Facebook feud ends in court
A magistrate has lashed out at Facebook after a man fired a loaded handgun during a showdown between two groups feuding over comments made on the social media site.
Grant Nathan Parker, 41, his wife and a teenage friend went to “sort out” their differences with the other party in a car park at the ********* Sports and Events Centre during the early hours of January 8.
Parker later told police he wasn’t sure if he’d informed his wife he was carrying a .32 calibre semi-automatic pistol with five rounds of ammunition at the time.
The court heard that with their car apparently blocked inside the car park by opposing vehicles, and upon being approached by three males, Parker got out of the driver’s seat, said “back off or I’ll shoot you” and fired a shot into the air.
Then he got back in the car and crashed into the vehicle blocking his way before driving off.