Case Studies
Showing how material from crime scenes can be linked to criminal activity in different force areas.

A major police investigation is underway involving officers and specialist teams following the fatal shooting of a man in the city last night (13 September).
The 34-year-old man was shot on Gre...
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Australians have handed in nearly 26,000 firearms in the nation's first gun amnesty since its landmark response to a mass shooting in 1996.
The amnesty began on 1 July to help counter a growin...
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A murder investigation has been launched after a 14-year-old boy shot in Newham died in hospital.
On Monday, 4 September at 15:10 hours police were called to Moore Walk, E7 to reports that two peo...
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Two drug dealers who carried a machine gun and live ammunition have been jailed.
Dajour Shakeem Da Costa, 21 (13.12.95), of Elmworth Grove, SE21, was found guilty and sentenced at the Old Bail...
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Detectives launching a reinvestigation of the murder of a Palestinian cartoonist in London are appealing for the public's help to identify and find those responsible on the 30th anniversary of his...
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Eighteen men from two Birmingham crime gangs will be served with injunctions banning them from entering large parts of the city and associating with each other.
In a landmark ruling - believed ...
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Three men have been jailed after a police operation to target gun crime in Salford.
Grzegorz Marciniak (22/06/78) of Deacons Drive in Salford pleaded guilty to three firearms offences, two coun...
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A drug dealer who was in possession of a gun that has been linked to two murders has been jailed after pleading guilty at Croydon Crown Court.
Andre Chambers, 34 (25.01.83) of Harlinger Street,...
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Detectives are today, Thursday, 27 July, renewing their appeals for information and witnesses after a man out on a night out with his girlfriend was shot at and stabbed by two thieves on a moped w...
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Three men have been convicted of carrying out a drive-by shooting in which a Black Country dad died in a hail of bullets.
Father-of-one Carl Campbell was ambushed as he sat in a car at traffic...
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Detectives are appealing for information after a teenager was shot in the foot in Camden.
Police were called to a north London hospital just before 02:00hrs on Monday, 17 July after staff ther...
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Assistant Chief Constable Helen McMillan has taken over as the new NPCC lead for Criminal Use of Firearms. She has taken over the role from Chief Constable Dave Thompson, of West Midlands Police. ...
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Merseyside Police officers carrying out firearms disruption work in Fazakerley recovered two firearms yesterday, Wednesday 5 July.
Officers were searching an area of woodland around Higher...
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A teenager who shot a man at close range and injured an 11-year-old boy in the process, has been jailed for 26 years.
The incident happened in Ilford when the 22-year-old victim was shot at close r...
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Trident detectives are appealing for witnesses and information after a police officer was threatened with a shotgun while another had a moped driven at him in Bromley.
At around 23:30hrs on Wed...
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