Woman badly wounded in hotel shooting
Staff found 38-year-old with abdominal injuries after she was blasted in room
A WOMAN was left fighting for her life after she was shot in a hotel room in Stockport.
The 38-year-old was found with serious abdominal injuries in a room at the Britannia Hotel in offerton just before 2.20am on Tuesday.
It is understood hotel staff discovered the injured woman and dialled 999.
Police and paramedics were called to the hotel on Dialstone Lane and the woman was taken to hospital where she is said to be in a stable condition.
No arrests have been made and a manhunt for the culprit is underway.
Police were at the scene on Tuesday morning, although the hotel remained open. Detectives are trawling through CCTV footage from cameras in and around the hotel.
AWOMAN was left fighting for her life after she was shot in a hotel room in Stockport.
The 38-year-old woman was discovered with serious abdominal injuries in a room at the Britannia Hotel in Offerton just before 2.20am on Tuesday.
It is understood hotel staff discovered the injured woman and dialled 999.
Police and paramedics were called to the hotel on Dialstone Lane and the woman was taken to hospital. She is said to be in a stable condition.
No arrests have been made and a manhunt for the culprit is underway.
Police were at the scene on Tuesday morning, although the hotel remained open to the public.
Detectives are trawling through CCTV footage from cameras in and around the hotel as part of a continuing investigation.
Staff at the hotel declined to talk about the shooting, although a Britannia spokesman said: “The company are assisting police with their enquiries and the hotel is operating as normal.”
The hotel is situated in a largely residential area and some householders have spoken of their shock.
One said: “It’s a busy place. You don’t expect that at a hotel in the middle of Stockport.”
Although the victim has suffered very serious injuries, detectives are hopeful she can make a good recovery.
The Britannia Hotel housed asylum seekers in 2015.
A spokesman for government contractor Serco told us: “There are no asylum seekers at the Britannia Hotel, or any other hotels in the county, placed by Serco.
“It was always intended as a temporary measure.”
The hotel is described on its own website as ‘a modern hotel situated in a quiet residential district close to Stockport’s bustling town centre, with a wide range of shops and entertainment’.
It has a cocktail bar, restaurant, gym, swimming pool and sauna.
Detectives remained tight-lipped about the shooting although they have appealed to the public for any information.
Anyone with information should call police on 101, quoting incident number 122 of 31/01/17, or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.