Febuary 2008

Renewed appeal over airgun shooting of elderly lady in Dawley
4th Feb 2008
Thatsnews Telford
Police have made a second appeal for information following an assault in Dawley just over a week ago. The incident occurred at around 6.30pm on Sunday 27th January outside an address on a residential bungalow...
http://shropshirenews.blogspot.com/2008/02/renewed-appeal-over-airgun-shooting-of.html


Airgun teacher escapes ban
5th Feb 2008
Manchester Evening News
A TEACHER who was jailed for confronting a group of youths with a pellet gun, was told today she could carry on teaching...
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1035280_airgun_teacher_escapes_ban?rss=yes


Operation for boy, 9, shot in leg by airgun
6th Feb 2008
Cossacks Breaking News
A BOY aged nine underwent surgery yesterday to remove a pellet from his leg after he was shot with an airgun. Ryan Leatham, was playing in a friend’s back garden when he was hit by a shot fired from a nearby wood. ...
http://cossacks.org.uk/business/operation-for-boy-9-shot-in-leg-by-airgun/


Mum wounded in air rifle shooting
6th Feb 2008
Birmingham Mail
A MOTHER on her way to pick up her children from school was shot in the head by a man taking pot-shots with an air rifle, Birmingham crown court was told..
http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/02/06/mum-wounded-in-air-rifle-shooting-97319-20440920/


Airgun Man's Year Behind Bars
7th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record
AMAN who fired a hail of airgun pellets at four teenagers because one of them "mooned" at him was jailed for a year yesterday. Airdrie Sheriff Court heard ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/07/airgun-man-s-year-behind-bars-86908-20311391/


Man, 44, shot in stomach
7th Feb 2008
Chronicle Live
A MAN is recovering in hospital today after being shot in the stomach. The 44-year-old was in his backyard when he was injured with what is believed to be an air rifle.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-evening-chronicle/2008/02/07/man-44-shot-in-stomach-72703-20446736/


Attacker aged just 6
11th Feb 2008
Daily Post - Llandudno Junction,UK
A child of approximately six years of age was brandishing an airgun and laughing uncontrollably.”...
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/02/11/attacker-aged-just-6-55578-20459756/


Boy On Petrol Bomb Charge
12th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A TEENAGER has been charged with petrol bomb attacks and shooting children with an air rifle. Liam Ross, 16, is accused of shooting and wounding boys ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/12/boy-on-petrol-bomb-charge-86908-20316713/



Man aimed gun at wife after Jeremy Kyle revelation
13th Feb 2008
Daily Post North Wales
A MAN pointed a loaded air rifle at his wife’s head a week after finding out her baby was not his during a recording of The Jeremy Kyle Show.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2008/02/13/man-aimed-gun-at-wife-after-jeremy-kyle-revelation-55578-20471963/


Airgun Pet attacks on the Rise
16th Feb 2008
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7248423.stm


18 Months For Sniper
19th Feb 2008
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
A SNIPER was photographed in the act as he took pot shots at council offices with an air rifle. Edward Humphrey was firing from a windowin a block of flats ...
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/newsfeed/2008/02/19/18-months-for-sniper-86908-20324045/


Airgun sniper hunted
22nd Feb 2008
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
Police want to trace anyone who may have seen an airgun being fired. In the first incident – at about 4.10pm in Central Avenue – a man was driving his car ...
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2008/02/22/airgun-sniper-hunted-86081-20508437/



Man arrested over airgun threat
23rd Feb 2008
BBC News - UK
A man has been arrested after armed police responded to reports of a woman being threatened with an air rifle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/7259744.stm


Campaign to cut out airgun attacks
23rd Feb 2008
Northwich Guardian - Northwich,England,UK
THE RSPCA has launched a campaign this week after a massive increase in the number of airgun attacks reported against animals in the past year. ...
http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/display.var.2064979.0.campaign_to_cut_out_airgun_attacks.php


Teenager injured in airgun attack
26th Feb 2008
Kirkintilloch Today - Kirkintilloch,Scotland,UK
Police are appealing for witnesses to a horror airgun attack on a 16-year-old boy. The teenager was shot in the forehead while he was on open ground behind ...
http://www.kirkintilloch-herald.co.uk/news/Teenager-injured-in-airgun-attack.3817777.jp

Cabbie’s windscreen ‘shot out by thugs’
1st January 2008
Echo South Essex news
YOUTHS with an air rifle are believed to be responsible for shooting and shattering a taxi driver's windscreen.
http://www.echo-news.co.uk:80/news/local/display.var.1935076.0.cabbies_windscreen_shot_out_by_thugs.php


Man injured in air rifle drama
2nd January 2008
Wiltshire Times - UK
WHAT is believed to have started as an argument over a girl ended in someone being shot with an air rifle yesterday in Calne.
http://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/latestheadlines/display.var.1937289.0.man_injured_in_air_rifle_drama.php



Man charged as rifle is aimed at hospital staff
2nd Jan 2008
Rochdale Observer - UK
A BELFIELD man has been charged with a firearms offence after an air rifle was pointed at staff at Rochdale Infirmary. Scott Charlton, aged 31, of Bellshill
http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1030327_man_charged_as_rifle_is_aimed_at_hospital_staff


Vandals destroy new lights
3rd Jan 2008
Lancaster News
Vandals are believed to have used an air rifle to cause £5000 of damage to brand new lighting columns in Heysham.
http://www.lancaster.gov.uk/news/News.asp?id=SX9452-A780CDB5


Four charged after air rifle spree
4th Jan 2008
Suffolk Evening Star - Ipswich,England,UK
Dozens of vehicle windscreens were smashed in Ipswich, Felixstowe, Stowmarket and Woodbridge on October 14, while a 21-year-old man was struck in the face by a pellet in Ipswich's Clapgate Lane.
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/content/eveningstar/news/story.aspx?brand=ESTOnline&category=News&tBrand=ESTOnline&tCategory=News&itemid=IPED04%20Jan%202008%2009%3A13%3A23%3A653


Kids' play room window shot at
11th Jan 2008
East Lothian Courier - Haddington,Scotland,UK
A high-powered air rifle, thought to be of .22 calibre, was used in the attacks,
http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/article.php?sec=1&id=18568


Man Shot in Eye with Airgun
16th Jan 2008
BBC News
A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a man was shot in the eye with what police believe to be an airgun. The victim, a 30-year-old man from Birmingham, was picking up a van he had bought on Langton Road in Kirkby on Tuesday when the incident happened. He is still being treated in hospital and doctors say they are worried about the man's sight in his left eye.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7191281.stm

Shot man loses sight in one eye
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Echo - UK
A MAN shot with an air rifle in Kirkby has been blinded in one eye. Surgeons tried to save his sight when he was taken to hospital after the attack on Tuesday.But it was today revealed that the operations had failed and the 30-year-old man has been left blind in his left eye.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/01/18/shot-man-loses-sight-in-one-eye-100252-20365948/

Man arrested over shooting with air rifle
18th Jan 2008
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,UK
A MAN has been arrested and an air rifle recovered after police searched three homes in Knowsley.
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/01/18/man-arrested-over-shooting-with-air-rifle-64375-20364522/



Attacker Shot Victim and Held Sword to His Neck
17th Jan 2008
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
A thug held a Samurai sword to a teen's neck and shot him with an airgun.
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk:80/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19580950


Taxi driver shot at in rifle attack
17th Jan 2008
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The grandad-of-five, who has run his taxi business A1Cabs for three years, and driven for 41 years, added: “I believe an air rifle was used..."
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/01/17/taxi-driver-shot-at-in-rifle-attack-91466-20360981/


Man hit his dog with a saucepan — then shot it with an air rifle
17th Jan 2008
Worcester News - Worcester News, UK
When that did not work, he shot it four times with a .22 calibre air rifle, owned by his partner's father. The dog was put to sleep at Charnock Shepherd
http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/wnnewslatest/display.var.1972928.0.man_hit_his_dog_with_a_saucepan_then_shot_it_with_an_air_rifle.php


Teenager gets life for killing grandfather
18th Jan 2008
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A TEENAGER who shot a grandfather at point-blank range with an air rifle and then battered him to death with the butt of the gun was caged for life today.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Teenager-gets-life-for-killing.3688962.jp


Airgun 'sniper' attacks girl,14
23rd Jan 2008
Greenock Telegraph - Greenock,Scotland,UK
The 14-year-old was hit in the arm when the gunman struck near Coves Reservoir in Gourock at 10.30pm on Saturday.
http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/article.php?sec=1&id=18950


Woman shot
23rd Jan 2008
Great Yarmouth Mercury - Great Yarmouth,England,UK
ARMED police arrested a man in north Yarmouth following reports he had shot his partner.Police spokesman Jon Smith said a woman was taken to hospital after sustaining an injury to her nose at around 9pm on January 14 but that it was soon established it was an accident involving an airgun.
http://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/content/yarmouthmercury/news/story.aspx?brand=GYMOnline&category=news&tBrand=GYMonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED23%20Jan%202008%2018%3A11%3A33%3A063


Yob, 19, fired air gun at Skelmersdale bus
25th Jan 2008
icSeftonandWestLancs - Southport,England,UK
A 19-YEAR-OLD from Ennerdale, Skelmersdale, who fired an air rifle pellet at a bus in the Digmoor area of the town was arrested and given a final warning.
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/skelmersdaleadvertiser/news/tm_headline=yob-19-fired-air-gun-at-skelmersdale-bus&method=full&objectid=20385633&siteid=60252-name_page.html


Man who shot wife with air rifle is jailed
28th Jan 2008
West Yorkshire in the News
A LEEDS man who repeatedly shot his wife with an air rifle after a boozy night out has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.
http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=57&item=218913


Man Charged After Woman Shot With Air Weapon
29th Jan 2008
Greater Manchester Police
A 21-year-old man has been charged after a woman was shot in the neck with an air rifle in bury.
http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/pages/513b6e65f072aa09802573df005e67fb.htm

A GUNMAN took a pot shot at a moving vehicle from another car.
1st December 2007
Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph - Kettering,England,UK
Police believe an air rifle was fired at a Landrover Discovery from another vehicle as the vehicles passed each other along Gipsy Lane, Irchester, ...
http://www.northantset.co.uk/news/Gunman-fires-from-passing-car.3546485.jp


Trial told of 'Samurai Threat'
4th December 2007
This is Aberdeen - Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
David Adamson and Lee Hutchison are accused of attacking Mr Garden and repeatedly shooting him with an air rifle. It is alleged they brandished a sword at ...
http://www.thisisaberdeen.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=202847&command=displayContent&sourceNode=232187&home=yes&more_nodeId1=148317&contentPK=19154495


Boy shoots teen in the leg with airgun
6th December 2007
Harlow Herald 24 - Stevenage,England,UK
A FOURTEEN-year-old Harlow schoolboy shot another teenager in the leg with an airgun he bought on the internet, a court heard
http://www.harlowherald.co.uk/content/herald/news/story.aspx?brand=EHHOnline&category=NewsHarlow&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshlhnew&itemid=WEED06%20Dec%202007%2011%3A41%3A52%3A040


Elderly women shot with air gun
7th December 2007
Dorset Echo - England,UK
OFFICERS in Ferndown are appealing for help from the public to find the person responsible for firing air pellets at two elderly women as they walked along Station Road in Ferndown.A 74-year-old woman was shot in her bottom and an 88-year-old woman was shot in her left leg and needed hospital treatment - she is now at home recovering.
http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1889630.0.elderly_women_shot_with_air_gun.php


Driver tells of terrifying airgun ambush
13th December 2007
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A FORMER soldier has told of the "terrifying" moment he was ambushed on his way home from work by a youth wielding an airgun.
http://news.scotsman.com/ViewArticle.aspx?articleid=3589651


Teenager shot in head with pellet
13th December 2007
BBC News - UK
Armed police were called in after a teenage boy was shot in the head with a pellet gun. Josh Mayer, 16, is recovering in hospital after he was shot in a lane near Hollybush School in Cwmbran, Torfaen, on Tuesday afternoon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7141438.stm


Community service for airgun man
14th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A teenager who shot a young boy in the head with an air pistol in an Edinburgh street has been sentenced to 225 hours community service. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7142218.stm



Man held over air rifle shootings
17th December 2007
BBC News - UK
A man has been arrested after reports of cars and other property being shot at in a Cumbrian town. Officers were called to White School Close at Kells in Whitehaven on Saturday, after reports that a rifle was being shot out of a house window. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/7147525.stm


Shooting : Ill Health saves OAP from Jail
24th December 2007
Stratford Herald - Stratford upon Avon,England,UK
A STRATFORD pensioner who fired an airgun at a group of youngsters playing football in a park near his garden fence has escaped being jailed because of his ...
http://www.stratford-herald.co.uk/mainstory.php?ID=1238