The Monkseaton shootings occurred on 30 April 1989 in
Monkseaton
Monkseaton is an area of Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, in the North East of England. Historically in Northumberland, it is in the north-east of the borough, from the North Sea coast and north of the River Tyne at North Shields. to the north of ...
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Tyne & Wear
Tyne and Wear () is a metropolitan county in North East England, situated around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear. It was created in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, along with five metropolitan boroughs of Gateshead, Newcas ...
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United Kingdom
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, when Robert Sartin killed one man and left 14 other people injured during a 20-minute shooting spree.
Shooting
Sartin, a 22-year-old clerk, took his father's
double-barrelled shotgun
A double-barreled shotgun is a break-action shotgun with two parallel barrels, allowing two single shots to be fired in quick succession or simultaneously.
Construction
Modern double-barreled shotguns, often known as ''doubles'', are almost un ...
and began shooting at people in nearby gardens, houses, and passing cars. Witnesses described how Sartin fired indiscriminately at people.
He then drove his car towards the seafront at
Whitley Bay
Whitley Bay is a seaside town in the North Tyneside borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It formerly governed as part of Northumberland and has been part of Tyne and Wear since 1974. It is part of the wider Tyneside built-up area, being around e ...
, followed by an unmarked police car, and was arrested by unarmed police officer Danny Herdman.
Sartin was charged with the murder of Kenneth Mackintosh in Windsor Road, Monkseaton, and 17 counts of attempted murder.
In May 1996, he appeared at Durham Crown Court where he pleaded
not guilty by reason of insanity and he was subsequently detained indefinitely at a
secure mental unit.
See also
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List of massacres in Great Britain
Inclusion Criteria
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List of rampage killers
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List of mass shootings in the United Kingdom
Sources
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References
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1980s mass shootings in the United Kingdom
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April 1989 events in the United Kingdom
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Deaths by firearm in England
History of the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside
Mass shootings in England
Spree shootings in the United Kingdom