Burglars 'took the chance' when they broke into shotgun-holder's home: judge

Andy Ferrie fired his shotgun at Joshua O'Gorman and Daniel Mansell after confronting the masked raiders in the kitchen of his house. Jailing the burglars for four years, Judge Michael Pert QC said they could not expect a shorter sentence because of the injuries they suffered. The judge told the pair: “If you burgle a house in the country where the householder owns a legally-held shotgun, that is the chance you take. "You cannot come to court and ask for a lighter sentence because of it." O’Gorman, 27, and Mansell, 33, who have a string of previous convictions between them, pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of Mr Ferrie, 35, and his wife Tracey, 43, in Welby, near Melton Mowbray, in the early hours of September 2.

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