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