Overview
- The shooting, which happened on Sunday, August 2, left 36-year-old father Jimmy Ward dead at the Calcutt Traveller Site and prompted a major murder inquiry.
- Wiltshire Police charged 35-year-old Shane Porter with murder and possession of a shotgun without a certificate and remanded him to appear at Bristol Crown Court.
- Two others — Eddie Porter, 74, and Tammy Brown, 42 — were charged with assisting an offender and unlawful shotgun possession and were remanded with the main defendant.
- Firearms officers stopped a vehicle near the M4 at the Hungerford junction and recovered a shotgun believed to be linked to the killing while two other men arrested earlier were released on bail.
- A police cordon and forensic examinations remain in place at the permanent council-approved Calcutt site, the next pre-trial hearing is set for October 2, 2026, and a provisional trial is booked for February 1, 2027.