CROSSBOW THUG SHOT FIVE BOLTS AT WOMEN IN HOUSE

'Revenge attack' over bullying claims

- By ADAM EVERETT

A DAD fired a crossbow at the windows and doors of a grandmother's house while her grandchildren were inside during a "revenge attack".

Neil Spencer unleashed five shots at the property with the "very dangerous" weapon, including launching bolts directly towards the grandma and one of her daughters, in retaliation for his own children having apparently been bullied.

One of the masked man's victims says she "still repeats in her head what could have happened if the bolt hit her". He is meanwhile said to been left "disappointed and ashamed" over his "misguided and stupid enterprise".

Liverpool Crown Court heard this week that Spencer had attended the home of Laura Connor, where she lived with her two daughters and son, on Madryn Avenue in Kirkby around two weeks earlier on May 20 this year. On this occasion, the 43-year-old, of East-field Walk, was said to have threatened in relation to Ms Connor's son: "Tell him if he comes round to my ex-bird's house, I'll come round with my mates."

Nardeen Nemat, prosecuting, described how all four occupants were then present at the same address at the time of the subsequent "revenge attack" along with Ms Connor's grandchildren, who were aged as young as four. This saw Spencer return to the property at around 8.30am on June 1 wearing a balaclava and armed with a crossbow, shouting: "Grass, where are they?"