‘It’s Hard to Understand Why Anyone Would Do This’: Boys with Catapults Kill 16 Doves

‘It’s hard to understand why anyone would do this’: Boys with catapults kill 16 doves

A pensioner’s flock of doves have become the latest victims in a spate of catapult crimes sweeping the county.

Deputy Commissioner says catapults must be treated similarly to knives in letter to ministers - Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Surrey

SURREY’S Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner has called on the Government to tighten up laws on the sale and possession of catapults.  In a letter Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ellie Vesey-Thompson said there is an urgent need for further action.  Ellie warned catapults must be subject to the same rules as knives, giving police greater powers to crack down on those who use them as weapo…