Published: 10 Jan 2015 08:30

A TRIGGER-HAPPY Port man who admitting firing a missile from his flat has been told his behaviour was an act of crass stupidity.

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Terence McGeown, 36, placed a milk carton and a fizzy drink bottle in a tree beyond his Robert Street home for air rifle target practice.

But the dad-of-twos gun fun came to an abrubt halt after a concerned resident spotted what he was up to and alerted the police.

Prosecutor David Simpson told Greenock Sheriff Court: The accused was observed firing an air rifle from an address in Robert Street which was shown to be his own home.

The police were called and he was spoken to. He said he had the air rifle and was using it for target practice.

The accused was shooting at a bottle he had placed in a tree.

McGeown had been officially accused of using the gun for firing a missile.

The wording of the charge became the butt of a volley of court jokes because prosecutors didnt use the word pellet instead.

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