A REVELLER accidentally shot a man in the foot after waving a gun in the street after a house party, a court heard.

Burnley Crown Court heard Connor Goodwin was waving the weapon around when it went off and injured victim Sean Fell.

Goodwin, 24, was originally arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in relation to the shooting, which happened in Burnley Road East, Waterfoot, on May 14.

However he pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding, possessing a shotgun without a certificate and producing cannabis.

Prosecuting, Stephen Parker said: “The Crown have always took the view it was a reckless or negligent discharge of a firearm. The defendant has had hold of this item. He has been waving it around. It has gone off.

“The defendant appears to have his hand near to the end of that barrel because he injures his hand himself during the discharge of the weapon.”

Mr Parker said the victim had given various accounts of how he received the injury in the aftermath of the shooting, initially telling by-standers he had been hit by a car, then saying it could have been a motorbike, before he eventually he told them he had been shot.

He then went on to tell paramedics a different version of events.

The court heard Goodwin, of no fixed address, and Mr Fell had earlier been in a house together with other people.

Mr Parker said everyone in that property was ‘worse for wear’ through consumption of drugs and alcohol.

He said cannabis had been smoked and crack cocaine had been passed around.

The weapon has never been found.

Judge Philip Parry asked the probation service to assess whether Goodwin should be classed as a dangerous offender.

He said: “I am going to order a pre-sentence report. I am going to order an assessment of dangerousness. I have had a look at your last conviction, which involved handling a weapon, and not long after your release from custody you are handling a shotgun.”

That conviction referred to an incident in June 2016 when Goodwin threatened the landlord of the Rostron Arms in Market Place, Edenfield, with a knuckleduster. He was jailed for 31 weeks for that offence. Goodwin was remanded in custody.