A builder has been jailed for shooting two free runners he had mistaken for burglars on a rooftop.
Eric Kingston, 47, opened fire with an air rifle after the group climbed scaffolding while practising free running, also known as 'parkour' and consisting of climibing and jumping between urban structures.
He continued to fire despite the group pleading with him "Don't shoot - we're not robbing anything" and left two of them with puncture wounds.
Kingston was jailed for 12 months at Brighton Crown Court for what was described as a "moment of madness".
The court heard how Max Cave, Luke Harty, Maza Shabazz and Ryan Walsh had scaled scaffolding at Ryman stationers in Horsham, West Sussex, in August 2013, before resting on the three-storey roof.
But as they enjoyed the view Max, 20, was shot in the abdomen by Kingston, who was leaning out of the window of a nearby building.
Despite pleading with Kingston he continued to fire, hitting Cave as well as Mr Harty, 19, in the back.
Both victims suffered puncture wounds and had lead pellets removed.
Speaking at the time, Mr Harty said: "All I felt was the pain, and I heard the noise. I looked down and I was bleeding, and I had no idea why.
"We got down and I thought I was the only one who had been hit, but then I heard lots of screaming.
"You'd think it happens maybe in London but I don't think I have ever heard of [something like this happening] in Horsham."
Kingston, a father of two from Horsham, apologised and said he was "genuinely fearful" the group of men in leisure-wear would overpower him.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of actual bodily harm and was jailed for 12 months.
Sentencing, Judge Paul Tain said despite the defendant's good character he would be "failing in his public duty" if he did notsend him to prison.
He said: "One of your victims said 'you can't shoot at people' and that is probably the simplest and most accurate expression of this case.
"You should have closed the window and called the police. That's what ordinary law-abiding people do who are not overreacting.
"Anything beyond that is taking the law into your own hands."
The judge added the public would find it "improper" if he did not impose anything less than an immediate custodial sentence.
Max Cave is a member of the Storror parkour team, which is one of the world's top freerunning units which has filmed stunts for global brands like Google and Red Bull.
In his biography on their website, he wrote: "Before I knew about parkour I was already a very active and sporty person.
"If I wasn't playing football I would be jumping around climbing trees or on adventures with my brothers.
"I first started parkour a while after watching the Channel 4 documentary 'Jump Britain' in 2006.
"My older brother and some of his mates had already started, and my younger brother and I thought it looked fun.
"So along with two other sets of brothers from our home town we started our parkour journey."
Mr Cave is a member of several parkour collectives, including Horsham Parkour, which features martial artist Luke Harty, who was also shot by Kingston.
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