A 37-year-old man who shot and killed a Katikati man in a hunting accident at Easter has been sentenced to community detention.
Quentin McCreedy shot 57-year-old Gordon Leech at a range of about 30 metres thinking he was shooting a deer.
The incident happened in the Kaimai Mamaku Range on Easter Monday.
McCreedy was with a companion and Mr Leech was hunting alone.
McCreedy pleaded guilty to careless use of a firearm causing death.
He was sentenced in the Hamilton District Court to six months' community detention, with a night time curfew, one year's supervision, 200-hours of community work and ordered to pay reparation of $10,000.
-RNZ
1 comment
Tragic!
Posted on 21-07-2018 00:28 | By Ben Dover
He should have gone to prison and banned from ever possessing a firearm for life.
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