Airgun shooting case heading for trial

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A teenager has indicated he plans to defend a charge of maiming a man who was shot in the face with a pellet gun in a central Christchurch street.

Daniel Michael Speer accused of injuring the man with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, was sent for a post-committal conference on December 3 following a hearing at Christchurch District Court today .

Speer, 19, is on bail with conditions.

The victim was shot in the face at point-blank range in the early hours of August 29, in Hereford Street, central Christchurch, in what police believed was a random attack.

Surgery was attempted to remove the pellet from the man's eye, but it was not successful and the pellet remains lodged there.

He may yet lose his eye.

- NZPA