Craig, Chronicle-Herald reports today, in part, under three-column head "Sympathetic judge jails N.S. man who shot son":
"Brian Church, Dockrill's lawyer, argued that he should not face the mandatory sentence because he's already living in 'a prison of grief.'"
"Crown attorney Rick Woodburn, who was seeking a five- to seven-year sentence, said outside the court that it was wrong to refer to the matter as an accidental shooting, as Dockrill intended to shoot someone.
"He meant to kill a home invader and, in turn, killed his son.That's tragic," he said. "When someone has a drug operation going on inside a house and they want to protect it, arming yourself and shooting invaders is not self-defence and it is not an accident."
