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