72-year-old man who fatally shot armed home intruder jailed for having a gun without a license (1 Viewer)

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Pensioner who shot dead a burglar near Heathrow is jailed | Daily Mail Online



Pensioner, 72, who shot dead a burglar in self-defence after he broke into his caravan armed with a meat-hammer and a Molotov cocktail bomb is jailed for ten months for owning a shotgun without a licence
A 72-year-old man who shot dead a burglar he caught breaking into his caravan in the middle of the night was today jailed for illegally owning the shotgun without a licence.
Reuben Gregory told police who arrived in woodland near Heathrow airport and found Wayne Digby's body that he 'was the one that did it, mate'.
The pensioner was initially arrested on suspicion of murder but later released and told he would not be prosecuted for the death of Digby, 48.
Digby was caught trying to remove the door from his caravan and armed with a meat-tendering hammer and a makeshift Molotov cocktail fire bomb.
Later Mr Gregory was charged with possessing a firearm without a certificate - an offence he admitted in court last September.
He was today jailed for 10 months, with the final half of his sentence to be served on licence, Judge Paul Dugale said
Members of Mr Gregory's family had to be split up from the family of his victim Digby with shouts of 'he shouldn't have been there' made from the Gregory camp.
The tragedy bears strong similarities to the case of Norfolk farmer Tony Martin who was jailed after fatally shooting a burglar in 1999.
His case prompted a huge public outcry and his murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter leaving him to serve just three years in prison.
Fellow burglar Anthony Hearn was jailed for 10 years last month after admitting conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary for his role in the violent raid.
Judge Dugdale said: 'I have given this case a great deal of thought over the last two weeks after I sentenced Mr Hearn and it is a difficult matter.
'The whole case is a very sad one as I know you acknowledge. I have to sentence you for the crime you have committed which is possessing that shotgun without a licence.'
He added: 'I have to consider what your intention was for having that firearm in your possession and the fact was it was not held in your possession for what would be regarded as normal use of a shotgun, such as for clay pigeon shooting or some other form of game shooting.
'It was owned by you for what you said was for your protection.'
Gregory had told police that he owned the shotgun, which was kept loaded at all times in his caravan and found with two cartridges and a used shell, was for 'self-preservation.'
Pensioner who shot dead a burglar near Heathrow is jailed | Daily Mail Online
 

gandog56

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Yeah, so glad I don't live in Britain with their insane gun laws, especially when they seem to allow all those unvetted Muzzie immigrants in. If I did live there, surely I would have voted for leaving in the Brexit referendum.
 
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