'Fox eyes' man shot.A WILDLIFE expert nearly died when a hunter mistook him for a fox and shot him, a jury was told yesterday. Trevor Lawson, 37, was watching badgers at night when hunter Anthony Burns
Anthony Burns (31 May 1834 to 17 July 1862) was an escaped slave from Virginia who was captured by slave-hunters in Boston in , 52, thought the red glare of his binoculars were the eyes of a fox. Writer Trevor frantically phoned his wife and said: "I am going to die - I have been shot." Burns was out "lamping" - hunting at night with powerful lights - near Chesham, Bucks. Prosecutor Neil Moore said Mr Lawson had a lung removed. Burns denies grievous bodily harm grievous bodily harm Noun Criminal law serious injury caused by one person to another Noun 1. grievous bodily harm - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate . The trial at Aylesbury crown court continues. |
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