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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.
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