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UK: Jury finds man guilty of aiming at Blacon police helicopter

On January 22 2014, a jury unanimously found a 28-year-old man guilty of “conduct likely to endanger life” for aiming a laser pen at a police helicopter.

The incident occurred in Blacon, an area in Chester (20 miles south of Liverpool) on August 11 2012. The helicopter was able to trace the laser beam back to a person in a garden, later identified as Richard James Brooks.

Sentencing of Brooks was scheduled for February 12.

From ChesterFirst