Gun crime on the increase, detection rates decrease

ONLY three out of ten gun murders over the last nine years have resulted in charges being brought before the courts, new figures show.

Gun crime on the increase, detection rates decrease

The number of convictions so far secured are just 16% of all gun murders.

The data, covering the period 1998 to 19 February 2007, show there were:

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