This story has everything - it almost fits in the Bizarre and Offbeat section
Robert Connor jailed for 18 years for attempted murder with a home made spud gun. Motive:
jailed for 9 and 7 years.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gunman-jailed-18-years-after-10589024
Robert Connor jailed for 18 years for attempted murder with a home made spud gun. Motive:
the victim refused to go carp fishing with a flirtatious bisexual male friend
This friend, and another man, were found not guilty of attempted murder butThe bullet did not enter his chest, remaining lodged in his skin, so medics were later able to remove it with just a pair of tweezers under local anaesthetic.
jailed for 9 and 7 years.
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/gunman-jailed-18-years-after-10589024