Man found guilty of shooting at granny

Khan, of Claxton Bay, had been on trial before the nine-member jury and Holdip since December 5, on a charge of shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm with an air rifle which is commonly known as a pellet gun.

Sitting on a chair in the witness box, Shah recalled for the judge and jury that Khan is her brother’s son-in-law.

At about 8,30 am on January 21, 2013, she was watering plants along the driveway to her home when she heard the sound of bullets being fired.

Shah said, ““I heard like shots zipping over my head. I went upstairs into the back porch.

I hear shooting again.

I heard things zipping across and shooting. I went behind the door.” The woman described the gun Khan held in his hand, as a long object with a brown handle.

She said Khan, whom she knew for eight years, was pointing the gun in her direction and it was aimed at her house.

The elderly woman told the judge and jury that five pellets stuck on the door. She said that when the gunshots ran out, she called out to her daughter, Anissa.

Khan opted to give evidence in his defence, saying that he was not at home at 8.30 am and when he did fire the pellet gun, it was at an iguana and a maniucou he had seen on a Chennet tree in Shah’s yard. He said 13 pellets were fired, ten at the ignaua and three at the manicou. The jury deliberated for 90 minutes and returned a verdit of guilty. Senior State Attorney Shabanna Shah, State Attorneys Krishna Jaglal and Kimberly Gunnesss, prosecuted.

Attorney Subhas Panday defended Khan.

In passing sentence, Justice Holdip told Khan that the elderly Shah would have suffered emotional and psychological trauma by a gun being fired at her. He also ordered Khan to sign a bond for 24 months to be of good behaviour.