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February 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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Julian Gavaghan
Last updated at 3:03 PM on 1st February 2012
A wheelchair-bound pensioner said to fear having his gun licence revoked was found dead last night after a 12-hour-standoff that left one police officer injured.
Barry Horspool, who in his 70s, became locked in an armed siege after taking potshots at cars in a sleepy Lincolnshire village.
The married former farm labourer, who is believed to have a grown-up daughter, was found dead in his home in Sutton St James after firearms officers stormed his home at around 10.30pm.
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‘Siege’: Armed police are involved in a stand-off with the gunman at a house in Sutton St James in Lincolnshire
Cut off: Roads have been closed around the area and residents told to stay away from their own homes
Police said no shots were fired by officers and the incident had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
An officer was discharged from Boston
Pilgrim Hospital after suffering a minor facial injury during the
operation earlier yesterday.
The siege began shortly before 11am when officers arrived at his property and he began firing his gun.
Friends said his gun licence had been under review and he may have reacted angrily after officers tried to seize his weapons.
The pensioner, who carried an oxygen canister and used a mobility scooter, enjoyed shooting pigeons and partridges.
During the melee, Horspool he fired at a Skoda police car, leaving an officer injured and the window smashed.
It was unclear where his wife Barbara
was during the stand-off. But Lincolnshire Police confirmed ‘no
hostages’ were involved in the siege.
Officers clad in black balaclavas had video cameras and lights trained
on the house as negotiators tried to contact Horspool through a
loudspeaker.
Nearby families were warned to stay in their homes until the danger was cleared
A close friend of Horspool, who asked
not to be named [name and details provided] said he was stunned the
pensioner – whose ill-health requires him to carry an oxygen canister on
his wheelchair – could take on the police.
The friend said: ‘I think the police went round to seize his shot guns and Barry kicked off.
The siege is taking place in the Chapelgate area of Lincolnshire village Sutton St James
‘He enjoyed shooting and probably had about two shot guns in his house.
‘But he would only use them for shooting game and pigeons. He would never harm anyone. I’m shocked.
‘You have to renew your licence every five years.
‘Barry has been ill over the last three years. He had a stroke two years
ago, carries an oxygen canister and uses a mobility scooter.
‘I think he was devastated to lose his freedom.
‘I think he has gone off his trolley – he has lost it. But he is not a bad man. I think this is the end of it.
‘He wouldn’t have wanted to surrender his guns, but he would never harm anyone.
‘I first heard helicopters over head and then found out a policeman had been shot.
‘It was scary at times. His wife would be at home, so I hope she is alright.
‘Barry had worked as a farm labourer all his life. It is hard work.
‘He had to retire early due to ill health.’
Families in the close-knit village yesterday told of their horror at the time of the armed siege in their Fenland community.
Gary Richardson, 46, who lives on the same street as Barry Horsepool, said: ‘It is all very terrifying.
‘We have been told to go into our house by police and lock all the doors.
‘I have a young lad which makes it worse.
Tense situation: The gunman turned his firearm on a police car, showering an officer with glass, according to witnesses. Police confirmed an officer had been left with minor injuries
‘There are dozens of armed officers all over the town some are even in our garden.
‘I used to go shooting with Barry but as far as I am aware he is an ordinary bloke.’
Neighbour Carl Murley, 48, who had
often been shooting with Horspool in the surrounding villages, said: ‘I
know Barry has kept shotguns in the past, I’ve been out shooting with
him myself.
‘But he’s quite invalided now and I’d be surprised to see him shoot anymore.
‘As far as I know Barry has never shot any policemen, only partridges.’
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Looking at the number of police vehicles shown in the photographs there appears to be ample scope for immense savings! No private business would permit such wasteful practices, but then they would not be funded by the tax payer!
– Peter, Sutton England, 01/2/2012 10:15
Wasteful practices?!?! The story I read was that a man with a gun was firing a people. Should the police only have a one unarmed squad car to try and talk the guy down? I bet you would have been the first to complain if the area wasn’t sealed off and an innocent bystander got hurt.
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Thankfully no police were injured or killed.
What on earth do policemen and women tell their kids they do at work. “Oh, I got shot at today by a man – did you have a good day at school?” I guess they don’t go into details!
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@ yet another incident that demonstrates how much policing is just like any other job and that police officers should be on the same pay and conditions as an office worker! – Rick, Lincoln, , 01/2/2012 08:54 @
Sure, you read every day about office workers being shot at, don’t you?????
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Looking at the number of police vehicles shown in the photographs there appears to be ample scope for immense savings! No private business would permit such wasteful practices, but then they would not be funded by the tax payer!
– Peter, Sutton England, 01/2/2012 10:15—And your experience of police firearms incidents is what exactly?
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Ban all private ownership of firearms shotguns are deadly weapons of mas destruction – Lucy cope, Mothers against guns, 31/1/2012 18:42
. . You mean like they banned handguns only for there to be more about since the ban than before? The only difference (apart from being more of them), now is they’re all held by criminals.
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Very sad. However when someone such as this person takes a potshot with a shotgune at the Police for real or imagined matters. Then it IS time to not only revoke the Firearms Licences, but confiscate any shotguns and shot shells they have.
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Colin: ” I fear kids with knives more than individulas with shotguns” (okay, a typo too).
I’ll do a house swap with you any day. Where I live, we get both. At least with a knife, they have to get up close and personal. With a gun, they can pick you off from the other end of the street or from their bedsit window.
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– Pete the Brickie, Site, 01/02/2012 10:19
So Pete, would you be saying the same if this gent, who clearly reacted in an extreme way to something, did the same and shot/injured an innocent member of the public who upset him? Would it be the police’s fault for not reviewing his licence? As a holder, he would know it would have to be reviewed if that was the reason, so police visiting to do just that cannot be an excuse. Whatever the police were there for, and why do they need to whitewash it, his response was not a justifiable one under any circumstance and the police have reacted accordingly to that response. And the general public were kept safe.
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Yet another madman allowed to keep guns.
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Ban all private ownership of firearms shotguns are deadly weapons of mas destruction
– Lucy cope, Mothers against guns, 31/1/2012 17:42 = = = = = = = =
Lucy, please get a little common sense. Every day on average, some 8 people including children are killed on the road of Britain and 684 are injured, many very seriously. I don’t see you protesting about that, is it perhaps because you wouldn’t want to loose your car if they were banned?
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