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No one knows what caused the row on that day, other than that Lottering was apparently angry that Gray was unemployed and she was supporting him.

Gray who had worked in the security industry for 30 years had been out and had returned home. Evidence was that Lottering was angry and told him to move out. After putting his belongings in the car, he asked for his firearm which Lottering brought to him in a blue bag.

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The magistrate rejected Gray version that the killing was an accident and convicted him of “direct intent” to murder Lottering.

In handing down the sentence, she said Lottering had been a victim of “intimate partner violence”.

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He said the technical expert had conceded that Gray version was neither improbable nor unlikely.

Prosecutor Andre Meiring argued that Gray had given three different versions regarding how the shot had been fired.

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