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Garage boss avoids jail after shooting trio in Longhope

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A GARAGE boss who blasted three people with a faulty shotgun has walked free from court.

David Richards, 44, was more than twice the drink-drive limit when he pointed the gun towards two men and a woman who were standing on the other side of a hedge.

One of them, retired Graham Wheeler, 69, was saved by his iPhone, which was in his top pocket shielding his heart. Richards, whose marriage had broken up the day before the incident, admitted unlawfully wounding Mr Wheeler, 56-year-old Trudi Chinn and Paul Murray, 40, at the event at Chesgrove Farm, Longhope, on November 27 last year.

Judge Jamie Tabor QC said Richards was culpable because he had pointed the faulty gun towards people when loading it. BMW garage proprietor Richards was also culpable because of the alcohol still in his body from the day before, said the judge. And, he said, Richards aggravated the situation by using a gun he already knew was faulty, when it fired without pulling the trigger.

He sentenced Richards, of May Hill, to 12 months jail suspended for two years. He also ordered him to do 200 hours of work and pay £2,500 costs.

He placed Richards on a six-months curfew on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, which would punish the rugby fan by preventing him watching Gloucester.

Garage boss avoids jail after shooting trio in Longhope


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