The correctional court in Limoges (Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine) found the man to be guilty of causing involuntary injury due to deliberate violation and lack of security or due care.

He was also handed three fines of €150 each, for hunting without a licence, on someone else’s land, without insurance. All of his guns have now been confiscated.

The incident took place on a Sunday in September 2018. The man was working in his workshop in his garden in Limoges, when he spotted a pheasant near the garden hedge.

The man took out his 22 long rifle, aimed, and fired at the animal.

In doing so, he also…