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11-14-07, 01:57 PM
I can't believe he did this again and survived.
Jail for nailgun attack faker
A father has been jailed for shooting himself in the chest with a nailgun - so he could claim compensation.
David Russell, 38, said he was left unable to work and struggling to provide for his six-month-old son after being shot seven times by a gang in the street on August 11.
However, police became suspicious of his account of the attack and the telephone engineer from Gloucester later admitted wounding himself with the power tool.
Russell, who pleaded guilty to two charges of perverting the course of justice, was sentenced by Judge Martin Picton at Gloucester Crown Court to two-and-a-half years in prison.
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Jail for nailgun attack faker
A father has been jailed for shooting himself in the chest with a nailgun - so he could claim compensation.
David Russell, 38, said he was left unable to work and struggling to provide for his six-month-old son after being shot seven times by a gang in the street on August 11.
However, police became suspicious of his account of the attack and the telephone engineer from Gloucester later admitted wounding himself with the power tool.
Russell, who pleaded guilty to two charges of perverting the course of justice, was sentenced by Judge Martin Picton at Gloucester Crown Court to two-and-a-half years in prison.
http://www.itn.biz/news/4cbfd69636794e07d4670b57dc948fff.html (http://www.itn.biz/news/4cbfd69636794e07d4670b57dc948fff.html)