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GUNMAN WARNED HE WILL FACE CUSTODY
17:00 - 03 February 2003
A Gunman faces custody after he was found guilty of shooting a criminal in the leg in a terrifying daytime street conflict.
Mark Campbell told a jury at Nottingham Crown Court he acted in self-defence after his victim arrived at his home with a group of six-foot "henchmen".
The 20-year-old grabbed a loaded shotgun and fired two warning shots into the air before he deliberately fired at his victim, catching him on his thigh.
He was not seriously injured.
After a three-day trial, the jury convicted Campbell of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
He will be sentenced on February 21.
Mr Justice Gage remanded him in custody and warned he could be sentenced to a term in a young offenders" institution.
The jury had heard the defendant was allegedly robbed by the victim on April 4 last year, the day before the shooting in Sherborne Road, Aspley.
The victim telephoned Campbell the following day and said he was going to "blow up his house."
He arrived at the house with a gun, which was allegedly in the waistband of his trousers.
And his six minders were in two cars, one with blacked out windows.
He said Campbell, now of no fixed address, "owed him", the court had heard.
A key witness in the case was an 11-year-old schoolgirl.
But, the jury heard, she had been too upset to come to court to relive the incident.
Instead prosecutor James Hett read her witness statement to the jury. She described how there were two warning shots and a second "deliberate" shot at the complainant.
Wayne Jordash, defending, told the jury the case had echoes of farmer Tony Martin"s case, where he had armed himself with a gun to protect himself from burglars.
He said Campbell had been faced with a situation where his mother and girlfriend were inside the house and he had tried to defend them.
He had told the jury: "They (victim and henchmen) certainly hadn"t come round for afternoon tea with Mr Campbell.
"They didn"t wish to be seen and were after Mr Campbell for some reason or another.
"You call police, they don"t arrive. What should Mr Campbell have done? Waited?
"Make the wrong choice, you may be dead. Your family may be dead."
GUNMAN WARNED HE WILL FACE CUSTODY
17:00 - 03 February 2003
A Gunman faces custody after he was found guilty of shooting a criminal in the leg in a terrifying daytime street conflict.
Mark Campbell told a jury at Nottingham Crown Court he acted in self-defence after his victim arrived at his home with a group of six-foot "henchmen".
The 20-year-old grabbed a loaded shotgun and fired two warning shots into the air before he deliberately fired at his victim, catching him on his thigh.
He was not seriously injured.
After a three-day trial, the jury convicted Campbell of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
He will be sentenced on February 21.
Mr Justice Gage remanded him in custody and warned he could be sentenced to a term in a young offenders" institution.
The jury had heard the defendant was allegedly robbed by the victim on April 4 last year, the day before the shooting in Sherborne Road, Aspley.
The victim telephoned Campbell the following day and said he was going to "blow up his house."
He arrived at the house with a gun, which was allegedly in the waistband of his trousers.
And his six minders were in two cars, one with blacked out windows.
He said Campbell, now of no fixed address, "owed him", the court had heard.
A key witness in the case was an 11-year-old schoolgirl.
But, the jury heard, she had been too upset to come to court to relive the incident.
Instead prosecutor James Hett read her witness statement to the jury. She described how there were two warning shots and a second "deliberate" shot at the complainant.
Wayne Jordash, defending, told the jury the case had echoes of farmer Tony Martin"s case, where he had armed himself with a gun to protect himself from burglars.
He said Campbell had been faced with a situation where his mother and girlfriend were inside the house and he had tried to defend them.
He had told the jury: "They (victim and henchmen) certainly hadn"t come round for afternoon tea with Mr Campbell.
"They didn"t wish to be seen and were after Mr Campbell for some reason or another.
"You call police, they don"t arrive. What should Mr Campbell have done? Waited?
"Make the wrong choice, you may be dead. Your family may be dead."