[Lissa]

As a First-Aider in a factory I'm used to dealing with injuries on a fairly regular basis, so when one of the young lads at work asked me to take a look at his leg this morning I didn't think anything of it.

I was horrified though when he dropped his trousers to reveal a very nasty, seeping hole in the back of his thigh and told me that someone had shot him with what he presumed was an air rifle on his way to work that morning.

I immediately told him that he had to go to the hospital, as the pellet was probably still in there and would have to be removed. This in fact turned out to be the case. X rays revealed that the pellet was shattered against the bone, and he was admitted straight away.

He was the fifth person to go to the hospital with an air rifle wound that morning. The police had caught those doing the shooting...............two 12 year old boys.

I'm so angry, and sick, and horrified. What the **** were two kids that age doing with an air rifle? And what punishment will they get? **** all!

Sorry, rant over.