A convicted burglar and drug dealer who was shot by farmer Tony Martin has been released from jail in Nottinghamshire. Brendon Fearon, 33, was shot by Martin while raiding his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk in August 1999. He was later jailed for drug dealing and sent to prison in Ranby, Nottinghamshire. A Prison Service spokeswoman said he was released on Friday, after serving less than a third of his 18-month sentence for dealing heroin. He has been released early under the terms of the Home Detention Curfew scheme, which means he is electronically tagged and subject to a curfew for the next three-and-a-half months.
After which he is free to resume his "career".
Fearon’s accomplice 16-year-old Fred Barras from Newark, Nottinghamshire, died after being shot by Martin in the 1999 raid. Fearon is continuing efforts to gain around £15,000 compensation from Martin. Martin, 56, was jailed for life after being found guilty of murder, but the conviction was reduced to manslaughter and the sentence to five years by the Court of Appeal in October 2001. Martin is being released on Monday after serving his sentence, but has already been moved from prison to a safe house. Fearon has said he is suing Martin claiming he has been unable to work because of the gunshot wound to his leg.
The limp makes to hard to climb through peoples windows. |