Gunman jailed over club car park shooting

A "dangerous" gunman who shot a man in the leg while on licence from prison has been jailed for six years.

Martin Neville, 35, shot his victim, a man in his 30s, in the car park outside Thrybergh Working Men's Club on Hollings Lane on 30 June.

Neville, of Bellscroft Avenue, in Thrybergh, was initially charged with attempted murder but prosecutors accepted a plea to the lesser charge of wounding with intent.

He was jailed at Sheffield Crown Court on Monday and told he must serve an additional three years on licence following his release.

South Yorkshire Police said Neville had driven a Range Rover Evoque into the car park shortly before 19:20 BST and he and another man, who had been sitting in the rear of the vehicle, got out.

The force said the two men became involved in an altercation and, as the passenger tried to run away, Neville pulled out a gun and shot him in the leg, before fleeing the scene himself.

Det Con Jordan Darbyshire said: "Neville is a dangerous man who shot directly at his victim and could have very easily killed him that evening.

"He was on licence from prison at the time of the offence and, therefore, should have been on his best behaviour, but instead he was out carrying a gun on the streets of Rotherham."

He said Neville's victim had suffered a serious injury to his leg but had gone on to make a full recovery.

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