An eighty-five-year-old resident in Neath Port Talbot has spoken of feeling more vulnerable than ever after a terrifying ordeal involving his neighbour. Ian Stacey, aged forty-six and wearing only a pair of pink shorts, raised a spring-loaded air rifle, looked down the sight directly at the pensioner, and pulled the trigger, making a loud banging noise before laughing in the victim's face. The terrifying incident unfolded after the elderly man parked his car and walked toward his front door in Tairgwaith. As the startled victim hurried inside his home, he heard the defendant talking about blowing his brains out, while Stacey and other men were seen pointing the weapon up and down the street. Police officers arrested Stacey shortly afterward in the street. During a subsequent interview, the defendant denied pointing the gun at his neighbour, claiming he had pointed it at the sky instead, and insulted the victim. Prosecutor Brian Simpson detailed the case at Swansea Crown Court, noting that the air rifle was classified as a firearm due to its muzzle velocity, although it did not require a certificate to own. In an emotional impact statement read in court, the victim revealed that he has struggled to sleep, experiences recurring flashbacks of the weapon pointed at him, and has been left too frightened to attend his weekly bingo game. Defence counsel Jon Tarrant described his client as a loner who had been showing off and acting the fool to impress others, adding that custody had a salutatory effect on him. Judge Catherine Richards sentenced Stacey to twenty months in prison, noting that he will serve a third of the term in custody before release on licence. Additionally, a five-year restraining order was imposed to ban Stacey from contacting his former neighbour. Source: WalesOnline #WalesOnline #CourtNews #Suckers #SwanseaCrownCourt #UKCrime
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