Monkseaton shootings

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Monkseaton shootings
Location Monkseaton, North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom
Date 30 April 1989 (1989-04-30)
Attack type Murder
Weapon(s) Shotgun
Deaths 1
Injured (non-fatal) 14
Perpetrator Robert Sartin

The Monkseaton shootings occurred on 30 April 1989 in Monkseaton, North Tyneside when Robert Sartin killed one man and left fourteen other people injured during a twenty-minute shooting spree. It remains, along with the 1987 Hungerford massacre, 1996 Dunblane massacre and the 2010 Cumbria shootings, one of the worst criminal atrocities involving firearms in British history.[1]

Sartin, a 22-year-old clerk, took his father's double-barrelled shotgun and began shooting at people in nearby gardens, houses, and in passing cars. Witnesses described how Sartin fired indiscriminately at people.[2] He then drove his car towards the seafront at Whitley Bay, followed by an unmarked police car, and was arrested by unarmed police officer Danny Herdman.[1]

Sartin was charged with the murder of Kenneth Mackintosh in Windsor Road, Monkseaton and 17 counts of attempted murder.[3] In May 1996, he appeared at Durham Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty due to insanity and he was subsequently detained indefinitely at a secure mental unit.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adrian Pitches (2 May 2009). "Town struggles to recall shooting". BBC News. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Ministers set to reject calls for new gun curbs". Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1989. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
  3. ↑ "Man on 17 murder bid charges". Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2010. 
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