20/02/2006

Man remanded in custody charged with Pc shooting

A man has been remanded in custody today charged with attempted murder over the shooting of policewoman Rachael Bown.

Trevon Kyron Thomas, 24, from Bilborough in Nottingham was also been charged with possessing a firearm. There was no application made for bail.

He was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Friday morning.

Pc Bown, 23, was shot in the stomach as she investigated a burglary in the Lenton area of Nottingham last Monday night.

She underwent two operations last week at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham.

A spokesperson for Nottingham Police said that she was making a good recovery, following her second operation on Thursday.

(KMcA/SP)

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