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Nottinghamshire Police officer 'offered loaded gun to girl' | Nottinghamshire Police officer 'offered loaded gun to girl' |
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A girl was offered a loaded gun before it was fired accidentally causing her an injury, her mother has said. | |
The seven-year-old suffered a minor injury when a bullet casing hit her after the assault rifle was shot into the ground at Nottinghamshire Police headquarters. | |
The officer, who has not been named, has been taken off firearms duties following an incompetency hearing. | The officer, who has not been named, has been taken off firearms duties following an incompetency hearing. |
The officer said he did not remember the weapon being offered to the girl. | |
'Genuine risk' | |
Her mother told the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) her daughter was offered the gun for a photograph shortly before it was fired while on a tour last year. | |
The girl, from Worksop, was on a tour of the force headquarters in Hucknall with a group of youngsters, aged six to 13, and their parents when she was injured. | |
The IPCC asked the officer about the mother's allegation to which he said it was "not something I recall specifically". | |
He went on to say: "that's not to say that it maybe didn't happen, it's certainly something I don't recall". | |
Derrick Campbell, from the IPCC, said: "The seriousness of this matter cannot be underestimated. It is through good fortune that no one was more seriously injured. | |
"The officer's actions, while not deliberate, posed a genuine risk to those present." |