Mystery of ‘Gun No.6’ that has killed 3 people

IT is Britain’s most wanted gun and has been used in at least 11 shootings in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Four of resulted in killed.

Now a new BBC TV documentary has revealed the chilling story of how one gun has been used in so many crimes.

It has never been recovered and is still out there in the hands of criminals.

It is ‘Gun No.6’ – so-called because it is number six on a list of firearms police say have been used numerous times. Three people have been killed by the gun, a 9mm handgun similar to a CZ 75 pistol. those shootings innocent people have being

Documentary tary makers have turned rned the weapon’s deadeadly story into a film, titled simply y Gun No 6.

It reveals how this single firearm m has been linked to at least 11 crimes, having been passed sed from gang to gang.

Among those e gunned down n were Post Office worker Craig Hodson-Walker in the e village of Fairfield, Worcestershire, in 2009.

Anselm Ribera and brothers Declan and Christopher Morrissey raided the store in January that year.

Craig, 29, tried to protect his father Ken with a cricket cricke bat, but was sho shot by Ribera, while his dad was hit in the leg. Ribera, 34, and his accomplices, aged 33 and 32, all from Birmingham, were jailed for a total of 110 years.

The weapon was never recovered, and its whereabouts remain unknown. k

Unlike in America, where guns are relatively easy to get hold of, it is costly and difficult to source them in the UK.

This means they can pass through the hands of dozens of criminals – to be used again and again. After the Fairfield post office killing, police identified a series of ten guns used in several incidents.

One stood out which had been used more than any other – the sixth weapon on the list.

Ballistics experts used bullet casings found on the Fairfield post office floor to identify the weapon used in the raid.

Every time a bullet is fired, the gun’s hammer leaves unique markings on the casing, which is then ejected from the chamber.

Forensics teams can also look at bullets for “rifling” marks – a pattern caused by imperfections inside the gun barrel, again unique to each weapon.

Gun No 6, released cinemas this week, will Two later this year. in selected air on BBC

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