POLICE have closed an investigation into claims made by a 12-year-old Chippenham girl that she had a gun pointed at her.

The girl had first told staff at an after school club at Kings Lodge School and then police that she had a gun pointed at her by a man on April 14.

She claimed the incident had taken place at the junction of Canal Road and Wicks Drive.

A police spokesman said: “There was a report of a firearms incident in Chippenham.

“However, a police investigation has found this not to be the case and we have ceased investigations into the matter.

“There are no further lines of enquiry at this time.”