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An Italian tourist who shot and killed his lifelong friend during a pigeon-hunting trip to Scotland has been cleared of culpable homicide.

A jury took just 30 minutes to find Franco Moroni not guilty.

Mr Moroni, 62, admitted killing Marco Cavola by blasting a shotgun at the back of his head at point-blank range.

The tourist from Loriano, near Rome, told the trial his friend stood up in front of him the moment he pulled his shotgun trigger while shooting pigeons.

Mr Moroni said he was filled with shame after the incident on the Rossie Estate in Inchture, near Dundee in 2019.

He said it had completely changed his life and had turned him into a virtual recluse.

It can now be reported that the shooting agent who organised the trip had already been fined nearly £5,000…