From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A normal day in my local daily paper Aberdeen Press and Journal Monday 24 July Man held after shots drama A man was in custody last night following a rport that shots were fired at a Speyside house. [I live 5 miles away from here] Armed officers and a negotiator went to the property on the outskirts of Craigellachie at 7.05pm. The area was cordoned off and the 46-year-old man surrendered to police officers at aruond 9.20pm. People at a nearby campsite were evacuated during the drama. Noone was injured. The house is near the Fiddichside Inn. A report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal. Tuesday 25 July Speyside man granted bail A Speyside man appeared from custody at Elgin Sheriff Court yesterday, charged with firearms offences. The case against Norman Shearer, 48, of Inverfiddich, Craigellachie, was continued without plea for three weeks and he was released on bail. It is alleged Shearer was in possession of a prohibited weapon, namely a .22 handgun [this cannot be] at his home on Sunday. It is further alleged he was in possession of a .22 rifle and one .22 round without having a firearms certificate, and was in possession of a shotgun without holding [a] shotgun certificate. [the local news is that this was a "domestic"] And in the same issue Gun crime An elite squad of more than 160 police officers has been set up to focus on black gunmen with the aim of cutting the number of murders, it was announced yesterday. Among the team will be one detective who will be posted to Jamaica to gather intelligence on contract killers who regularly travel to England to carry out shootings. The Metropolitan police revealed the measures as part of a bid to step up Operation Trident, a strategy against gun crime in London. Burglar fled A horrified woman awoke to find a burglar in her bedroom, police said yesterday. The man fled the ground floor flat in Gypsy Lane, Oxford in a panic after his 22-year-old victim awoke at 5am on Sunday screaming for help. Thames Valley police said the burglar left his jumper on the bedroom floor and abandoned all the valuables in his haste to escape. Man shot A man with a handgun was shot and wounded when he confronted armed police officers in the street. West Midlands Police said the officers opened fire after a man confronted them in Petersham Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, shortly after 7.30pm on Sunday night. The injured man was taken to a Birmingham hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery on Sunday night. He was yesterday said to be in stable condition. Rape ordeal A woman was thrown into a canal before being gang-raped by four men and forced to flee home naked, police said yesterday. The 37-year-old victim was attacked as she walked along the Grand Union Canal, in London, early on Saturday. A Scotland Yard spokesman said that the victim was pushed into the canal and after struggling out of the water she was raped. OAP stabbed Police hunting the killer of a Dorset pensioner yesterday said that she was stabbed to death in a "vicious knife attack". The body of Beatrice Wilson, 74, was found in her flat at Millfield, Creekmoor, in Poole, on Saturday. Mrs Wilson died in what officers believe was a bungled burglary. Murder trial The trial continues of three 16-year-old boys accused of kicking and stabbing another boy to death after cutting off his ear in an apparent reenactment of a scene from the film Reservoir Dogs. Oh, and a man bludgeoned his entire family to death before committing suicide. Just another weekend in peaceful Britain. Cheers David [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidsquires.countryside-inter.net Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
