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Gunman on the run in Tyneside

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 11:04

here

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Eleison · 05/07/2010 11:15

I've studied his photo so that I can subtly run like fuck if I bump into him.

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 11:17

yeah, DH double checked all the doors and downstairs windows last night which is ridiculous as we're nowhere near...

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 11:18

feel sorry for the police man though, hope he will be OK - he wasn't involved at all, was on traffic control

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 11:18

not that it's OK if you are involved but...ykwim

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itsybitsy08 · 05/07/2010 11:32

Theres some pychos about!
I too double checked all doors and windows! And i am wary of leaving my patio doors open during the day until they catch him.
Hope the girl is okay and the policeman too!

HerBeatitude · 05/07/2010 12:24

Goodness.

If every domestic abuser shot a police officer every time he attacked his ex or partner, the police would take domestic violence an awful lot more seriously, wouldn't they?

Durham prison told the police that he was threatening to harm his ex girlfriend. I suspect that if they'd told them he was threatening to harm a police officer, the police would have apprehended him before he could get hold of a gun.

I presume the reason he was released was becuase his sentence had actually come to an end and they couldn't continue to keep him in gaol, even though he was making threats against his ex?

ladylush · 05/07/2010 14:32

This is awful I wonder why she didn't try and move away from this man, knowing he was capable of violence and was threatening to kill her.

HerBeatitude · 05/07/2010 14:35

I expect she had job, family, support network in her home town.

And after all, he'd been moved away - to prison.

I wonder why he felt entitled to kill her. And her boyfriend. And a police officer. We should be focussing on his behaviour, not her's. We should also be focussing on why it is OK for a man to be released from prison, when he is threatening to kill someone. Could he not have been re-arrested on release?

ladylush · 05/07/2010 15:05

I'm not blaming her - just trying to understand............and hoping that anyone else in a similar situation runs for the hills. Of course the main focus is on his behaviour. According to the news he killed a policeman because his ex told him that her new partner was a policeman (thinking that he wouldn't come after her)- hence he developed a grudge against all policemen.

ladylush · 05/07/2010 15:06

Agree that he should not have been released - and ex should have been supported/helped in some way due to risk posed to her.

5inthebed · 05/07/2010 18:28

This is very scary. My mam lives very near some of his relatives and the police helicopter has been hovering around there most of today and part of last night. There are police officers walking around with guns, I passed a couple yesterday going to hers. My nana was also shut inside a shop this afternoon for half an hour because of the police in the area.

DS1+2's school was told not to let the children play out in the yard as the school isn't far from the estate where he might be hiding out. And two local school were shut down until he is found.

And one of my friends has left the area for her own safety. Can't go into that though.

it's seriously worrying around here.

Isis87 · 05/07/2010 20:01

How do they know he is still there?

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 20:03

Can't believe he is still on the run
5 hope your friend is OK

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StealthPolarBear · 05/07/2010 20:03

Isis presumably they think someone is harbouring him

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5inthebed · 05/07/2010 20:07

They are just assuming he is there as he has a lot of family and friends.

I can hear sirens flying past as I type, it's been going on all day!

wubblybubbly · 05/07/2010 20:09

HB is spot on. What on earth is going on when a man locked up for domestic abuse is released from prison in the full knowledge he is threatening to seriously harm his ex?

wubblybubbly · 05/07/2010 22:07

So he was let out 2 months early, despite making these threats?

edam · 05/07/2010 22:25

And why didn't the police take immediate action to protect the poor woman as soon as they were warned by Durham prison? Why didn't they arrest him for making threats to kill?

Can't imagine how terrifying this is for his ex-partner and her new man's family. And his poor kids. Good grief.

juneybean · 05/07/2010 22:37

This is right round the corner from me and my brother has been dealing with this (police officer)

Rindercella · 05/07/2010 23:01

That poor woman - she's 22 but has apparently had an 'on/off' relationship with this man for 6 years. So he started a relationship with a 16 year old girl when he was in his 30s. Gah. Not illegal. But gah.

Hope he's caught soon.

giraffesCanDanceInTheSun · 06/07/2010 06:09

Just been watching GMTV, saw a woman with a baby give an interview saying how awful he was to his ex etc. She is rather brave - God knows who he will target next, I would be keeping my lips zipped apart from to talk to police if I were her - no way would I be blabbing on TV about him when hes in the area with a fuckin gun!!

Anyway how scary. Hope he is caught soon. Or one of his "friends" decide to do the right thing.

EarthMotherImNot · 06/07/2010 06:24

This happened very close to where we live and it is very scary to think he's still at large
Don't know why but I assumed the police would have caught him the same day, I mean how many friends and relatives willing to hide him can he have

5inthebed · 06/07/2010 08:14

Exactly EMIN, why would you let someone stop in your house if he has done this? I've a friend on FB who knows him and is defending him, saying the police have wound him up and thats why he done what he did [hm]

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StealthPolarBear · 06/07/2010 08:29

yes EMIN i can't believe he;'s still out there
apparently they're looking for a battered V reg black lexus

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DuelingFanjo · 06/07/2010 08:43

I've just read some of the letter he wrote to the police. I think it gives a real insight into the way a mind like this works, if it works at all. Shocking. That he shot his ex but not enough to kill her so that she can get compensation but still have a scar to remind her what she's done! Truly horrific. Truly controlling.

Why the hell don't the police take domestic violence seriously?! This could have been stopped before it even began.