The judge agreed.
"Clearly there was considerable ill feeling ... there is no evidence to show he shot himself in the throat ... such an act being life-threatening is valid."
Following Hanify being convicted Mr Richards spoke with the Times-Age about his ordeal.
He said it was clear she was intent on confronting him as she had arrived at the property in a highly "agitated state" with a concealed weapon.
"She came here with a gun - that was pretty premeditated," he said.
He thinks she drove around Featherston most of the day looking for his car after police refused to give her the address earlier in the day.
The court heard police were concerned about her motives.
"She was stalking Featherston trying to find out where I lived."
It wasn't a serious injury he received to the throat and he didn't even realise he'd been shot until the "adrenalin" had worn off when police arrived, Mr Richards said.
Slug guns and air pistols were weapons capable of causing serious injury or death so people needed to treat them as such, he said.
Meanwhile, he is pleased the case is drawing to an end with Hanify found guilty.
She previously pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful damage after smashing a window at the house during the violent confrontation.
'I'm just glad it's all over."
Mr Richards will be undergoing surgery in three weeks for doctors to remove the pellet lodged in his throat.
Judge Walsh remanded Hanify on bail for a pre-sentence report and sentencing on September 26.
