A case of shotgun injury which occurred while an unconventional home security alarm system was being checked.
Installation of devices involving shotguns is rarely encountered in forensic medicine practice. In this case report, authors aimed to present an unusual and rare case of shotgun injury due to a home security alarm system and its legal assessment. An electrical technician was invited to a summer house to check a home security alarm system installed by another firm which he worked for previously. It was an unconventional home security alarm system attached to a shotgun. The technician was injured with 18 buckshot pellets (no: 4) while checking the system. The host was convicted of a possible intent to cause a life-threatening injury to the technician. We think that this verdict will set a precedent for similar cases.
Asirdizer
Mahmut
M
Celal Bayar University, Medical School, Department of Forensic Medicine, Manisa, Turkey. masirdizer@yahoo.com
Yavuz
Mehmet Sunay
MS
D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000328:Adult; D003415:Crime / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology