Second person charged over Nottingham officer shooting

A second person has been charged in connection with the shooting of Nottingham police officer PC Lee Lane, who remains in hospital, Nottinghamshire Police said. Jahmal RuddockSenior, 35, faces a charge of assisting an offender and is due to appear at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on October 26. Lane was shot in the foot at about 4:50 a.m. on October 18 at a bus stop on Angel Row. Police said he had approached two people acting suspiciously before he was injured. He remains in hospital receiving treatment. RuddockSenior’s charge follows that of Aisha Zaman, 27, who was charged with possession of a prohibited firearm and possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence. She appeared at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court on October 23 and was remanded in custody. The reports differ on the date given for Zaman’s next hearing at Nottingham Crown Court: one says November 11 and another November 20. The hearing date was not confirmed consistently in the reports. The charges against both defendants are allegations and do not establish who fired the shot or either person’s guilt. Police said two men, aged 24 and 30, and two women, aged 25 and 21, arrested on suspicion of...