From: Rusty�Bullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
by Brenda Hickman Crime Reporter
THIS is the gun used to shoot former British agent and
IRA spy Martin McGartland, police revealed today.
Detectives hunting the men who carried out the assassination
attempt also revealed they have DNA - a genetic fingerprint of
one of his attackers.
Mr McGartland was shot as he sat in his car in Duches
Street, Whitley Bay, on June 7, 1999.
He survived the attempted murder and after being placed in
a safe house by Northumbria police has now re-located to a secret
address outside the area with a new identity.
Detectives made a new appeal for help to trace the men. Det
Supt Chris Symonds, heading the hunt, has now revealed a vital
new clue to the identity of the attackers.
The gun, a Czech-made 9mm CZ pistol, was found on the south
bank of the Tyne near the Redheugh Bridge, Gateshead, last August,
together with a similar weapon and ammunition for the weapons.
Forensic tests established that the CZ pistol was used to shoot
Mr McGartland.
The weapon is manufactured by Czech company Ceska Zbrojovka
and is a parabellum/ Luger pistol - known as a CZ 9mm semi-automatic.
Det Supt Symonds said: "We would ask everybody living in the
Gateshead area to think back to late May 1999 and try to remember
anybody unusual staying nearby."
Det Supt Symonds is said to be out of the country today in
connection with the inquiry.
Police also re-issued an artist's impression of one of the
three men. He was described as 35 to 37, 5ft 7in to 5ft 8in, with
short straight light coloured hair and smartly dressed. He had
the appearance of an office worker - and was chatty with a
Scottish or Irish accent.
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I think that is the first time I've seen a media report accurately
describe a firearm.
Steve.
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