Joke that misfired
Monday 12 July 1993 23:02 BST
CommentsA soldier who pulled the trigger of a rifle on his friend as a joke was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court to two years in a young offenders' institution. The shot by Sean Bennett, 18, left 19- year-old Robert Smith paralysed from the waist down.
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