Michael Collins secures reduction in sentence in firearm-sex case
Michael CollinsThe appellant, David Jeffers, discharged a firearm into the vagina of his lover during a sex game that went tragically wrong. The woman was left with catastrophic injuries as Mr. Jeffers fled the scene.
Today, the Court of Appeal has reduced Jeffers’ sentence, for possessing a gun with intent to endanger life, from 10 years custody to 8 years and 6 months.
Ruling, Mr Justice Morris said Jeffers had not carried the gun with the intention of committing a crime and the woman had consented to the ‘dangerous act’. Further, that this wasn’t a case of the ‘possession of a conventional modern gun’ but of a ‘functioning antique pistol with the least lethal in the range of shotgun pellets’.
The initial conviction and today’s successful appeal has received national media attention, including the following:
- BBC News – ‘Sex game man who shot woman in vagina has sentence cut’ (April 2018)
- Leeds Live – ‘Leeds man who shot woman in vagina during sex game has ‘excessive’ jail sentence cut’ (April 2018)
- The Independent – ‘Man jailed for shooting woman in vagina in ‘sex fantasy’ gone wrong at Stockport hotel’ (August 2017)
Michael Collins has built an extensive and impressive criminal practice undertaking work of the highest complexity and gravity. He accepts instructions in a wide range of very serious and high profile cases including, murder, rape, serious assault, firearms, fatal/near fatal motoring offences and drug trafficking.
Contact Michael’s clerks:
Andrew Thornton on 0113 213 5202
Rebecca Wilson on 0113 213 5203