NO suspects have been identified by police after a seagull was put down after being injured with a slingshot in Worcester city centre.

The gull was put to sleep after being shot at by youths armed with a slingshot on Angel Street in Worcester city centre.

Worcester resident Andrew Brown decided to raise the matter with the city’s MP, Robin Walker, who told him that nobody has yet been identified.

Mr Brown said: "It is unfortunate that nobody has been able to be identified from this attack. I thought as it was in broad daylight and there is a lot of CCTV in the city centre, the police may have had an answer by now.

"That being said. I appreciate the difficulties there must be around identifying someone involved in an incident like this."

West Mercia Police originally told the Worcester News they would not investigate the situation but changed their decision after Mr Brown involved Mr Walker.

Mr Walker's update to Mr Brown said: "The Police have confirmed that the investigation was re-opened and all lines of enquiry were investigated.

"However, it was unfortunately not possible to positively identify the perpetrators. In the absence of any further evidence, the matter has been closed. 

"Assurances have been offered by the Police that they do take crimes of this nature seriously and that lessons have been learnt from this experience to prevent this from happening again in the future."

Mr Brown said that the assurances made by Mr Walker were positive for future incidents of a similar nature.

He said: "I am grateful to Robin Walker's office for progressing my concerns which I am sure are shared by many.  

"On the plus side, it is good to know that West Mercia Police will be looking more into these sorts of attacks going forward.

"If anyone does know anything, they could still contact the police."

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