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Gunman shot two youngsters with air rifle after reaching boiling point over lads’ playing football
A GUNMAN opened fire with an airgun at a group of youths after they began playing football outside his home.
Samuel Field, 29, reached boiling point after being plagued by anti-social behaviour near his home in South Shields, Tyneside.
Samuel Field, 29, reached boiling point after being plagued by anti-social behaviour near his home[/caption]
He shot two youths with the air gun, including a 15-year-old boy[/caption]
Field, now of County Durham, and neighbours had made repeated reports to police about the behaviour.
But on the evening of April 7, Field’s partner made another call to officers after a group of 10 to 15 teenagers began playing football in the lanes around their home.
The woman began filming the youths outside her window in an attempt to gather evidence for the police, reports Chronicle Live.
Kevin Wardlaw, prosecuting, told Newcastle Crown Court: “They realised she was making a recording of them playing football and somebody in the group became abusive to the woman at the window.
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“She told them, in no uncertain terms, to get away and said she was recording what was going on.”
Field then went outside and confronted the group and took the football from a 15-year-old boy before threatening to hit the youths.
Mr Wardlaw said: “The defendant went back in the house and what happened next is captured on a short video clip which shows the defendant come to the window in possession of an air rifle, which he fired towards the youths.”
Field’s shots with the airgun hit the 15-year-old in the head, while another shot struck a girl on the inner thigh.
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Neither youth was seriously injured, and the group ran away from the gunman.
The boy said in a victim statement: “As soon as I saw him with a gun I knew he was going to do it. He didn’t have a right to do it.
“I probably won’t go back there now. I don’t want this to happen again, anything could happen.”
Field told police in an interview that while he did fire the gun, he did not intend to hit them and instead meant to just scare them off.
The 29-year-old, who said he owns a number of air weapons but has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty to possessing an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and common assault.
Vic Laffey, defending, said: “He is someone who is a decent man who reached the end of his tether and did something he accepts was entirely inappropriate.
“He and other people in the vicinity had suffered a significant amount of abuse, damage to property and the like, from youths in the area.
“He says for about 12 months, sometimes up to ten times a week, he had been reporting this.
“When, on this particular evening some abuse was directed at his girlfriend he reached the end of his tether and did something extremely foolish, which thankfully didn’t result in any serious injury.
“At least it brought things to a head. He has left the area altogether.”
Judge Sarah Mallett sentenced Field to 14 months suspended for 21 months with rehabilitation.
He was also ordered to pay £50 to each of the two children he shot along with a fine of £100.
The judge told him: “It was an inappropriate response to a build up of frustration and the anti-social behaviour which impacted on your life.
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“There was no indication the children you hit were responsible for the anti-social behaviour you were complaining about.
“You have demonstrated genuine remorse and have moved and got rid of the air weapons. It’s undoubtedly very serious to fire an imitation firearm at a group of individuals, let alone children.”
Watch as Putin fires rifle at training camp while aide ‘carries nuclear football’
VLADIMIR Putin made a rare public appearance on Thursday as he fired a sniper rifle at a training camp for mobilised Russians.
Mad Vlad was filmed shooting a Russian SVD sniper rifle while accompanied by a military officer who appeared to be carrying his “nuclear football”.
The Russian President, who recently turned 70, wore protective eye goggles as he tested the rifle at a training ground in the Ryazan region, roughly 100 miles southeast of the capital Moscow.
He lay under a net while firing several shots at a target some 300 metres away.
No footage was released showing whether or not the short-sighted tyrant hit any of the targets, nor was there any explanation for the visit.
But in what experts have described as a deliberate attempt to intimidate the West, he was seen being followed by a uniformed officer carrying a briefcase resembling Putin’s “nuclear football”.
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A second man holding a different-shaped bag possibly carrying vital medical supplies for Putin was also spotted in his wake.
Vlad has been racked by rumours of ill health for years, but they have ramped up in recent months following his disastrous decision to invade Ukraine.
Putin has never paid a visit to the frontline since the war began in late February, and Thursday’s carefully choreographed visit to a training camp close to the Kremlin may have been an attempt to appear more in control.
In a wooden exchange with the new conscripts shared on Russian state TV, Vlad asks: “How long have you been here?”
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They reply that they have been there since October 7, a fortnight after Putin announced the partial mobilisation of Russia.
He goes on: “Do you feel confident… are your skills returning?” – although it isn’t clear if the men have any previous military experience.
“Yes sir,” replies one conscript named as Ruslan.
As well as potentially showing off his nuclear suitcase, which appeared similar to one carried close to Putin when he attended an ally’s funeral back in April, the Russian chief was seen being followed by his underfire defence minister Sergei Shoigu.
The level of fear and disapproval is rising all the time. Moscow has turned into a completely different city
Kremlin source, speaking to Meduza
Shoigu is rumoured to have faced calls to resign among the Kremlin’s top brass after Russia’s planned speedy “special military operation” failed to achieve any of its objectives.
In an explosive video, pro-Putin Kirill Stremousov, appointed as leader of Russian-occupied Kherson, earlier this month called for Shoigu to kill himself following a sluggish Russian advance.
Shoigu was noticeably missing from a key defence meeting at the Kremlin on Wednesday, at which Putin declared martial law in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia.
He was alleged to have been sidelined at the expense of hardline new war commander General Sergei Surovkin, nicknamed “General Armageddon”.
But the sudden appearance of the military chief alongside Vlad may be a sign that he remains close to the seat of power.
The plain-clothes man supposedly carrying Putin’s medical kit bag has been spotted at Vlad’s side as far back as 2011.
It comes as Putin’s “partial mobilisation” of Russia has reportedly faced unprecedented opposition from his own people.
The opposition media outlet Meduza quoted Kremlin insiders this week at “frustration” building in Moscow leading to the draft being suspended early.
Putin had initially hoped to swell his army’s ranks by some 300,000 through the new recruits.
But the anti-Putin publication said public anger was growing following reports men had been “ambushed” by police and draft officers at metro stations before they were pressganged into heading to their local recruitment office.
“Everyone literally hid,” the news site quoted a Kremlin source as saying. “People are afraid and uncertain about their future. Many have left.
“The level of fear and disapproval is rising all the time. Moscow has turned into a completely different city.
“These subway raids were a complete circus, it had to be stopped.”
In response, Moscow’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin made the unexpected announcement on Monday that the city had completed its “partial mobilisation”.
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He claimed that the city had reached its target of 16,000 new recruits, although there were no official targets given to the city by Kremlin.
Support for the war in Russia is reportedly falling, the source went on, adding that the only ones still in favour were “the really elderly people” who were too old to be sent to the frontline anyway.
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Best sniper Warzone: the best sniper rifle in Season 5 Reloaded
Trying to find the best sniper in Warzone? There are plenty of options to pick from in the battle royale game, but there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a sniper rifle. While this weapon type used to be a sure-fire pick for players back when Verdansk was around, that hasn’t been the case since new Warzone map was introduced. That’s not to say sniping is dead, far from it, but you do have to think carefully about your surroundings before calling in the best Warzone loadouts.
There are a lot of factors to consider, including which attachments you choose to equip your chosen Warzone sniper with, how confident you are at judging travel time, and what your peeking skills are like. We’ve analysed the lot to give you the definitive answer on which weapon is the best sniper rifle in Warzone. The Season 5 Reloaded update has buffed a number of classic rifles like the Pelington 703 and Dragunov. These weapons were largely underused in Warzone’s final months, so it’s great to see them become viable once again.
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Best assault rifle Warzone: the top AR in Season 5
Trying to find the best assault rifle in Warzone? The assault rifle is the weapon type with the most variation between each gun. You’ve got fast-firing, highly mobile assault rifles like the Volk, to hard-hitting battle rifles like the NZ-41. To make things even more complicated, the gunsmith gives players the ability to equip up to ten weapon attachments, introducing hundreds of ways to build the best Warzone loadouts.
When you throw the weapons from Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare into the mix, it can be difficult to choose the best assault rifle in Warzone given the sheer amount of options. We’ve already broken down the best SMG in Warzone and the best sniper in Warzone, so it’s time to run through arguably the most widely used weapon type in Call of Duty’s battle royale.
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Screenshot Saturday Mondays: Shrimp and a Swiss Army plasma rifle
Every weekend, indie devs show off current work on Twitter’s #screenshotsaturday tag. And every Monday, I bring you a selection of these snaps and clips. This week, my eye has been caught by a shrimp breeding game, some lovely places to explore, some bleak places to explore, and a plasma rifle with a surprising number of functions.
Footage Of Halo Infinite’s DMR-style M392 Bandit Rifle Has Been Leaked
A leak unearthed earlier this year suggested the franchise fan-favorite DMR would be coming to Halo Infinite under a different name, and now videos have emerged showing the M392 Bandit rifle in action. The Bandit shown in newly leaked videos is a semi-automatic, mid-range rifle that’s lacking a scope, as picked up by Windows Central.
The initial Bandit leak was posted by YouTuber Stanlyhalo, who managed to get their hands on the unreleased weapon by loading into a glitched Forge session. The user has since uploaded a couple of videos showing off the new weapon’s capabilities.
Another video posted to Twitter by Delta Index tests the weapon’s time to kill, showing it blast through an enemy’s shield’s with four shots, then requiring a single headshot or three body shots to make the kill.
Call of Duty: Warzone meta upturned by “glitched” sniper rifle loadout
The Call of Duty: Warzone meta is facing another possible disruption as a so-called “glitched” sniper rifle loadout allows for quickfire, one-shot kills in Raven Software’s FPS battle royale, definitely something to experiment with as we wait for the Modern Warfare 2 beta release date.
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