A former engineer who held a gun to a pensioner’s head after a row over sheep on his land has been spared a fresh jail term
. Brian Capstick, 52, from Ecclefechan, turned on William Hodgson, 68, ranting about a £200 debt.Capstick was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday. He had pleaded guilty in March to a breach of the peace and two separate firearms charges from the incident on December 11 2019.
Capstick instead was made subject of a community payback order for a period of two years and four months. The hearing in March was told how Mr Hodgson had used Capstick’s land to graze sheep in 2016.On the day of the crime, Mr Hodgson was driving home on the B723 near Boreland, Lockerbie, when Capstick overtook and then stopped. The pensioner also pulled in believing Capstick wanted to speak to him.Capstick then took a gun from a plastic bag before leaping out his van.
Despite what happened, the OAP went to Capstick’s home that day and gave him £160 towards the debt. Capstick was described as “calm and polite” at the time.
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