- Monkseaton shootings
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Monkseaton shootings Location Monkseaton, North Tyneside, England, United Kingdom Date 30 April 1989 Attack type Murder Weapon(s) Shotgun Death(s) 1 Injured 14 Perpetrator Robert Sartin The Monkseaton shootings occurred on 30 April 1989 in Monkseaton, North Tyneside when Robert Sartin killed one man and left fourteen other people injured during a twenty-minute shooting spree.[1]
Sartin, a 22-year-old clerk, took his father's double-barrelled shotgun and began shooting at people in nearby gardens, houses, and in passing cars. Witnesses described how Sartin fired indiscriminately at people.[2] He then drove his car towards the seafront at Whitley Bay, followed by an unmarked police car, and was arrested by unarmed police officer Danny Herdman.[1]
Sartin was charged with the murder of Kenneth Mackintosh in Windsor Road, Monkseaton and 17 counts of attempted murder.[3] In May 1996, he appeared at Durham Crown Court where he pleaded not guilty due to insanity and he was subsequently detained indefinitely at a secure mental unit.[1]
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References
- ^ a b c Adrian Pitches (2 May 2009). "Town struggles to recall shooting". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/8029888.stm. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Ministers set to reject calls for new gun curbs". Glasgow Herald. 2 May 1989. p. 1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Xy41AAAAIBAJ&sjid=1aULAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert-sartin&pg=4891%2C267792. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Man on 17 murder bid charges". Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1989. p. 3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KE01AAAAIBAJ&sjid=pKULAAAAIBAJ&dq=robert-sartin&pg=6086%2C3068166. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
Categories:- 1989 crimes
- 1989 in England
- Deaths by firearm in England
- Murder in England
- History of North Tyneside
- Murder in 1989
- Spree shootings
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