-shot-in-airgun-blast&method=full&objectid=19493359&siteid=64736-name_page.html
Gun thugs shoot pair with air rifle
24th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
THUGS armed with an air rifle shot two people - including a 13-year-old boy - as they walked in Coventry. The innocent victims were hit in Lythalls Lane, http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=gun-thugs-shoot-pair-with-air-rifle&method=full&objectid=19509849&siteid=50003-name_page.html
'Pellet was only an inch from eye'
26th July 2007
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A CYCLIST was shot in the face with an airgun as he rode along the Taff Trail. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=8216-pellet-was-only-an-inch-from-eye-8217&method=full&objectid=19519630&siteid=50082-name_page.html
Girl, 15, injured in rifle shooting
28th July 2007
Hartlepool Today - UK
An air rifle pellet lodged in a girl's finger when she was shot as she played in woods with pals. Detectives in east Durham are investigating shooting in woodland, near Wingate, after a 15-year-old girl was left with a broken finger.
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news?articleid=3068443
THE 99P GUN
29th July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
CHILDREN as young as 11 are being sold guns which could inflict injuries for just 99p. Firearms experts yesterday said the pistols, which fire plastic pellets, could cause serious injuries and warned they should not be sold to under-18s. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the-99p-gun&method=full&objectid=19536551&siteid=64736-name_page.html
Pressure mounts for national airgun ban
24th July 2007Sunderland Echo - UK
Pressure is mounting for a national airgun ban, after a campaign by devastated Wearside families. The Government has signalled it plans to consider outlawing the weapons in Scotland, in a reform which would see the surrender of up to 500,000 airguns. Now Wearside MP Fraser Kemp has called for Ministers to act south of the border after leading a drive with Sunderland mum Linda Mitchell.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news?articleid=3054743
June 2007
Female motorist shot with airgun
6th June 2007
BBC News - UK
A young female driver has been shot in the head by an airgun while she was driving her car. The 18-year-old motorist was driving through Rosyth, Fife, on Tuesday when the pellet was fired through her open car window. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6726837.stm
Child airgun yobs shoot teen in eye
7th June 2007
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
POLICE are hunting children as young as six after a schoolboy was shot in the eye with an airgun. The 15-year-old victim was hit by a pellet from the BB gun http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=892152007
Funfair shooting mum has jaw op
7th June 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
Angela Wooler was hit in front of her two children when thugs opened fire with an airgun from the grounds of Kirkheaton Parish Church http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=funfair-shooting-mum-has-jaw-op&method=full&objectid=19259074&siteid=50060-name_page.html
6th June 2007
BBC News - UK
A young female driver has been shot in the head by an airgun while she was driving her car. The 18-year-old motorist was driving through Rosyth, Fife, on Tuesday when the pellet was fired through her open car window. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6726837.stm
Child airgun yobs shoot teen in eye
7th June 2007
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
POLICE are hunting children as young as six after a schoolboy was shot in the eye with an airgun. The 15-year-old victim was hit by a pellet from the BB gun http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=892152007
Funfair shooting mum has jaw op
7th June 2007
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
Angela Wooler was hit in front of her two children when thugs opened fire with an airgun from the grounds of Kirkheaton Parish Church http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/examiner/news/regional/tm_headline=funfair-shooting-mum-has-jaw-op&method=full&objectid=19259074&siteid=50060-name_page.html
May 2007
Airgun maniac shoots at drivers
9th May 2007
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
They were driving along Princess Parkway within 10 minutes of each other when the teenager fired what was thought to be an air weapon. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1006/1006488_airgun_maniac_shoots_at_drivers.html
PARKING ROW MUM HAD GUN
15th May 2007
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
A MOTHER-of-three was jailed for 18 months yesterday for pulling an airgun on a homeowner in a dispute over parking.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=parking-row-mum-had-gun--&method=full&objectid=19104677&siteid=89520-name_page.html
Operation for boy, 9, shot in leg by airgun
23rd May 2007
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A BOY aged nine underwent surgery yesterday to remove a pellet from his leg after he was shot with an airgun. Ryan Leatham, was playing in a friend's back garden when he was hit by a shot fired from a nearby wood. The pellet became embedded in his calf, leaving blood streaming down his leg.
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=798662007
AIRGUN THUGS SHOOT AT GRAN AS SHE SLEEPS
29th May 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A PENSIONER was left cowering in terror when she was attacked with an airgun as she lay in bed. Great-grandmother Mary Renfrew, 73, was reading when the was reading when the weapon was fired through her window four times. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=airgun-thugs-shoot-at-gran-as-she-sleeps&method=full&objectid=19212271&siteid=66633-name_page.html
9th May 2007
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
They were driving along Princess Parkway within 10 minutes of each other when the teenager fired what was thought to be an air weapon. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1006/1006488_airgun_maniac_shoots_at_drivers.html
PARKING ROW MUM HAD GUN
15th May 2007
Mirror.co.uk - London,UK
A MOTHER-of-three was jailed for 18 months yesterday for pulling an airgun on a homeowner in a dispute over parking.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstories/tm_headline=parking-row-mum-had-gun--&method=full&objectid=19104677&siteid=89520-name_page.html
Operation for boy, 9, shot in leg by airgun
23rd May 2007
Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
A BOY aged nine underwent surgery yesterday to remove a pellet from his leg after he was shot with an airgun. Ryan Leatham, was playing in a friend's back garden when he was hit by a shot fired from a nearby wood. The pellet became embedded in his calf, leaving blood streaming down his leg.
http://news.scotsman.com/glasgow.cfm?id=798662007
AIRGUN THUGS SHOOT AT GRAN AS SHE SLEEPS
29th May 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A PENSIONER was left cowering in terror when she was attacked with an airgun as she lay in bed. Great-grandmother Mary Renfrew, 73, was reading when the was reading when the weapon was fired through her window four times. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news/tm_headline=airgun-thugs-shoot-at-gran-as-she-sleeps&method=full&objectid=19212271&siteid=66633-name_page.html
April 2007
PUPIL SHOT AT SCHOOL AFTER STAR'S PEACE PLEA
1st April 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
A PUPIL was shot in the face with an airgun at a school where singer Joan Armatrading had appealed for peace just days before.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=pupil-shot-at-school-after-star-s-peace-plea--&method=full&objectid=18841446&siteid=64736-name_page.html
GUN THUG ON ASBO AND BAIL
5th April 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Garry McGowan, 17, a thug on an ASBO order and on bail, shot a 16-year-old boy with an air rifle and terrified three women with an air pistol. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-on-asbo-and-bail--&method=full&objectid=18860470&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Shot in the face
5th Aril 2007
Sommerset County Gazette - Taunton,England,UK
A MAN was left with pellets embedded in his face after being shot with an air rifle in Taunton's Laxton Road http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/display.var.1311232.0.shot_in_the_face.php
SIENNA MILLER IN GUN CLUB SHOCK
5th April 2007
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
Clubbers were escorted out after a photographer reportedly received a wound to the head when he was shot by an air gun fired by a reveller
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/sienna%20in%20gun%20club%20shock_1027197
A PENSIONER was shot in the face with an air rifle as he visited hospital
24th April 2007
South Tyneside Today - UK
Police today warned youths irresponsibly using air weapons that they would be caught – no matter how much manpower has to be deployed.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/in-todays-gazette?ArticleID=2725075
Boy shot in head in his room
24th April 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
A YOUNG boy was shot in the head by a thug with an air rifle while he played quietly in his bedroom with his best friend. Ben French, aged eight,
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=boy-shot-in-head-in-his-room&method=full&objectid=18953709&siteid=50003-name_page.html
Father shot son after argument
25th April 2007
Salford Advertiser - Salford,England,UK
Hayes shot his 31-year-old son in the head, leg and chest with an air rifle at close range in Salford last year after a family argument.
http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/226/226957_father_shot_son_after_argument.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6593609.stm
1st April 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
A PUPIL was shot in the face with an airgun at a school where singer Joan Armatrading had appealed for peace just days before.
http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=pupil-shot-at-school-after-star-s-peace-plea--&method=full&objectid=18841446&siteid=64736-name_page.html
GUN THUG ON ASBO AND BAIL
5th April 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Garry McGowan, 17, a thug on an ASBO order and on bail, shot a 16-year-old boy with an air rifle and terrified three women with an air pistol. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-on-asbo-and-bail--&method=full&objectid=18860470&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Shot in the face
5th Aril 2007
Sommerset County Gazette - Taunton,England,UK
A MAN was left with pellets embedded in his face after being shot with an air rifle in Taunton's Laxton Road http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/display.var.1311232.0.shot_in_the_face.php
SIENNA MILLER IN GUN CLUB SHOCK
5th April 2007
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
Clubbers were escorted out after a photographer reportedly received a wound to the head when he was shot by an air gun fired by a reveller
http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/sienna%20in%20gun%20club%20shock_1027197
A PENSIONER was shot in the face with an air rifle as he visited hospital
24th April 2007
South Tyneside Today - UK
Police today warned youths irresponsibly using air weapons that they would be caught – no matter how much manpower has to be deployed.
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/in-todays-gazette?ArticleID=2725075
Boy shot in head in his room
24th April 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
A YOUNG boy was shot in the head by a thug with an air rifle while he played quietly in his bedroom with his best friend. Ben French, aged eight,
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=boy-shot-in-head-in-his-room&method=full&objectid=18953709&siteid=50003-name_page.html
Father shot son after argument
25th April 2007
Salford Advertiser - Salford,England,UK
Hayes shot his 31-year-old son in the head, leg and chest with an air rifle at close range in Salford last year after a family argument.
http://www.salfordadvertiser.co.uk/news/s/226/226957_father_shot_son_after_argument.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6593609.stm
March 2007
Armed police seize rifle man
5th March 2007
Shropshire Star - Telford,Shropshire,
UK A man was arrested in Shrewsbury after allegedly shooting at people with an air rifle. Armed police were sent to St Michael’s Street on Saturday. http://www.shropshirestar.co.uk/2007/03/armed-police-seize-rifle-man/
Man jailed for firing airgun through letter box
15th March 2007
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,
Lake District,UK Jason Froggart, 36, fired the airgun into his friend's mother's home after he suspected him of burgling his flat in Marsh Street, Barrow. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=477037
A THUG yesterday admitted shooting a pregnant woman with an air rifle.
16th March 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,
UK Nicola MacKenzie was sittting in her car when she was struck on the hand by a pellet fired by Nicholas Campbell. The 21-year-old told police he had been taking random shots from his bedroom window and had not meant to hit anyone. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-shot-mum-to-be--&method=full&objectid=18761865&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Gun 'joker' jailed for pupil attacks
26th March 2007
ic Wales - Cardiff,UK
A MAN who pointed an airgun at schoolgirls and threatened to shoot one of them has been jailed. Daniel Lee Ellis, 22, confronted his three 14-year-old victims with a BB air pistol during their lunch hour
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=gun--joker--jailed-for-pupil-attacks-&method=full&objectid=18811905&siteid=50082-name_page.html
5th March 2007
Shropshire Star - Telford,Shropshire,
UK A man was arrested in Shrewsbury after allegedly shooting at people with an air rifle. Armed police were sent to St Michael’s Street on Saturday. http://www.shropshirestar.co.uk/2007/03/armed-police-seize-rifle-man/
Man jailed for firing airgun through letter box
15th March 2007
NW Evening Mail - Barrow-in-Furness,
Lake District,UK Jason Froggart, 36, fired the airgun into his friend's mother's home after he suspected him of burgling his flat in Marsh Street, Barrow. http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=477037
A THUG yesterday admitted shooting a pregnant woman with an air rifle.
16th March 2007
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,
UK Nicola MacKenzie was sittting in her car when she was struck on the hand by a pellet fired by Nicholas Campbell. The 21-year-old told police he had been taking random shots from his bedroom window and had not meant to hit anyone. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-shot-mum-to-be--&method=full&objectid=18761865&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Gun 'joker' jailed for pupil attacks
26th March 2007
ic Wales - Cardiff,UK
A MAN who pointed an airgun at schoolgirls and threatened to shoot one of them has been jailed. Daniel Lee Ellis, 22, confronted his three 14-year-old victims with a BB air pistol during their lunch hour
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=gun--joker--jailed-for-pupil-attacks-&method=full&objectid=18811905&siteid=50082-name_page.html
March 2007 - Airgun Joker shoots young mum's eye out
Airgun Joker shoots young Mum's eye out
7th March 2007
A YOUNG mum lost an eye after a teenager's "joke" with an air rifle went tragically wrong. Scott Pratt, 17, claimed he didn't know the weapon was loaded when he fired it at 20-year-old Amanda Condie from close range. Amanda collapsed clutching her left eye and Pratt immediately got a towel to stem the flow of blood. At the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday, Pratt, of Baldridgeburn, Dunfermline, admitted culpably and recklessly firing the gun at Amanda on August 27 last year. The case was heard as a campaign to ban airguns in Scotland gathered pace.
Monday, 15 October 2007
January 2007
Man shot in Diss pub
20 December 2006
A MAN was shot in the leg at point-blank range outside a Diss pub after an argument descended into chaos. Witnesses reported seeing two men arguing in the Two Brewers pub in St Nicholas Street, late on Saturday night. About half an hour after time had been called, and the pub had emptied, one of the men returned brandishing an air rifle.
http://www.dissmercury.co.uk/content/dissmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=DMAOnline&category=news&tBrand=DMAOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED20%20Dec%202006%2017%3A41%3A57%3A760
Riddle of man 'killed by air rifle'
December 28, 2006
A MAN’S body was found peppered with wounds from an airgun in a field yesterday. A dog-walker made the gruesome discovery next to a railway line. The man, who has not been identified, is said to be a 37-year-old from Hull, East Yorks. His body was found in nearby Cottingham. Several people are known to fire air rifles in the area, according to the detective leading the inquiry. He described the death as “suspicious”. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006600209,00.html
Girl shot in face with air rifle
January 2, 2007
A 16-year-old girl was fighting for her life in hospital after being shot in the face with an air rifle. The teenager, who has not been named, is thought to have suffered horrific injuries after being shot at an address in Paulton, Somerset, on Monday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6316972,00.html
Sniper Shot at Teenager
3 January 2007
A TEENAGER was shot in a sniper attack from a high-rise block of flats. The 18-year-old was walking with a friend in Kirkton Avenue, Scotstoun, Glasgow, on Monday afternoon when he was shot with an airgun pellet. He was taken to the Western Infirmary where he received treatment for his injuries before being allowed home. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=sniper-shot-at-teenager-&method=full&objectid=18372555&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Man Shot in Head with Air Rifle
05 January 2007
AN INNOCENT passer-by was lucky to escape serious injury after being shot in the head with an air rifle in Colne. Armed response units were called to the North Valley Retail Park at just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, after someone opened fire on people and vehicles from a nearby embankment.
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=13&ArticleID=1957086
Gun Thug is Hunted
9 January 2007
POLICE are hunting an airgun thug who shot a pensioner on a train. The woman, 61, who is deaf and has a speech impediment, was hit in the chest but did not need treatment. Her attacker, aged 15 to 18, had brandished the gun in front of three girls on the 5.55pm Aberdeen-Glasgow train on Saturday. They grabbed it but he snatched the gun back, shot the woman then got off at Stonehaven.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-is-hunted-&method=full&objectid=18424272&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Cattle shot in the eyes with rifle
11 January 2007
POLICE are on the hunt for cruel youths who shot two cows in the eyes at close range with an air rifle. The shooting happened in a field adjacent to Cowslip Green in Redhill. Two white men, both aged about 19 and of an average build, were seen leaving the field at the time carrying what appeared to be an air rifle in a long black case and one had a 'Mohican-style' haircut. http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED08%20Jan%202007%2014%3A19%3A26%3A020
Man denies siege charges
January 12, 2007 A 38-year-old man has been accused of firing pellets from an air rifle at police officers during an armed siege in West Linton.
http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=855&format=html
Man Killed with Air Rifle
25 January 2007
A MURDER enquiry has been launched after a 57-year-old man was shot with a high-power air rifle in northwest London. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1148015.mostviewed.man_killed_with_air_rifle.php http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=EC2733472W&news_headline=man_shot_dead_with_own_rifle_during_burglary
Youths arrested for firing shots
19 January 2007
THREE youths have been arrested following complaints from residents who had been hit by airgun pellets . This week police received four complaints, including a postman, who had been shot by a high-velocity air weapon in Eaglestone. http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=415&ArticleID=1983689
Serial sniper targeting motorists
31 January 2007
A serial sniper with an air rifle has been targeting motorists passing under a bridge in County Durham, police say. Since January 2006, 34 vehicles have been hit by air rifle pellets on the A693 at Greencroft, near Stanley. Durham Police believe the same person is behind all the attacks, but extra patrols and specialist operations have so far failed to catch the offender. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6316677.stm
20 December 2006
A MAN was shot in the leg at point-blank range outside a Diss pub after an argument descended into chaos. Witnesses reported seeing two men arguing in the Two Brewers pub in St Nicholas Street, late on Saturday night. About half an hour after time had been called, and the pub had emptied, one of the men returned brandishing an air rifle.
http://www.dissmercury.co.uk/content/dissmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=DMAOnline&category=news&tBrand=DMAOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED20%20Dec%202006%2017%3A41%3A57%3A760
Riddle of man 'killed by air rifle'
December 28, 2006
A MAN’S body was found peppered with wounds from an airgun in a field yesterday. A dog-walker made the gruesome discovery next to a railway line. The man, who has not been identified, is said to be a 37-year-old from Hull, East Yorks. His body was found in nearby Cottingham. Several people are known to fire air rifles in the area, according to the detective leading the inquiry. He described the death as “suspicious”. http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006600209,00.html
Girl shot in face with air rifle
January 2, 2007
A 16-year-old girl was fighting for her life in hospital after being shot in the face with an air rifle. The teenager, who has not been named, is thought to have suffered horrific injuries after being shot at an address in Paulton, Somerset, on Monday. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6316972,00.html
Sniper Shot at Teenager
3 January 2007
A TEENAGER was shot in a sniper attack from a high-rise block of flats. The 18-year-old was walking with a friend in Kirkton Avenue, Scotstoun, Glasgow, on Monday afternoon when he was shot with an airgun pellet. He was taken to the Western Infirmary where he received treatment for his injuries before being allowed home. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=sniper-shot-at-teenager-&method=full&objectid=18372555&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Man Shot in Head with Air Rifle
05 January 2007
AN INNOCENT passer-by was lucky to escape serious injury after being shot in the head with an air rifle in Colne. Armed response units were called to the North Valley Retail Park at just after 11 p.m. on Thursday, after someone opened fire on people and vehicles from a nearby embankment.
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=13&ArticleID=1957086
Gun Thug is Hunted
9 January 2007
POLICE are hunting an airgun thug who shot a pensioner on a train. The woman, 61, who is deaf and has a speech impediment, was hit in the chest but did not need treatment. Her attacker, aged 15 to 18, had brandished the gun in front of three girls on the 5.55pm Aberdeen-Glasgow train on Saturday. They grabbed it but he snatched the gun back, shot the woman then got off at Stonehaven.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=gun-thug-is-hunted-&method=full&objectid=18424272&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Cattle shot in the eyes with rifle
11 January 2007
POLICE are on the hunt for cruel youths who shot two cows in the eyes at close range with an air rifle. The shooting happened in a field adjacent to Cowslip Green in Redhill. Two white men, both aged about 19 and of an average build, were seen leaving the field at the time carrying what appeared to be an air rifle in a long black case and one had a 'Mohican-style' haircut. http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED08%20Jan%202007%2014%3A19%3A26%3A020
Man denies siege charges
January 12, 2007 A 38-year-old man has been accused of firing pellets from an air rifle at police officers during an armed siege in West Linton.
http://www.peeblesshirenews.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=855&format=html
Man Killed with Air Rifle
25 January 2007
A MURDER enquiry has been launched after a 57-year-old man was shot with a high-power air rifle in northwest London. http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/mostpopular.var.1148015.mostviewed.man_killed_with_air_rifle.php http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=EC2733472W&news_headline=man_shot_dead_with_own_rifle_during_burglary
Youths arrested for firing shots
19 January 2007
THREE youths have been arrested following complaints from residents who had been hit by airgun pellets . This week police received four complaints, including a postman, who had been shot by a high-velocity air weapon in Eaglestone. http://www.miltonkeynestoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=415&ArticleID=1983689
Serial sniper targeting motorists
31 January 2007
A serial sniper with an air rifle has been targeting motorists passing under a bridge in County Durham, police say. Since January 2006, 34 vehicles have been hit by air rifle pellets on the A693 at Greencroft, near Stanley. Durham Police believe the same person is behind all the attacks, but extra patrols and specialist operations have so far failed to catch the offender. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6316677.stm
November 2006
Rifle siege man walks free
02 November 2006
ARMED police surrounded a house in Heysham after a man pointed an air rifle at his estranged partner's home, a court heard.
http://www.lancastertoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=31&ArticleID=1855570
Lesbian pensioner shoots ex-lover
02 November 2006
The Harrow Crown Court heard the case of a 73-year-old woman who threatened to kill her 64-year-old ex-lover and then shot at her with an air rifle. Newman pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, according to the BBC.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10594
Gun youths kill goose
4th November 2006
A FAMILY watched in horror as two youths shot a goose dead at point-blank range in a Bolton country park. Moments earlier the youths had maimed a swan after firing into a flock of birds on the lake. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1004248.0.gun_youths_kill_goose.php
They can be as lethal as any firearm
2nd November 2006
IT is not before time that MPs have moved to impose tough new controls on the ownership and use of airguns. Although wrongly dismissed by those who are uninformed as to their capabilities as little better than "toys", the reality is that in the wrong hands they can be every bit as lethal as any firearm. City MP Mark Lazarowicz is to be congratulated for being instrumental in helping pilot new legislation through Westminster which will make the purchase and ownership of such weapons more difficult. Having overcome a series of hurdles legislation, covering both air powered weapons and replica guns, should be in place by the end of the year.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1623052006
Target set for airgun controls
2nd November 2006
TOUGH new controls on the sale of airguns will be law within weeks after a campaign spearheaded in Edinburgh. More than 1000 people supported a petition by Edinburgh North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz calling for tougher laws following a spate of incidents in the city. Now new UK-wide legislation is set to come into force by Christmas which will mean people carrying the guns in public could be jailed for up to a year. The Violent Crime Reduction Bill will also make it an offence to fire an airgun in public and ban under-18s from buying or owning one. All airguns will also now have to be sold over the counter by registered dealers. Police are currently called to almost five airgun attacks every week in Lothian and Borders. The most recently published figures showed incidents involving air weapons nearly doubled from 125 in 2000, to 240 in 2003. Last year, police launched the first dedicated 24-hour armed response unit in Edinburgh to deal with gun- related incidents. Mr Lazarowicz said today: "I have been leading a local campaign for the past year calling for tighter controls on airguns and replica weapons. I am delighted to report that this campaign has achieved success with the House of Commons and House of Lords passing the Violent Crime Reduction Bill, toughening the law on the sale of air weapons and replica guns.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1623222006
Boy aged 5 in airgun horror
8th November 2006
A BOY of five was shot in the head after a group of youngsters was apparently targeted by thugs with airguns. Alfie Shaw was yards from the back door of his home on Montgomery Street, Hollinwood, when he was hit on the temple by a lead pellet.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227617_boy_aged_5_in_airgun_horror.html
Putting a stop to air gun thuggery
6th November 2006
THOMAS Legerton was cycling back from a routine shopping trip at Tesco in Fulbourn when he became the victim of a terrifying drive-by shooting. A gang of thugs took a potshot at the 27-year-old man from a passing car, and the airgun pellet that lodged in his thigh had to be removed by surgeons at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Police were horrified, but it could have been worse; many victims of such shootings across Britain have been seriously injured or blinded. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2006/11/06/ec0bd409-1ff3-47a2-b547-5e4e705a368e.lpf
Blasted in the face
8th November 2006
A SHOP assistant was shot in the eye with an airgun on Friday as armed raiders targeted the Blockbuster video shop in Monkspath. The 26-year-old man is recovering at home after the robbers fired a pellet gun into his eye in the bungled raid last Friday morning, November 3, at 11.15am.
http://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk/news/local/tm_headline=blasted-in-the-face-&method=full&objectid=18065027&siteid=91411-name_page.html
Man married woman seven months after shooting her.
14 November 2006
A MAN who shot his partner twice married her just seven months later, a court heard yesterday. Robert Silvestro, 43, used an airgun to fire pellets into his partner's head and chest after arriving home from a drunken New Year's Day party early on 2 January.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1683322006
Airgun cadet gets second chance
14 November 2006
A TEENAGE Army cadet who accidentally shot a six-year-old boy in the head was given a second chance yesterday. High Court judge Lord Kinclaven was told that if he locked up the 15-year-old, he would never achieve his ambition to become a soldier. After reading a "glowing" report from the youth's cadet detachment commanding officer, Lord Kinclaven placed him on probation for three years.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=airgun-cadet-gets-second-chance-&method=full&objectid=18090312&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Swan was killed in horror shooting
15 November 2006
A swan was shot in the head and neck with an air rifle at a Bolton beauty spot, a court has heard. Matthew Knowles, aged 21, and a teenage friend were involved in the attack. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1021299.0.swan_was_killed_in_horror_shooting.php
16 November 2006 Mathew Knowles was sentenced to eight weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, with a requirement to attend probation for 12 months and complete the Think First programme - a course to help people from reoffending again. He was also ordered to pay £70 costs. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1024334.0.swan_shooter_lucky_to_stay_out_of_prison.php
Van Driver Shot At
24th November 2006
A VAN driver was shot at with an air gun in a road rage attack in Thame last Thursday morning. The pellet shattered a rear window of the victim's Volkswagen van after he was chased for seven miles by an angry driver. http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1039734.0.van_driver_shot_at.php
Air rifle attack on firefighters
18 November 2006
Firefighters returning from a call-out have been attacked with an air rifle, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has said. At 2240 GMT on Friday the crew, based at Northland Road in Londonderry, was fired upon by someone using what was described as a laser sighted air-rifle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6160750.stm
02 November 2006
ARMED police surrounded a house in Heysham after a man pointed an air rifle at his estranged partner's home, a court heard.
http://www.lancastertoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=31&ArticleID=1855570
Lesbian pensioner shoots ex-lover
02 November 2006
The Harrow Crown Court heard the case of a 73-year-old woman who threatened to kill her 64-year-old ex-lover and then shot at her with an air rifle. Newman pleaded guilty to attempted grievous bodily harm with intent, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm, according to the BBC.
http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10594
Gun youths kill goose
4th November 2006
A FAMILY watched in horror as two youths shot a goose dead at point-blank range in a Bolton country park. Moments earlier the youths had maimed a swan after firing into a flock of birds on the lake. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1004248.0.gun_youths_kill_goose.php
They can be as lethal as any firearm
2nd November 2006
IT is not before time that MPs have moved to impose tough new controls on the ownership and use of airguns. Although wrongly dismissed by those who are uninformed as to their capabilities as little better than "toys", the reality is that in the wrong hands they can be every bit as lethal as any firearm. City MP Mark Lazarowicz is to be congratulated for being instrumental in helping pilot new legislation through Westminster which will make the purchase and ownership of such weapons more difficult. Having overcome a series of hurdles legislation, covering both air powered weapons and replica guns, should be in place by the end of the year.
http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1623052006
Target set for airgun controls
2nd November 2006
TOUGH new controls on the sale of airguns will be law within weeks after a campaign spearheaded in Edinburgh. More than 1000 people supported a petition by Edinburgh North and Leith MP Mark Lazarowicz calling for tougher laws following a spate of incidents in the city. Now new UK-wide legislation is set to come into force by Christmas which will mean people carrying the guns in public could be jailed for up to a year. The Violent Crime Reduction Bill will also make it an offence to fire an airgun in public and ban under-18s from buying or owning one. All airguns will also now have to be sold over the counter by registered dealers. Police are currently called to almost five airgun attacks every week in Lothian and Borders. The most recently published figures showed incidents involving air weapons nearly doubled from 125 in 2000, to 240 in 2003. Last year, police launched the first dedicated 24-hour armed response unit in Edinburgh to deal with gun- related incidents. Mr Lazarowicz said today: "I have been leading a local campaign for the past year calling for tighter controls on airguns and replica weapons. I am delighted to report that this campaign has achieved success with the House of Commons and House of Lords passing the Violent Crime Reduction Bill, toughening the law on the sale of air weapons and replica guns.
http://news.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=1623222006
Boy aged 5 in airgun horror
8th November 2006
A BOY of five was shot in the head after a group of youngsters was apparently targeted by thugs with airguns. Alfie Shaw was yards from the back door of his home on Montgomery Street, Hollinwood, when he was hit on the temple by a lead pellet.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/227/227617_boy_aged_5_in_airgun_horror.html
Putting a stop to air gun thuggery
6th November 2006
THOMAS Legerton was cycling back from a routine shopping trip at Tesco in Fulbourn when he became the victim of a terrifying drive-by shooting. A gang of thugs took a potshot at the 27-year-old man from a passing car, and the airgun pellet that lodged in his thigh had to be removed by surgeons at Addenbrooke's Hospital. Police were horrified, but it could have been worse; many victims of such shootings across Britain have been seriously injured or blinded. http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2006/11/06/ec0bd409-1ff3-47a2-b547-5e4e705a368e.lpf
Blasted in the face
8th November 2006
A SHOP assistant was shot in the eye with an airgun on Friday as armed raiders targeted the Blockbuster video shop in Monkspath. The 26-year-old man is recovering at home after the robbers fired a pellet gun into his eye in the bungled raid last Friday morning, November 3, at 11.15am.
http://icsolihull.icnetwork.co.uk/news/local/tm_headline=blasted-in-the-face-&method=full&objectid=18065027&siteid=91411-name_page.html
Man married woman seven months after shooting her.
14 November 2006
A MAN who shot his partner twice married her just seven months later, a court heard yesterday. Robert Silvestro, 43, used an airgun to fire pellets into his partner's head and chest after arriving home from a drunken New Year's Day party early on 2 January.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1683322006
Airgun cadet gets second chance
14 November 2006
A TEENAGE Army cadet who accidentally shot a six-year-old boy in the head was given a second chance yesterday. High Court judge Lord Kinclaven was told that if he locked up the 15-year-old, he would never achieve his ambition to become a soldier. After reading a "glowing" report from the youth's cadet detachment commanding officer, Lord Kinclaven placed him on probation for three years.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=airgun-cadet-gets-second-chance-&method=full&objectid=18090312&siteid=66633-name_page.html
Swan was killed in horror shooting
15 November 2006
A swan was shot in the head and neck with an air rifle at a Bolton beauty spot, a court has heard. Matthew Knowles, aged 21, and a teenage friend were involved in the attack. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1021299.0.swan_was_killed_in_horror_shooting.php
16 November 2006 Mathew Knowles was sentenced to eight weeks in custody, suspended for 12 months, with a requirement to attend probation for 12 months and complete the Think First programme - a course to help people from reoffending again. He was also ordered to pay £70 costs. http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1024334.0.swan_shooter_lucky_to_stay_out_of_prison.php
Van Driver Shot At
24th November 2006
A VAN driver was shot at with an air gun in a road rage attack in Thame last Thursday morning. The pellet shattered a rear window of the victim's Volkswagen van after he was chased for seven miles by an angry driver. http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1039734.0.van_driver_shot_at.php
Air rifle attack on firefighters
18 November 2006
Firefighters returning from a call-out have been attacked with an air rifle, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has said. At 2240 GMT on Friday the crew, based at Northland Road in Londonderry, was fired upon by someone using what was described as a laser sighted air-rifle. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6160750.stm
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