Drinker, 31, sustained wound to his leg after weapon went off in The Golden Egg pub

A drinker who shot himself in the toilet of a pub in Kilburn has been bailed by detectives.

The 31-year-old sustained a gunshot to his leg after his weapon went off in the men’s lavatories in The Golden Egg pub in Kilburn High Road, on Monday evening.

Paramedics rushed him to hospital where he was treated for his injury and subsequently arrested for the illegal possession of a firearm.

He has been bailed to return to a police station in April.