Former security guard opened fire with an AK47 outside cinema after raiding a newsagents in his flip flops
Leslie Garrett told a court he was "angry" after being sacked from his job at the Showcase Cinema but "didn't have a grudge" before he opened fire with an AK47.
Mr Singh "noticed that the defendant's left arm was very straight" before he "suddenly" shouted: "Come on. Money". He then pointed the weapon at the former, but both workers "believed it was a joke". Mr Smith even told him: "Drop the peashooter and don’t point it at her." Shortly after 4.30am, a team of 16 firearms officers, two negotiators and a police dog handler attended Ternhall Road in "ballistically protected" Land Rovers. Garrett's 67-year-old mum Olive Brown opened the door and was escorted from the premises at gunpoint.
Garrett gave evidence to the court from the witness box yesterday afternoon. He was asked by his counsel Paul Lewis to describe what were termed "four significant incidents in his life". "In 2021, it started getting to me a lot more. I didn’t know how to cope with anything, I just didn’t understand it."
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