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Robert Steptoe, 48, of Devitt Drive, Hucknall, has been jailed for 15 months

A drunk father grabbed an air gun and pointed it at his own son leaving him terrified he would be shot. Nottingham Crown Court was told how Robert Steptoe "stared" at his victim before going downstairs and saying he would "shoot any police who came to the house” in Hucknall .

The self-confessed alcoholic had earlier scared his wife when she confiscated a bottle of rum off him and he pushed past her to get to it saying “getting aggressive are we?” before telling her “I am going to get my gun”. Such was the family’s fear they locked themselves in a bedroom.

Jailing him for 15 months, Judge Steven Coupland said: “You are somebody who has struggled with alcohol for a number of years but together with yo

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