{"id":284095,"date":"2011-02-28T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/police-launch-investigation-into-ashley-cole-air-rifle-incident-at-chelseas-cobham-training-ground\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T07:55:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T07:55:00","slug":"police-launch-investigation-into-ashley-cole-air-rifle-incident-at-chelseas-cobham-training-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/police-launch-investigation-into-ashley-cole-air-rifle-incident-at-chelseas-cobham-training-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch investigation into Ashley Cole air rifle incident at Chelsea&#8217;s Cobham training ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Jonathan Birchall<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 07:55:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.0890125174\">\n<div readability=\"15.0914634146\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ashley Cole, Chelsea (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8f4ce77f113962_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ashley Cole, Chelsea (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"18.7313432836\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/96\/chelsea\">Chelsea<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1142\/ashley-cole\">Ashley Cole<\/a> looks set to face a police investigation following allegations that he shot a student who was working at the club&#8217;s training ground in Cobham.<\/p>\n<p><em>News of the World<\/em> reports suggest that Cole had shot an air rifle at sport sciences student Tom Cowan having been unaware that the .22 gun was loaded.<\/p>\n<p>Cowan is said to have been injured after the incident but didn&#8217;t need hospital treatment after the club&#8217;s medical staff came to his aid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Surrey Police have revealed that they are to probe the story and contact Chelsea in order to discover what happened during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the force said: \u201cWhile no direct \u00adallegation has been made to Surrey Police the  matter has been brought to our attention through reports in the media.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be contacting the club to establish if any criminal offences has been committed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea have also issued a statement regarding the allegations, revealing that they are likely to punish the former Arsenal man.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cWe have fully investigated and we are taking appropriate action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will not be commenting further as it is an internal matter.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/8f4ce77f113962_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2372417\/police-launch-investigation-into-ashley-cole-air-rifle\" title=\"Police launch investigation into Ashley Cole air rifle incident at Chelsea's Cobham training ground\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Police launch investigation into Ashley Cole air rifle incident at Chelsea&#8217;s Cobham training ground<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jonathan Birchall 28 Feb 2011 07:55:00 Ashley Cole, Chelsea (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Chelsea defender Ashley Cole looks set to face a police investigation following allegations that he shot a student who was working at the club&#8217;s training ground in Cobham. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-284095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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