The offender was convicted by a jury of discharging a firearm with intent to wound, aggravated assault, and several firearms offences, including breaching a weapons prohibition order.
Following a verbal altercation outside a nightclub, the offender retrieved a loaded prohibited handgun from his vehicle and shot the victim twice in the abdomen at close range.
The court considered the gravity of the offences, the offender's lack of a prior criminal record, and the harsh conditions of his pre-trial custody.
The court imposed a global sentence of 9 years imprisonment, consisting of 8 years concurrent for the shooting and possession offences, and 1 year consecutive for breaching the weapons prohibition order, less credit for pre-sentence custody.
