An Australian shot in the leg by his friend at a drunken party was so intoxicated he went back to sleep after the accident, a court was told on Tuesday.
The court in the north-eastern city of Brisbane placed Shannon David Campbell (21) on probation for a year for unlawful wounding.
The court heard that Campbell was at a party when he started playing around with a friend’s rifle. Egged on by friends, he fired it and accidentally shot Michael Hartman in the leg.
Hartman went back to sleep after the incident.
Judge Julie Ryrie, describing the group as a bunch of “stupid young men”, said Hartman did not suffered extensively but still has the bullet lodged in his leg. — AFP