Stanley Metcalf: Man in court over pellet gun death

A man has appeared in court in connection with the death of a six-year-old boy, who was shot at a house near Hull.

Stanley Metcalf died in hospital after being hit in the abdomen by a pellet from an airgun in Sproatley on 26 July.

Albert Grannon, 77, has been charged with manslaughter and the possession of a firearm without a certificate.

Mr Grannon, of Church Lane, Sproatley, was released on bail by Hull Magistrates' Court.

He will appear before Hull Crown Court in June.

Last year, a coroner's inquest heard that Stanley was visiting family at the time of the incident.

Hull Coroner's Court was told a post-mortem examination had revealed the cause of death as "an airgun projectile wound to the abdomen".