Overview
- Brian Hoyle admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence after an April 14 incident outside his Spring Bank West home.
- Witnesses told Hull Crown Court he shouted about dog fouling and discharged a silver pistol, with sounds consistent with strikes on a garage shutter.
- Police searching his bungalow found two loaded weapons described as a large silver John Wayne revolver and a black machine pistol.
- The court imposed a nine-month prison term suspended for nine months with no additional conditions and issued a five-year restraining order.
- Victim statements described shock and ongoing anxiety, while mitigation cited Hoyle’s lack of prior convictions, past air-weapon marksmanship and claims of intoxication when he made incriminating remarks.