In what an Australian court described as a freak accident Rudolf Stadler, 61 accidentally shot a passer-by in the leg after failing twice to shoot a friend's cow.
Stadler agreed to shoot the troublesome cow for a friend, however his first shot missed the animal and his second went through the back of the shed across a paddock fence and into the side of a passing car, hitting a passenger in the leg.
Stadler was so distressed by the incident that he handed in his firearms license and the court fined him A$1,000 and banned him from obtaining another firearms license for a five year period.
