PSNI gun left in north Belfast house after raid

fasttalkerchat

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17752220

Crazy story! Makes it worse that it was left on a child's bed.

Canis Lupus

Serious..ish yes I agree but no kids in house... mistakes happen.

Got to love the doe eyed pic of the child all in pink.

fasttalkerchat

Lucky they caught on before the kids came home from school.

maximoose

Rhiannon.

What a f*cking horrible name.

SEPT 23 1989

Were the police looking for daddys guns?

davet82

jesus christ, could you imagine being that copper, 'fcuk sake where did i put me fcukin gun' :pac: makes the car keys goin missin seem like fun

AboutTwoFiddy

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Got to love the doe eyed pic of the child all in pink.

That's what I was thinking, very Daily Mail-esque. Expected more from the BBC.

keano_afc

Ah, but was it a Protestant gun or a Catholic gun?

mikemac1

Everyone makes mistakes

maximoose

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Got to love the doe eyed pic of the child all in pink.

Which has strangely just been removed...

frag420

Guns dont kill people, rappers do!!

karma_

I remember a couple of years back, in the town here, after a temporary checkpoint had moved on, a cop had somehow left his sub-machine gun sitting atop a wheelie bin. Luckily, for him, someone called the local barracks to report it and a few red-faced coppers appeared to retrieve the prodigal weapon.

That time however, the story didn't make the papers.

Canis Lupus

maximoose wrote: »

Which has strangely just been removed...

Weeeeird.

Seachmall

Update: In a follow up statement the PSNI noted the belt was removed after the Police Officer in question found a cache of suspicious magazines under the bed and requested to be left in the room alone as he investigated further.

The Police Ombudsman has requested to see the magazines in question, and to be left alone in his office for 15 minutes as he investigates further.

DUP Policing Board member Ian McCrea has requested the same.

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Zebra3

Sinn Fein assembly member Gerry Kelly, who is also on the Policing Board, has called for a "short, sharp" inquiry into the matter.

"I can't think of any reason why a gun would be set on the bed," he said.

"I think basic training would dictate that a police officer would not lose sight of their weapon, except if they were off duty."

Good man Gerry!!

It wasn't me!

I know of an SA80 that turned up in the boot of a car back in Dublin after a search by the British Army at a border checkpoint. I'd say whatever poor bollocks left that there is still limping from the arse-kicking he received.

Teangalad

Jaysus he left the weapon, belt and ammo on the bed how did they not miss it??...^^^^did you give the SA80 back??? I would be suprised if that squaddie is still in the army

It wasn't me!

Teangalad wrote: »

Jaysus he left the weapon, belt and ammo on the bed how did they not miss it??...^^^^did you give the SA80 back??? I would be suprised if that squaddie is still in the army

It wasn't my car, for clarification (I'd probably have given it back with a pile of empty brass. ) and the rifle was returned. I think it may have been given to the embassy and gone back in the diplomatic bag. I'd say your man got a bollocking that turned his hair white, but I doubt he was tossed out over that.

phill106

Why did he take off the gun belt....

punchdrunk

phill106 wrote: »

Why did he take off the gun belt....

probably trying to get into a confined space during the search(i.e up into an attic/under a bed/behind a boiler)
so took the belt off

fasttalkerchat

Few weeks ago it was in the news that they did the same thing with a personal mobile phone. The phone was passed on to paramilitaries who got details and photos off it then handed it into the media.

the purple tin

:eek: reminds me of the time Chief Wiggum left his gun beside a couple of children so he could get a slice of cake.