A farm worker's shotgun licence was withdrawn after he blew up a postbox, a court heard. Adam Atton was drunk when he used a "crow scarer device" in a letterbox and lit the gadget, sparking an explosion and causing damage.
He voluntarily went to Nottinghamshire Police about the criminal damage incident, the location of which was not known in court, and the matter was the subject of something called "Community Resolution" - which provides an opportunity for the police to deal with appropriate low-level offences and offenders without recourse to formal criminal justice sanctions.
However, a decision was taken his shotgun licence would be revoked. A notice was sent to 20-year-old Atton by Leicestershire Police at an address he was no longer living at. He had 14 days to appeal this, and did not, as he was not aware of it.
