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02.06.2023 - 03:49 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A former engineer who held a gun to a pensioner’s head after a row over sheep on his land has been spared a fresh jail term. Brian Capstick, 52, from Ecclefechan, turned on William Hodgson, 68, ranting about a £200 debt.
Mr Hodgson was left “terrified” after Capstick fired a near 80-year-old revolver into the air before pressing the weapon against the OAP’s face. The victim was able to escape before alerting police.
Capstick was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Tuesday. He had pleaded guilty in March to a breach of the peace and two separate firearms charges from the incident on December 11 2019.
Capstick was jailed for five years in England in 2020 for pointing a gun at his parents and firing it in their home two days after the incident with Mr Hodgson. He had since been freed and was on bail for this latest case.
Lord Matthews decided against imposing another prison term viewing it as part of the same course of conduct as the English sentence.
Capstick instead was made subject of a community payback order for a period of two years and four months. The hearing in March was told how Mr Hodgson had used Capstick’s land to graze sheep in 2016.
Prosecutor Angela Gray then added: “In 2019, he still owed Capstick £200 for that service.”
On the day of the crime, Mr Hodgson was driving home on the B723 near Boreland, Lockerbie, when Capstick overtook and then stopped. The pensioner also pulled in believing Capstick wanted to speak to him.
Mr Hodgson apologised about the debt, but Capstick yelled: “I want my money and I want it today.”
Capstick then took a gun from a plastic bag before leaping out his van. He stated: “I have had enough of this.”
Miss Gray told the court: “He raised his right hand into the air and fired the
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