A woman just appeared in court accused over a Nottingham police officer shooting

A woman has just been charged after a police officer was shot in Nottingham city centre.

Her name is Aisha Zaman. She's 27, from Collison Street in Hyson Green.

So what happened?

A few days ago, in the early hours of the morning, a police officer went up to two people acting suspiciously near a bus stop on Angel Row. The officer was shot in the foot.

The officer is still in hospital. But the condition is stable.

Now here's the charge. Aisha Zaman faces two counts. One is having a prohibited firearm. The other is having that firearm, meaning to use it to commit a serious crime.

That charge came after the Crown Prosecution Service was consulted.

She has not entered a plea. Nothing has been proven.

She's been remanded in custody. She's due in Nottingham Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

And here's the part that makes this bigger than one charge. Five other people have been arrested.

None of them has been charged.

A 35-year-old man was arrested in Bulwell. A 33-year-old woman was held in Aspley. Both on suspicion of having a firearm meaning to endanger life, and of helping an offender. Both are still in custody.

A 24-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were arrested in a car in Radford, on suspicion of helping an offender. Both have been released on conditional bail since.

A 30-year-old man was arrested in Bedfordshire, also on suspicion of helping an offender. He's since been recalled to prison, for breaching his licence terms. That's a separate, administrative matter. It is not a new conviction.

A 21-year-old woman was held in southeast London, on suspicion of helping an offender. She's also been released on conditional bail.

Police have not named any of these five. And nothing here says any of them did anything wrong.

So who's running this investigation? Detective Chief Superintendent Rich Bull, of Nottinghamshire Police.

He says quote "outpouring of support" for the injured officer has been quote "greatly appreciated".

That's a senior detective saying the public response has meant something, to his team and to the officer who got shot.

A weapon was recovered from the scene. Police put a cordon around Angel Row at the time.

The Police Federation of England and Wales has sent its best wishes to the officer. It says the shooting was quote "a stark reminder of the dangers police officers face every day".

That's the body representing ordinary officers, saying this could have happened to any of them.

Local political reaction has also followed, though it is not confirmed beyond one source, so it is not repeated here as fact.

So how did we get here? Nottinghamshire Police moved fast. Six arrests within days. The first charge came four days after the shooting.

What we still don't know: why the officer approached those two people at the bus stop, and what happened in the moments right before the shot was fired.

No statement has come from Aisha Zaman, or from anyone representing her.

She's in court tomorrow.

Until then, she is an accused woman. Nothing more.