史蒂文斯因意外射杀 癌症幸存者戴维斯 将他误认为鹿而被拘留5个月 Stevens gets 5-month home detention for accidentally shooting Davies, a cancer survivor, mistaking him for a deer.

39岁的Paul William John Stevens因2025年在斯图尔特岛枪杀21岁的Jock Davies而被判处五个月的软禁,在因轻率使用火器造成死亡而认罪后避免入狱。 Paul William John Stevens, 39, was sentenced to five months of home detention for the 2025 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Jock Davies on Stewart Island, avoiding jail after pleading guilty to careless use of a firearm causing death. 史蒂文斯误以为Davies, 癌症幸存者, 对于一只鹿在稠密的灌木丛中, 未能确认目标, 尽管知道其他人就在附近。 Stevens mistook Davies, a cancer survivor, for a deer in dense bush, failing to confirm the target despite knowing others were nearby. 法庭听取了Davies家庭对受害者情感影响的陈述,陈述了持久的创伤和悲伤。 The court heard emotional victim impact statements from Davies’ family, describing lasting trauma and grief. Russell Walker法官以中度至高度疏忽为由,将可能判处18个月监禁的减轻处罚因素减少8个月,并命令Stevens支付20 000美元的赔偿金,并没收他的步枪和弹药。 Judge Russell Walker cited medium-to-high carelessness, reduced the potential 18-month prison term by eight months for mitigating factors, and ordered Stevens to pay $20,000 in reparation and forfeit his rifle and ammunition.