A West Belfast man who finished a three day drink and drug binge by shooting his mate in the leg with a crossbow was handed a seven and a half year sentence
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Gillen, from Lagmore Avenue, was arrested and confessed: “I shot him in the balls, no problem, he wouldn’t get on the ground so I could kneecap him. There you go, I’ve claimed it.” Judge Peter Irvine KC said while Gillen “has a considerable record for violence…the prosecution do not make the case that this was a punishment attack, nor that it was carried out in behalf of a paramilitary organisation”.
He later entered guilty pleas to wounding with intent to cause GBH, criminal damage to the victims Skoda car and possessing the knuckle duster.
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