UK News 18-03-2005 who: Chief Constable Steve Green what: Says county`s police are overwhelmed by gun crime where: NOTTINGHAM when: Sunday snippet: "Nottinghamshire has up to 30 murder investigations under way, including some incidents dating as far back as 1983 and 1988," says The Times, following the news that the worst performing in England is to hand over some of its murder cases to neighbouring forces. "It has run out of major incident rooms, and classrooms in training blocks are being converted for officers to work in." In other gun crime news, the killers of Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare were found guilty on Friday at Leicester Crown Court. Marcus Ellis, 24, Michael Gregory, aged 23, Nathan Martin, 26, and 20-year-old Rodrigo Simms, denied the drive-by killings, which took place in Birmingham on January 2nd 2003 as the girls left a party. [... more]

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