Paul Leslie Stockford has been jailed for two years and three months for shooting a man in Hornby in 2017. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/STUFF Police cordon part of Dickson Cres, Hornby, after Paul Stockford shot a man in March 2017. Defence counsel Anselm Williams told the court Stockford was on the right track when he was engaged with his family. Judge Farish told him the shot he fired could have been fatal, and he could have been facing a life sentence. When he pleaded guilty in December, the court was told the shooting arose from a confrontation about recent burglaries that Stockford believed the shooting victim was responsible for.

Source: Stuff February 08, 2019 04:41 UTC