Cambridgeshire gamekeeper jailed for accidental killing of teenage boy

A gamekeeper has been sentenced to seven years in prison after a loaded gun he left in the front of a Land Rover went off, killing a teenager sitting in the back.

Ben Wilson, 29, from Ely in Cambridgeshire, was found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter following the death of 18-year-old Peter Colwell, who was shot dead in the middle back seat of a Land Rover in February 2017.

Another gamekeeper, Ben Fitzsimons, 23, from Pwllheli, was cleared of manslaughter but jailed for two years for possessing a loaded gun in a public place.

The prosecution said the gun was owned by Wilson and had been left, loaded, in the front of the Land Rover which was parked in a pub carpark.The weapon was somehow discharged and shot Colwell, who was sitting in the back of the car.

Following the sentencing of Ben Wilson and Ben Fitzsimmons at Caernarfon Crown Court today, Detective Chief Inspector Gerwyn Thomas said: