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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Plymouth shooting: victims’ families hit out at ‘police failings’ after unlawful killing verdict

The families of four people including a three-year-old girl killed by the Plymouth gunman Jake Davison have accused the police of giving him a “licence to kill” by allowing him to have a shotgun despite a known history of violence and are calling for “radical change” to the licensing system.

Speaking after an inquest jury concluded that Davison, 22, unlawfully killed five people, the bereaved relatives said the attack was “pure evil” but argued it was facilitated by systemic failings and incompetence.

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