A thug has been jailed for shooting a teenage girl in the leg with an air pistol.Prolific offender Leon Brinton, aged 23, accidentally fired the weapon as he struggled with the 16-year-old, a court heard.Brinton was taking the gun to confront a thug who had just robbed him – but the girl tried to stop him.The weapon went off and the pellet hit her on the top of her leg, leaving a bruise the size of 10p piece, Plymouth Crown Court heard.Jailing him for a total of 24 weeks, Recorder Richard...
