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Aaran Draper and, left, file image of a pair of Heelys Pictures: ADVER/WILTSHIRE POLICE
A CANNABIS lover who struck his elderly neighbour with a broom after complaints about his smoking has been jailed.
Sending Aaran Draper to prison for more than two-and-a-half years at Swindon Crown Court yesterday, Judge Jason Taylor QC described the 31-year-old as arrogant and selfish.
Last month, jurors found him guilty of grievous bodily harm after hearing that Draper had struck his 69-year-old neighbour with a broom handle over their garden fence in The Wyncies, Bishopstone, last July.
The neighbour, who had been in hospital in late 2019 and required oxygen to help him breathe, said he’d had had to shut his windows due to the smell. He challenged Draper about the smoking and threw dog biscuits at him, describing the treats as food for the animal.