camies 1 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thames Valley police headquarters in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, on May 30, 2007 Pc David Micklethwaite, 52, :crazy: who had failed part of a gun training course :wacko: , mistakenly loaded a powerful Magnum .44 revolver with a live round from an old Quality Street tin during a weapons awareness tutorial. He then pulled the trigger while pointing it at a civilian colleague during one of his classroom tutorials. :oops: The bullet passed though his body and lodged in the arm of the chair behind him. Mr Tilbury spent five hours in surgery for serious damage to his bowel, kidney, lung and liver. He was unconscious for 12 days and remained in hospital for a further ten. Micklethwaite's in court today. Old news but what's he being done for? Not misuse of a firearm, or illegal discharge, attemped murder, or the multitude of other criminal offences using a gun, he's being done for a health and safety breech! Wonder if his FAC will be pulled (if he's even got one)? :hmm: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoeD 24 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Have you got the link, And that is just shocking. JoeD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampy 147 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Thames Valley police headquarters in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, on May 30, 2007Pc David Micklethwaite, 52, :crazy: who had failed part of a gun training course :wacko: , mistakenly loaded a powerful Magnum .44 revolver with a live round from an old Quality Street tin during a weapons awareness tutorial. He then pulled the trigger while pointing it at a civilian colleague during one of his classroom tutorials. :oops: The bullet passed though his body and lodged in the arm of the chair behind him. Mr Tilbury spent five hours in surgery for serious damage to his bowel, kidney, lung and liver. He was unconscious for 12 days and remained in hospital for a further ten. Micklethwaite's in court today. Old news but what's he being done for? Not misuse of a firearm, or illegal discharge, attemped murder, or the multitude of other criminal offences using a gun, he's being done for a health and safety breech! Wonder if his FAC will be pulled (if he's even got one)? :hmm: No you are right! I recently attended an Iosh course and this was case quoted. I understand that he won his case for unfair dismissal as it was the responsibility of the instructor to ensure adequate steps had bben taken to ensure this event couldn't of happened. Sad but true. rgds swampy safely ninging Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest jt750 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Not sure how you compare this to air gunners i'm afraid Quote Link to post Share on other sites
camies 1 Posted September 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 So, here's the result, Click here the police are fined as is the idiot. No jail time and I doubt that the gun will be confiscated or even destroyed. Someone commented, "the police are fined but who ends up paying? Us the tax payer"! As for comparing this to air guns, we do anything untoward and they throw the book at us. Double standards apply. Police shoot someone, shrug, we shoot something and someone complains, read the forums about heavy handed policing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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