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Drinks bill row 'led to shooting' | |
(about 6 hours later) | |
A row over a drinks bill and a fruit machine led to a shooting in a north Belfast pub at the weekend, a court has heard. | |
David James Smith from Graymount Drive in Newtownabbey has been charged with attempted murder in connection with the incident at Gray's Lane. | |
The 47-year-old was also charged with possessing and carrying a firearm. | |
On the day of the shooting he drunk 15 pints of beer at the pub where he was a regular customer, the court heard. | |
When a row developed over an unpaid tab and the fruit machine, the defendant left and later returned firing four shots into a wall, the court heard. | |
A defence solicitor said the accused had cooperated fully with police when arrested and questioned. Bail was refused by the magistrate who said he was concerned at the ease with which a gun had been obtained. |