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| Playground shooter avoids prison | Playground shooter avoids prison |
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| A 73-year-old farmer who admitted he shot a five-year-old boy in the head at a school playground near Enniskillen has been fined £5,000. | A 73-year-old farmer who admitted he shot a five-year-old boy in the head at a school playground near Enniskillen has been fined £5,000. |
| Fergus Cleary of Ballydoolagh Road, Garvary admitted maliciously wounding Darragh Somers at a playground near Enniskillen more than two years ago. | Fergus Cleary of Ballydoolagh Road, Garvary admitted maliciously wounding Darragh Somers at a playground near Enniskillen more than two years ago. |
| After the court hearing, Darragh's family criticised the fine. | |
| He was shot in the back of the head as he played at St Patrick's Primary School, Mullanaskea in April 2005. | He was shot in the back of the head as he played at St Patrick's Primary School, Mullanaskea in April 2005. |
| Fergus Cleary changed his plea to guiltySurgeons carried out two major operations to remove the .22 rifle bullet from his head. | Fergus Cleary changed his plea to guiltySurgeons carried out two major operations to remove the .22 rifle bullet from his head. |
| Darragh was critically injured and spent two months in hospital. | |
| Cleary was arrested two months after the shooting. | Cleary was arrested two months after the shooting. |
| He had initially denied maliciously wounding the boy, but in a surprise move last month, his defence team requested the case come before a judge in Dungannon. | He had initially denied maliciously wounding the boy, but in a surprise move last month, his defence team requested the case come before a judge in Dungannon. |
| It was at that hearing, with no journalists or members of the Somers family present, that he pleaded guilty. | It was at that hearing, with no journalists or members of the Somers family present, that he pleaded guilty. |
| Darragh's father Gerard said the fine was inadequate. | |
| "I thought I was coming here today to get some closure, but it has just left me in a daze," he said. | |
| "What we would have liked was for the man to come personally and apologise." |