`DESPERATE' GUN CHARGE MAN JAILED; Brother of man shot dead `lived in fear'.Byline: LYNDA ROUGHLEY THE brother of a Merseyside man, who was shot dead, armed himself with a loaded gun after being pursued by masked A state of being disabled or cut off. men, a court heard. Jailing John Clayton John Clayton may refer to:
But it was an exceptional case and Clayton was faced with a desperate situation. Normally, a sentence of at least four years would follow, he said. ``This has been a desperate time for the whole of your family and will continue to be so. But that in no way justifies you having that firearm.'' The court heard that, in the early hours of March 4, a police car arrived in front of Reds nightclub in Edge Lane and saw a man leaning into the open driver's window of a silver Audi, behaving aggressively. There were a number of people in the Audi, including Clayton, and he became anxious at their presence and tried to leave to get a taxi. Over his arm, he had a folded coat which appeared to have something wrapped in it. When asked what was in it, Clayton became aggressive and replied, ``Nothing. My brother was shot six times and the police have done nothing about it''. He started to walk away and, when told to stop, ran off, said Simon Driver, prosecuting. He was pursued by officers and threw the object into the grounds of a factory. He was arrested and the item was found to be a Beretta be·ret·ta or ber·ret·ta n. Variants of biretta. self-loading semi-automatic pistol A semi-automatic pistol is a type of handgun that can be fired in semi-automatic mode, firing one cartridge for each pull of the trigger. This type of firearm uses a single chamber and a single barrel, which remain in a fixed linear orientation relative to each other while being containing four rounds of live ammunition This article is largely based on the article in the out-of-copyright 11th edition of the Encyclopdia Britannica, which was produced in 1911. It should be brought up to date to reflect subsequent history or scholarship (including the references, if any). . Clayton, 27, of Saville Road, Broadgreen, admitted possessing the pistol and ammunition and possessing the pistol and ammunition without certificates. Brendan Carville, defending, said the family had suffered tragedies. His brother, Ritchie, was shot dead outside a gym on Aigburth Road last July and his grandparents died. Mr Carville said: ``It is well known who killed his brother and why.'' After the hearing, Ritchie Clayton's twin sister Julie said: ``The family will never give up until the police have caught who killed Ritchie.'' CAPTION(S): KILLED: Ritchie Clayton |
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