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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Stuti Mishra

Gunman jailed for 18 years after sickening campaign to rid town of LGBT+ neighbours

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A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after he shot at a woman’s house as part of a failed plot to “clean” the community of its LGBT+ population.

Chief US district judge Brian Morris handed down the sentence for John Russell Howald, a resident of Basin community in Montana this week.

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