Man shot dead inside his own property

[wandringstar]

grim reading, a man in st ives, dorset, killed by intruders, yes dorset, not London.

 

Named as guy hedger, r.i.p.

Edited May 1, 2017 by wandringstar

[Sha Bu Le]

Yes tragic and so unnecessary, thoughts with the poor fellows family. Hope they catch the scum who did this and hope it does not lead to a another kneejerk reaction against legal owners, although I think that is wishful thinking.

 

R.I.P Guy Hedger

[wandringstar]

He does well in life, and someone thought it was o.k to burgle then kill him, in front of his family, the feral vermin that did it wont even miss a nights sleep over it. disgraceful.

[yorkierm]

Just seen this on the news. Dreadful.

 

Two things cross my mind...firstly, as I cannot think of another... Is this the first example of a man being killed in his private residence with a firearm as a result of a botched burglary?

and secondly is there any indication as to the type of firearm that was used?

[wandringstar]

Nobody knows the actual details, we certainly can only speculate, could have been opportunist, or planned, whichever, its so off the scale in terms of evil, what can you say really?

[Vince Green]

my first reaction when I saw the story on the news is that there has to be more to it. Grudge, or something.

[toontastic]

Amazing, the police are still investigating the circumstances but the PW investigation team are way ahead of them.

 

Thanx to PW investigations we now know it was a botched burglary which lead to the death of a decent family man.

 

Whatever happened to waiting for facts to appear, it may not have been a burglary, he may well have been a not so innocent victim. Let's wait until the police have done their job.

[old'un]

my first reaction when I saw the story on the news is that there has to be more to it. Grudge, or something.

Yes the details are very thin at the moment, police are waiting for a report to find out what he was shot with, I also think there is possibly more to this shooting.

[yorkierm]

There are a few speculative circumstances going round my head about it...which only time and Police investigation will hopefully answer. Thus far the police are saying they do not beleive that the victim was known to his attackers.

[wandringstar]

toontastic, people since the beginning of time have speculated, so far on this thread I cant see any speculation apart from the re reporting of what the media says, why cant people talk amongst each other and have their theories and opinions?, its human nature after all, read my post no. 5. calm down.

[matone]

Sad for the family and all involved but just emphasises that laws only affect the law abiding ! Whatever the truth of this event,nothing will bring him back unfortunately.

[subsonicnat]

Hate to keep saying this but,,,,

There is only one type of scum that doesn't Value Life at All..

George Digweed Comes to Mind..

Very Lucky Man..

[LondonLuke]

Confirmed as a shotgun during a burglary. In bed with his husband. Terrible all round and only about five miles from where I grew up 😞

[saddler]

Yes the details are very thin at the moment, police are waiting for a report to find out what he was shot with, I also think there is possibly more to this shooting.

Reminds me of a time on the mid-90's when at uni in a certain West Midlands town.

Gunshots had been heard & the responding police recovered empty cartridge cases.

At the time of speaking to the local chip rags' reporter the police spokesman had stated that they were awaiting forensic reports to determine if the cases were from a rifle, pistol, shotgun or blank firer!

 

NCIS is a fact ladies & gents.....just not in the black country

[Twistedsanity]

Confirmed as a shotgun during a burglary. In bed with his husband. Terrible all round and only about five miles from where I grew up 😞

Anyone here believe burglers go around armed with shotguns?

[silver pigeon69]

Amazing, the police are still investigating the circumstances but the PW investigation team are way ahead of them.

 

Thanx to PW investigations we now know it was a botched burglary which lead to the death of a decent family man.

 

Whatever happened to waiting for facts to appear, it may not have been a burglary, he may well have been a not so innocent victim. Let's wait until the police have done their job.

With all due respect, where will these facts appear? In the local tabloids?? If so, i think i'll take the PW's guesses over the tabloids.

[old'un]

Confirmed as a shotgun during a burglary. In bed with his husband. Terrible all round and only about five miles from where I grew up

He went to confront them as he had already phoned the police before he was shot.

still think there's more to this story but we shall see.

[Granett]

Poor bloke. And poor husband. Doesn't sound likely to have been any sort of gangland retribution. A robbery gone wrong by all accounts.

 

Not sure what this means:

 

"One neighbour said they had been told police were looking for a loaded small arms gun, not a shotgun, and that the gun was brought by the intruders."

[wymberley]

Poor bloke. And poor husband. Doesn't sound likely to have been any sort of gangland retribution. A robbery gone wrong by all accounts.

 

Not sure what this means:

 

"One neighbour said they had been told police were looking for a loaded small arms gun, not a shotgun, and that the gun was brought by the intruders."

If it is a shotgun as apparently confirmed above, would a sawn off qualify?

[toontastic]

With all due respect, where will these facts appear? In the local tabloids?? If so, i think i'll take the PW's guesses over the tabloids.

Well I think it may have been a legally held gun and he may have been shot by a SGC holder. There you go another bit of speculation based on no evidence whatsoever.

[Lloyd90]

Well I think it may have been a legally held gun and he may have been shot by a SGC holder. There you go another bit of speculation based on no evidence whatsoever.

 

If you don't like it then don't come on here.

 

You'd be happier not being annoyed by the members then and nobody would miss you...

[Vince Green]

Anyone here believe burglers go around armed with shotguns?

No I don't, that's an incredibly rare MO

Edited May 1, 2017 by Vince Green

[silver pigeon69]

Well I think it may have been a legally held gun and he may have been shot by a SGC holder. There you go another bit of speculation based on no evidence whatsoever.

True. But as you stated "Well I think", you are stating that it is your opinion and not fact and that you are speculating.

 

If only proven facts were allowed to be put on forums and opinions or speculation were not, i dont think it would be much of a forum.

[wandringstar]

why wouldn't a burglar go armed with a shotgun? If you are capable of burgling, you are capable of anything evil, maybe it isn't what statistically happens, but then the police dident expect violent crime to have risen so much when the figures were published last week.

 

They nicked jewellery and watches according to reports, people carrying out some sort of revenge wouldn't have bothered as it wouldn't have been their motive.

 

 

You should be allowed a small firearm for protection within the home, in the bedside drawer, maybe with just rubber bullets, you wouldn't argue with a rubber bullet. A rolling pin or 9 iron is just not enough.

[silver pigeon69]

why wouldn't a burglar go armed with a shotgun? If you are capable of burgling, you are capable of anything evil, maybe it isn't what statistically happens, but then the police dident expect violent crime to have risen so much when the figures were published last week.

 

They nicked jewellery and watches according to reports, people carrying out some sort of revenge wouldn't have bothered as it wouldn't have been their motive.

 

 

You should be allowed a small firearm for protection within the home, in the bedside drawer, maybe with just rubber bullets, you wouldn't argue with a rubber bullet. A rolling pin or 9 iron is just not enough.

Unless they wanted it to look like a burglary??