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drive-by shooting that rattled residents of a north end street last February turns out to have been a dispute between neighbours over rumours of infidelity.
Peter Joseph Lawrence Seale, 39, of Metcalf Street was arrested shortly after the incident on Feb. 7.
"As I understand it, his partner - his wife - who is here today was approached by one of the ladies who lives in that house and that lady told her, her husband was having sex with someone else," said John King, Seales' lawyer.
Whether it was true or not Seale reacted badly, King said.
On Feb. 7 police received a 911 call about shots fired at 72 Belleview Ave. Belleview is a normally quiet street next to Shamrock Park. The residents of the home said they saw Seale fire the shot, said prosecutor Lucie Mathurin.
When interviewed by the police, Seale told them that if his neighbour wanted to take it as a warning shot, that's the way he should take it. Unfortunately people in the neighbourhood were caught in the middle of the animosity between the two men, Mathurin said.
During the investigation in February police seized a .22 calibre rifle believed to have been used to fire the buckshot at the house.
Peter Joseph Lawrence Seale, 39, of Metcalf Street was arrested shortly after the incident on Feb. 7.
"As I understand it, his partner - his wife - who is here today was approached by one of the ladies who lives in that house and that lady told her, her husband was having sex with someone else," said John King, Seales' lawyer.
Whether it was true or not Seale reacted badly, King said.
On Feb. 7 police received a 911 call about shots fired at 72 Belleview Ave. Belleview is a normally quiet street next to Shamrock Park. The residents of the home said they saw Seale fire the shot, said prosecutor Lucie Mathurin.
When interviewed by the police, Seale told them that if his neighbour wanted to take it as a warning shot, that's the way he should take it. Unfortunately people in the neighbourhood were caught in the middle of the animosity between the two men, Mathurin said.
During the investigation in February police seized a .22 calibre rifle believed to have been used to fire the buckshot at the house.
