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
Friday, 14 December 2007
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
October 2006
Youth charged with trying to kill boy with air rifle
28 September 2006
A YOUTH was accused yesterday of attempting to murder a boy, six, by shooting him in the head with an air rifle.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1433862006
Airgun thug escapes prison sentence after drive-by shooting
4 Oct 2006
A YOUNG man who carried out a drive-by airgun shooting after an argument in a city pub has been sentenced to community service. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard today how four people were forced to dive into bushes for cover when they were fired on by 20-year old Scott Martin.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1470382006
Man (21) is target for airgun yob
05 October 2006
A GRAPHIC designer who was shot in the back and face by an airgun-wielding yob said it could have ended his career if he had been struck in the eye.
http://airgun.notlong.com/
Airgun sniper shoots two teenage girls
12 October 2006
POLICE were last night hunting an airgun sniper who shot and injured two teenage girls. Officers were initially called to investigate after reports that fireworks were being let off near historic Rhuddlan Castle. But when they arrived, the teenagers approached them to say someone had fired an airgun at them.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=airgun-sniper-shoots-two-teenage-girls&method=full&objectid=17915081&siteid=50142-name_page.html
Air rifle is fired into playground
11 October 2006
THREE people were last night in police custody after a shot was discharged from what police described as an air rifle into the playground of a Ballymena school. A 13-year-old boy was later arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and just hours later two other males, aged 17 and 40, were also arrested in connection with the incident.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3425&ArticleID=1815303
Airgun shot sparks hunt
11 October 2006
A POLICE helicopter circled over East Grinstead town centre yesterday (Tuesday) after a motorist reported having their window broken with what they believed was an air weapon.
http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600eastgrinstead/tm_headline=airgun-shot-sparks-hunt&method=full&objectid=17910911&siteid=50101-name_page.html
Sniper leaves trail of dead doves
13 October 2006
At least 19 pet doves have been shot and killed by a sniper in the village of Wedmore in Somerset. Their airgun pellet-peppered bodies have been found scattered across the village in the last few weeks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6047136.stm
Man accused of air rifle attack
13 October 2006
A man has been accused of firing an air rifle at another man, hitting him on the head with a pellet. Owen Carmichael, 27, of Whitehills Avenue, Lochmaben, appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court before Sheriff Kenneth Barr.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6047744.stm
Girl 'made up' air pellet attack
3 October 2006
A 10-year-old girl who said she was shot in a park with an airgun has admitted she was actually injured while playing with the weapon herself. The girl, who has had stitches in her throat, admitted to police she was hurt while playing at a friend's house.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5403484.stm
Mother of blinded girl devastated by sentence
14th October 2006
THE mother of a teenage girl blinded in one eye after she was shot with an airgun has been left devastated by the court sentence her attacker received. Doctors performed surgery to remove the pellet, but were unable to save the sight in the girl's left eye. She is still struggling to come to terms with her injury six months after the attack. Last night, the girl and her mother were in shock and were too upset to speak about the sentence. The youth who shot her in the face was given a six-month detention and training order for the incident.
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.969975.0.mother_of_blinded_girl_devastated_by_sentence.php
Police issue warning after ambulances are fired at
14th October 2006
VANDALS who fired at ambulances and a schoolgirl with air weapons have been warned that they risk being shot by armed police officers. The warning came after the attacks on two ambulances answering 999 calls, one with a patient on board, and an incident in which a schoolgirl was shot in the leg, all in Middlesbrough.
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.970020.0.police_issue_warning_after_ambulances_are_fired_at.php
Teenager shot in the face in air gun attack
18 October 2006
A Police investigation was underway last night after a teenager was shot in the face by an air gun in South Armagh. The 13 year-old boy was struck by a pellet just below his left eye and he was treated in hospital for swelling to the area.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=710504
Summer of air gun crimes prompts police warning
12 October 2006
Staffordshire Police have issued a fresh warning to parents about the dangers of air guns after a string of serious incidents across the county. It follows the summer holidays during which police dealt with a total of 63 incidents over a six week period where air weapons were positively identified. As a result, officers have reminded parents and other adults that air weapons, including BB guns, can cause serious injury or death.
http://www.chronicleseries.com/page2.asp?PageID=510
Ex-con found with air rifle
13th October 2006
A CONVICTED armed robber is looking down the barrel of another jail term after being caught in possession of an air rifle. Kevin Clarke, of Erdale Close, Eastleaze, served four-and-a-half years behind bars in November 2000 for his part in an armed robbery. But after being informed he faced a life ban from owning any firearms upon his release from prison, the 25-year-old was caught red handed with an air rifle on August 8 this year.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.967851.0.excon_found_with_air_rifle.php
Four years for man who killed friend with airgun
28 October 2006
A MAN who shot his friend in the heart and killed him as he fired at a target in his living room was jailed for four years today. Michael Loran shot 32-year-old Graeme Baxter after the two men had been drinking and the grandfather-of-two decided to use an air rifle.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1597692006
Air gun teenager spared jail
23rd October 2006
A teenager who put lives at risk by firing air rifles at cars has been spared prison after magistrates commended the way he had carried out his unpaid work in the community. Jamie Browne, 19, was one of a group of youths who hit cars travelling along the A47, near Costessey, with rifle pellets.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Oct%202006%2011%3A34%3A05%3A100
Doctor missed airgun pellet in throat
26th October 2006
A SCHOOLBOY injured in a shooting attack was given the all-clear by doctors - despite having an airgun pellet lodged in his throat. Tony Wallace, 10, was left covered in blood after he was fired at close to a local shop.
http://news.scotsman.com/aberdeen.cfm?id=1583432006
Man admits firing Air Rifle
31 October 2006
A south Warwickshire man fired a powerful air rifle at a vehicle he claimed was occupied by two people who had made violent threats towards him. ...
http://www.leamingtonspatoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=691&ArticleID=1851672
28 September 2006
A YOUTH was accused yesterday of attempting to murder a boy, six, by shooting him in the head with an air rifle.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1433862006
Airgun thug escapes prison sentence after drive-by shooting
4 Oct 2006
A YOUNG man who carried out a drive-by airgun shooting after an argument in a city pub has been sentenced to community service. Edinburgh Sheriff Court heard today how four people were forced to dive into bushes for cover when they were fired on by 20-year old Scott Martin.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1470382006
Man (21) is target for airgun yob
05 October 2006
A GRAPHIC designer who was shot in the back and face by an airgun-wielding yob said it could have ended his career if he had been struck in the eye.
http://airgun.notlong.com/
Airgun sniper shoots two teenage girls
12 October 2006
POLICE were last night hunting an airgun sniper who shot and injured two teenage girls. Officers were initially called to investigate after reports that fireworks were being let off near historic Rhuddlan Castle. But when they arrived, the teenagers approached them to say someone had fired an airgun at them.
http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_headline=airgun-sniper-shoots-two-teenage-girls&method=full&objectid=17915081&siteid=50142-name_page.html
Air rifle is fired into playground
11 October 2006
THREE people were last night in police custody after a shot was discharged from what police described as an air rifle into the playground of a Ballymena school. A 13-year-old boy was later arrested on suspicion of firearms offences and just hours later two other males, aged 17 and 40, were also arrested in connection with the incident.
http://www.newsletter.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=3425&ArticleID=1815303
Airgun shot sparks hunt
11 October 2006
A POLICE helicopter circled over East Grinstead town centre yesterday (Tuesday) after a motorist reported having their window broken with what they believed was an air weapon.
http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0600eastgrinstead/tm_headline=airgun-shot-sparks-hunt&method=full&objectid=17910911&siteid=50101-name_page.html
Sniper leaves trail of dead doves
13 October 2006
At least 19 pet doves have been shot and killed by a sniper in the village of Wedmore in Somerset. Their airgun pellet-peppered bodies have been found scattered across the village in the last few weeks.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/gloucestershire/6047136.stm
Man accused of air rifle attack
13 October 2006
A man has been accused of firing an air rifle at another man, hitting him on the head with a pellet. Owen Carmichael, 27, of Whitehills Avenue, Lochmaben, appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court before Sheriff Kenneth Barr.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_of_scotland/6047744.stm
Girl 'made up' air pellet attack
3 October 2006
A 10-year-old girl who said she was shot in a park with an airgun has admitted she was actually injured while playing with the weapon herself. The girl, who has had stitches in her throat, admitted to police she was hurt while playing at a friend's house.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/5403484.stm
Mother of blinded girl devastated by sentence
14th October 2006
THE mother of a teenage girl blinded in one eye after she was shot with an airgun has been left devastated by the court sentence her attacker received. Doctors performed surgery to remove the pellet, but were unable to save the sight in the girl's left eye. She is still struggling to come to terms with her injury six months after the attack. Last night, the girl and her mother were in shock and were too upset to speak about the sentence. The youth who shot her in the face was given a six-month detention and training order for the incident.
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.969975.0.mother_of_blinded_girl_devastated_by_sentence.php
Police issue warning after ambulances are fired at
14th October 2006
VANDALS who fired at ambulances and a schoolgirl with air weapons have been warned that they risk being shot by armed police officers. The warning came after the attacks on two ambulances answering 999 calls, one with a patient on board, and an incident in which a schoolgirl was shot in the leg, all in Middlesbrough.
http://www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/display.var.970020.0.police_issue_warning_after_ambulances_are_fired_at.php
Teenager shot in the face in air gun attack
18 October 2006
A Police investigation was underway last night after a teenager was shot in the face by an air gun in South Armagh. The 13 year-old boy was struck by a pellet just below his left eye and he was treated in hospital for swelling to the area.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=710504
Summer of air gun crimes prompts police warning
12 October 2006
Staffordshire Police have issued a fresh warning to parents about the dangers of air guns after a string of serious incidents across the county. It follows the summer holidays during which police dealt with a total of 63 incidents over a six week period where air weapons were positively identified. As a result, officers have reminded parents and other adults that air weapons, including BB guns, can cause serious injury or death.
http://www.chronicleseries.com/page2.asp?PageID=510
Ex-con found with air rifle
13th October 2006
A CONVICTED armed robber is looking down the barrel of another jail term after being caught in possession of an air rifle. Kevin Clarke, of Erdale Close, Eastleaze, served four-and-a-half years behind bars in November 2000 for his part in an armed robbery. But after being informed he faced a life ban from owning any firearms upon his release from prison, the 25-year-old was caught red handed with an air rifle on August 8 this year.
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/swindonnewsheadlines/display.var.967851.0.excon_found_with_air_rifle.php
Four years for man who killed friend with airgun
28 October 2006
A MAN who shot his friend in the heart and killed him as he fired at a target in his living room was jailed for four years today. Michael Loran shot 32-year-old Graeme Baxter after the two men had been drinking and the grandfather-of-two decided to use an air rifle.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1597692006
Air gun teenager spared jail
23rd October 2006
A teenager who put lives at risk by firing air rifles at cars has been spared prison after magistrates commended the way he had carried out his unpaid work in the community. Jamie Browne, 19, was one of a group of youths who hit cars travelling along the A47, near Costessey, with rifle pellets.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Oct%202006%2011%3A34%3A05%3A100
Doctor missed airgun pellet in throat
26th October 2006
A SCHOOLBOY injured in a shooting attack was given the all-clear by doctors - despite having an airgun pellet lodged in his throat. Tony Wallace, 10, was left covered in blood after he was fired at close to a local shop.
http://news.scotsman.com/aberdeen.cfm?id=1583432006
Man admits firing Air Rifle
31 October 2006
A south Warwickshire man fired a powerful air rifle at a vehicle he claimed was occupied by two people who had made violent threats towards him. ...
http://www.leamingtonspatoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=691&ArticleID=1851672
Sunday, 14 October 2007
September 2006
Air gun accident leaves pellet in Staffordshire youth's brain
5th September 2006
A 16-year-old boy has lost the sight in one eye and has a pellet permanently embedded in his brain following an accident with an air rifle. Staffordshire Police said the youth, from Featherstone, was playing with the weapon in a wooded area on 20 August when it went off. The boy is now out of hospital but needs further treatment. Police are concerned the boy bought the gun at a car boot sale. Tests show they can fire if accidentally dropped.
http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/home-and-garden/air-gun-accident-leaves-pellet-in-staffordshire-youth-s-brain-596526
Seven-year-old Poole boy shot with air gun
1st September 2006
A seven-year-old boy was shot by an air gun as he cycled near his home. He fell off his bike after being hit by the pellet on Wednesday in Hasler Road, in the Canford Heath area of Poole, Dorset. A neighbour saw what happened and helped the boy. He was taken to Poole Hospital with the pellet still embedded in his left thigh.
http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/criminal-injury/seven-year-old-poole-boy-shot-with-air-gun-31861523/?searchterm=air%20gun
'Airgun' footballer pleads guilty
6 September 2006
Hearts defender Lee Wallace has admitted having a loaded airgun in the back of a friend's car while driving around an Edinburgh car park.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5319592.stm
PC shot in head by gun yobs
6 September 2006
A POLICEMAN was shot in the head as he answered a 999 call about airgun yobs.
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1746410
Airgun stunt killed friend
8th September 2006
A MAN'S drunken habit of firing an air rifle at his living-room wall ended in tragedy when a friend died from a shot to the heart, a court heard yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5324530.stm
Girl speaks of shooting ordeal
10 September 2006
The 12-year-old girl shot in the face with an airgun while playing with friends has spoken of her ordeal. Shelby Prentice was paddling in the River Ivel on Biggleswade Common when she was shot in the mouth with a pellet resulting in her losing part of her upper lip.
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=182&ArticleID=1754392
Hunt for air rifle man after fishing boy is shot
13 September 2006
A TEENAGER was shot by an air rifle while fishing in Brampton. The 15-year-old was at Lenton Lakes off Park Road on Sunday, August 20, at 7.30pm when he felt a sharp pain near his left hip. He turned around and saw a young man with what he described as an air rifle. The victim believes he was shot with the weapon and police this week issued a description.
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED13%20Sep%202006%2011%3A35%3A42%3A250
Appeal after man shot in the head
13 September 2006
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident on Monday where an 18 year old was shot with an air rifle. It happened at around 4.10pm on Monday (September 11) when the 18 year old and his 17 year old friend were walking in a field near Wellsway School, Keynsham. The victim claims three teenagers were some distance away when one of them fired a gun at him.
http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?nsid=5822&t=1&lid=3
Man on airgun charge walks free from court
15th September 2006
A MAN accused of terrorising teenagers with an air pistol has been cleared because he is epileptic.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1364702006
Cat dies after airgun spree
14 September 2006
CATS are being killed and seriously injured by youths shooting them with airguns. In the last month, three cats in one street on the Bournville estate in Weston have been shot. One had to be put down because of its internal injuries.
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED11%20Sep%202006%2010%3A41%3A32%3A560
Boy charged over airgun killing
16 September 2006
A 12-year-old has been charged with manslaughter after a boy died when he was shot with an airgun. A 45-year-old man who was quizzed about supplying an airgun to a youth has been released on bail until 30 September. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/5352338.stm
Air rifle recovered after shooting incident
27 September 2006
POLICE have recovered an air rifle after a man and a boy were shot in the street in Chard on Monday afternoon. A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following two separate incidents in Old Town and Dwelly Close between 5.30pm and 6pm.
http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/cinewschard/display.var.939361.0.air_rifle_recovered_after_shooting_incident.php
Harbour dubbed death alley for swans
21 September 2006
WHITBY harbour has been described as "Death Alley" for swans after another bird was found shot. The situation is now so bad that Yorkshire Swan Rescue, which says it has had to help eight or nine swans from Whitby in the past few weeks, is refusing to return any of the birds to Whitby. The charity, based in York, has branded Whitby the most dangerous place in Yorkshire for the birds with a swan being found with four airgun pellets lodged in its head last month.
http://www.whitbytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=983&ArticleID=1781753
TEEN'S AIRGUN HORROR
21 September 2006
THIS baby-face gunman pushed his pal on to a bed before using an air rifle to shoot him in the head. Daniel Stoddart is today beginning an indefinite sentence in jail after a funfight between friends turned to tragedy. After downing vodka, the 18-year-old ordered Christopher Harrison, 17, to shoot another pal, but when he refused he was shot twice – once in the leg and once in the temple.
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1782191
5th September 2006
A 16-year-old boy has lost the sight in one eye and has a pellet permanently embedded in his brain following an accident with an air rifle. Staffordshire Police said the youth, from Featherstone, was playing with the weapon in a wooded area on 20 August when it went off. The boy is now out of hospital but needs further treatment. Police are concerned the boy bought the gun at a car boot sale. Tests show they can fire if accidentally dropped.
http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/home-and-garden/air-gun-accident-leaves-pellet-in-staffordshire-youth-s-brain-596526
Seven-year-old Poole boy shot with air gun
1st September 2006
A seven-year-old boy was shot by an air gun as he cycled near his home. He fell off his bike after being hit by the pellet on Wednesday in Hasler Road, in the Canford Heath area of Poole, Dorset. A neighbour saw what happened and helped the boy. He was taken to Poole Hospital with the pellet still embedded in his left thigh.
http://www.injurywatch.co.uk/news-and-groups/news/criminal-injury/seven-year-old-poole-boy-shot-with-air-gun-31861523/?searchterm=air%20gun
'Airgun' footballer pleads guilty
6 September 2006
Hearts defender Lee Wallace has admitted having a loaded airgun in the back of a friend's car while driving around an Edinburgh car park.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5319592.stm
PC shot in head by gun yobs
6 September 2006
A POLICEMAN was shot in the head as he answered a 999 call about airgun yobs.
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1746410
Airgun stunt killed friend
8th September 2006
A MAN'S drunken habit of firing an air rifle at his living-room wall ended in tragedy when a friend died from a shot to the heart, a court heard yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5324530.stm
Girl speaks of shooting ordeal
10 September 2006
The 12-year-old girl shot in the face with an airgun while playing with friends has spoken of her ordeal. Shelby Prentice was paddling in the River Ivel on Biggleswade Common when she was shot in the mouth with a pellet resulting in her losing part of her upper lip.
http://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=182&ArticleID=1754392
Hunt for air rifle man after fishing boy is shot
13 September 2006
A TEENAGER was shot by an air rifle while fishing in Brampton. The 15-year-old was at Lenton Lakes off Park Road on Sunday, August 20, at 7.30pm when he felt a sharp pain near his left hip. He turned around and saw a young man with what he described as an air rifle. The victim believes he was shot with the weapon and police this week issued a description.
http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsHPT&itemid=WEED13%20Sep%202006%2011%3A35%3A42%3A250
Appeal after man shot in the head
13 September 2006
Police are appealing for witnesses to an incident on Monday where an 18 year old was shot with an air rifle. It happened at around 4.10pm on Monday (September 11) when the 18 year old and his 17 year old friend were walking in a field near Wellsway School, Keynsham. The victim claims three teenagers were some distance away when one of them fired a gun at him.
http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?nsid=5822&t=1&lid=3
Man on airgun charge walks free from court
15th September 2006
A MAN accused of terrorising teenagers with an air pistol has been cleared because he is epileptic.
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1364702006
Cat dies after airgun spree
14 September 2006
CATS are being killed and seriously injured by youths shooting them with airguns. In the last month, three cats in one street on the Bournville estate in Weston have been shot. One had to be put down because of its internal injuries.
http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/content/twm/news/story.aspx?brand=Westonmercury&category=news&tBrand=westonmercury&tCategory=znews&itemid=WeED11%20Sep%202006%2010%3A41%3A32%3A560
Boy charged over airgun killing
16 September 2006
A 12-year-old has been charged with manslaughter after a boy died when he was shot with an airgun. A 45-year-old man who was quizzed about supplying an airgun to a youth has been released on bail until 30 September. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/5352338.stm
Air rifle recovered after shooting incident
27 September 2006
POLICE have recovered an air rifle after a man and a boy were shot in the street in Chard on Monday afternoon. A 17-year-old boy has been arrested following two separate incidents in Old Town and Dwelly Close between 5.30pm and 6pm.
http://www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/cinewschard/display.var.939361.0.air_rifle_recovered_after_shooting_incident.php
Harbour dubbed death alley for swans
21 September 2006
WHITBY harbour has been described as "Death Alley" for swans after another bird was found shot. The situation is now so bad that Yorkshire Swan Rescue, which says it has had to help eight or nine swans from Whitby in the past few weeks, is refusing to return any of the birds to Whitby. The charity, based in York, has branded Whitby the most dangerous place in Yorkshire for the birds with a swan being found with four airgun pellets lodged in its head last month.
http://www.whitbytoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=983&ArticleID=1781753
Youth charged with trying to kill boy with air rifle
28 September 2006
A YOUTH was accused yesterday of attempting to murder a boy, six, by shooting him in the head with an air rifle.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1433862006
TEEN'S AIRGUN HORROR
21 September 2006
THIS baby-face gunman pushed his pal on to a bed before using an air rifle to shoot him in the head. Daniel Stoddart is today beginning an indefinite sentence in jail after a funfight between friends turned to tragedy. After downing vodka, the 18-year-old ordered Christopher Harrison, 17, to shoot another pal, but when he refused he was shot twice – once in the leg and once in the temple.
http://www.sunderlandtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=1107&ArticleID=1782191
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