As If Shooting Yourself In the Testicles Isn't Bad Enough...

Ksyrup · 07-14-2004, 07:23 AM

Five years for man who shot himself in testicles

DRUNKEN David Walker has been jailed after downing 15 pints and accidentally blasting himself in the testicles with a sawn-off shotgun.

The 28-year-old still has pellets embedded in his scrotum and will undergo further tests to reveal whether he has been left infertile.

Sheffield Crown Court heard how he had stuffed the gun down his trousers when it accidentally went off.

The accident occurred on March 6 after Walker and a gang of mates enjoyed a boozy session in a Dinnington pub.

Walker left the pub in the late evening after a series of heated exchanges with friend Stuart Simpson over whose turn it was to buy a round.

Walker returned to his home at The Crescent, Dinnington, which he shares with his mother, and left with the gun.

Prosecutor Andrew Hatton said a short time later Walker's mother found him slumped in the kitchen with blood pouring from his groin.

He was taken to hospital and after undergoing surgery confessed to police that he had accidentally shot himself while staggering back towards the pub with the loaded gun in his pocket.

Walker said he then dumped the gun in a bin and crawled back to his home.
Gulzar Syed, defending, said: "He is still suffering as a result of the injuries. He still feels quite severe pain."

Walker was charged with possessing a gun and was today starting a five year jail term - the minimum sentence for possessing a firearm.

During the hearing, Judge Robert Moore said: "The gun could have gone off anywhere, anytime, at anyone. It is only good fortune that it hit him."

The court heard that Walker had bought the gun for his own safety four years ago after being attacked by his then lover's ex-boyfriend.

During sentencing, Judge Moore said: "Contrary to local speculation you have not lost your testicles, but there was damage."

The judge added that he hoped the sentence would act as a deterrent.

14 July 2004

Ksyrup · 07-14-2004, 07:24 AM

Dola. Apparently this writer needs a refresher course on paragraphs.

cuervo72 · 07-14-2004, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Ksyrup

Dola. Apparently this writer needs a refresher course on paragraphs.

Isn't that par for the course for some stories on the internet though (and possibly even newspaper articles)? Every sentence becomes its own paragraph?

Ksyrup · 07-14-2004, 07:44 AM

It probably depends on formatting (narrow columns), but most stories I've seen have some semblance of paragraph structure.

sterlingice · 07-14-2004, 01:51 PM

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The judge added that he hoped the sentence would act as a deterrent.

Yeah, because shooting one's nuts off isn't deterrent enough.

SI

rkmsuf · 07-14-2004, 01:53 PM

he should have gone with the "600 lb tiger charged my ass" defense.

07-14-2004, 07:24 AM	#2
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Dola. Apparently this writer needs a refresher course on paragraphs. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-14-2004, 07:44 AM	#4
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	It probably depends on formatting (narrow columns), but most stories I've seen have some semblance of paragraph structure. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

07-14-2004, 01:53 PM	#6
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	he should have gone with the "600 lb tiger charged my ass" defense. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

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