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A man has been found not guilty of leaving a decorator in fear by shooting firearms as he worked in his house.

A jury in the case of Steven Davies unanimously reached their verdict after just over an hour of deliberations at Mold Crown Court today.

The 39-year-old tenant of Bradley Road Wrexham went on trial accused of two counts of possessing weapons - a gas-powered pistol and an air rifle - with intent to cause fear of violence on February 21.

It was the prosecution's case that he had fired the weapons in the lounge to scare decorator, Robert Donaldson, who was already "wary" of him because he was "going on about conspiracy theories and the world ending," and seemed "paranoid" about intruders, having been previously assaulted by one.

But the defence maintained that Davies had been giving the decorator a demonstration, claiming it was him who had expressed an interest in the weapons.

Davies fired both weapons into some plastic bottles that he had lined up against a wall in the lounge.

He was arrested after armed police burst into the house following 90 minutes of negotiations after Mr Donaldson reported the incident.

(Image: Hadyn Iball/Daily Post)

Under interview, Davies denied any threat or intent to cause fear, claiming Mr Donaldson was "perfectly happy with what was going on."

Mr Donaldson told the court he had been "frightened" and that the incident had made him concerned Davies could "do someone real harm."

He said Davies had told him he believed in the Planet X and Comet Nibiru conspiracy theory and said the whole planet was going to go under water, especially London and that Brexit was a "smoke screen" for Martial Law (military government) for this country - which had made him wary.

But under cross examination yesterday, Davies said: "I'm not an idiot, I've had them (the weapons) for a long time. I know they are dangerous in the wrong hands."

He admitted firing both weapons but said his intention had never been to make Mr Donaldson believe unlawful violence would be used towards him or anyone else.

He thanked the jury after he was told he was free to leave after they delivered their verdicts.