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21/05/2007
Child shooting case adjourned
The case of a man who was due to appear in court today in connection with the shooting of a five-year-old boy in County Fermanagh has been adjourned for two weeks.
Darragh Somers was shot in the back of the head as he played at St Patrick’s Primary School in Mullanaskea, outside Enniskillen.
Fergus Cleary, aged 72, of Ballydoolagh Road, Garvary, Enniskillen is accused of unlawfully wounding the child and causing him grievous bodily harm.
Darragh spent two months in hospital and underwent two major operations to remove a bullet from a .22 rifle from his head.
The case was adjourned "by consent" this morning.
(JM/KMcA)
Darragh Somers was shot in the back of the head as he played at St Patrick’s Primary School in Mullanaskea, outside Enniskillen.
Fergus Cleary, aged 72, of Ballydoolagh Road, Garvary, Enniskillen is accused of unlawfully wounding the child and causing him grievous bodily harm.
Darragh spent two months in hospital and underwent two major operations to remove a bullet from a .22 rifle from his head.
The case was adjourned "by consent" this morning.
(JM/KMcA)
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