Pensioner charged with attempted murder after shooting

Police have charged a pensioner in connection with a shooting in Brandon near Thetford.

Officers were called just after 7.10pm on Friday 11 October to reports of a shooting in Pond Lane.

A man aged in his 40s – had been shot in the upper arm sustaining non life-threatening injuries and a man was subsequently arrested.

78-year-old Kier Huxtable of Stanford Road in Weeting was charged last night (Friday 18 October) with attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent by means to endanger life.