Unarmed Britain
Listed here is evidence of what happens when good decent people are disarmed and left defenceless against violent armed criminals, resulting in the victims suffering serious injury or death.
Evidence suggests that the possibility of encoutering an armed victim deters criminals from attacking in the first place.
When you read these reports, bear in mind that private possession of almost all types of firearms is either illegal or very strictly regulated for UK citizens.
Raiders hold knife to baby's throat during violent burglary.
A baby boy had a knife held to his throat as his mother was beaten by a gang demanding money. One of the masked raiders also pressed a gun and knife against the eyes of Nickola Tye, 32, as she was repeatedly kicked and punched. She had just walked into her home in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, with her 21-month-old son Nathan when they struck.
Woman survives being shot in the head in broad daylight.
A pistol-wielding man shot himself dead today after blasting his partner twice in the forehead in broad daylight - as she pushed her one-month-old baby grandson in a pram. The 52-year-old man shot the unnamed woman with a pistol before fleeing the scene in Feltwell, near Brandon, Norfolk.
Couple beaten, raped and tortured in their own home.
Gavin Gordon, 31, a drug addict who has a string of convictions for violence dating back more than ten years, was part of a gang that raped a 26-year-old woman in her home in Clapham, south London, while her boyfriend screamed as he was tortured in the next room.
94
year old man stabbed to death in his home by intruder trying to steal
his TV.
A 94-year-old man was stabbed to death in his home as he tried to stop a burglar stealing his television. William Humphrey was repeatedly knifed by the intruder and left to bleed to death in his suburban flat.
Burglary victims attacked in their own home once every 30 minutes.
There is an attack by a violent burglar against a householder around 60 times a day in Britain. The shocking statistic exposes for the first time the epidemic of terrifying intruder confrontations taking place in Britain.
Man stabbed to death after confronting street robbers.
A have-a-go hero has died after being stabbed when he tried to stop two muggers who stole a woman's bag. Sukhwinder Singh chased thieves who robbed a 28-year-old woman in east London. A fight then broke out and the 31-year-old was stabbed and killed.
Innocent man savagely beaten to death during street robbery.
Two drunken teenage thugs stalked and murdered a stranger to steal his mobile phone and the designer boots off his feet. Simon Ash, 35, was kicked and battered to death while taking a late-night riverside stroll.
Man shot and killed in the street by armed robber.
A 'highly-educated' student working part-time in a money exchange shop was shot dead as he left for the night with £10,000 takings and his laptop. Khurram Ashraf, 30, was blasted once in the stomach after he and a co-worker were confronted by a gunman demanding he hand over the goods.
Care
worker stabbed to death despite begging police for
protection.
Nicola Sutton, 22, was living in fear of
Barry Stone when he was released after serving only six months of an 18-month
sentence for attacking her. Just a month later, Stone - who had a lengthy record
of violence against women - tracked her down and stabbed her to death with a
Samurai sword.
Pregnant woman raped by burglars in her own home.
A heavily pregnant woman was raped at gunpoint by a burglar who told her it was her 'lucky day'. The 33-year-old victim was only two months away from giving birth when masked raiders burst into her home and held a sawn-off shotgun to her partner's head.
Baby spattered with blood after father is stabbed 11 times in his own home.
A baby was left covered in blood after his father was attacked by robbers who broke into their family home. Ricki Hall, 39, was knifed 11 times in the face, leaving the two-and-a-half-month-old covered in his father's bloodwhen the thugs broke into the Leicester house demanding cash and jewellery.
Widow, 85, murdered after burglar broke every bone in her face.
An 85-year-old widow was brutally murdered by a drunken thug who broke every bone in her face and robbed her of £350. Robert Tozer burgled retired teacher Joan Charlton. He stamped on her head, cut the phone line, deactivated the fire alarm and tried to set fire to her body despite knowing she was still alive.
Taxi driver fatally stabbed in the head and left by side of the road.
A taxi driver who died after he was found seriously injured at a roadside had been stabbed in the head, police said today. Family man Mohammed Arshad, 36, died early yesterday after an assault in Kings Norton, Birmingham.
Football manager shot dead in front of children by masked gunman.
A football manager was shot dead in front of horrified children after being ambushed by a masked gunman. Ryan Musgrove, 36, was blasted six times by his attacker, who hid in bushes waiting for him at playing fields on Thursday night as children played nearby.
Man, 21, dies after being gunned down in doctor's surgery car park
Police have launched a murder hunt after a man was gunned down today in a doctor's car park. Junaid Khan suffered serious wounds to his leg and groin in the attack just after midnight in Greater Manchester.