Shane Gilmer, 30, called 999 and stayed on the phone for 30 minutes after Anthony Lawrence attacked him and his pregnant partner Laura Sugden in their home in Southburn, East Yorkshire.
A mother has told an inquest how she pleaded with a crossbow killer to spare her unborn baby after a neighbour burst into her house and shot dead her boyfriend in a row over him smoking cannabis.
Shane Gilmer, 30, died after a crossbow bolt, fired by Anthony Lawrence, 55, broke his arm and a rib, damaged his liver and kidney and became embedded in his spine, Hull Coroner s Court heard.
The inquest was told that Lawrence broke into the loft of the home shared by Mr Gilmer and his partner Laura Sugden in Southburn, East Yorkshire, and waited for them to return before launching his attack in January 2018.
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A man lay in wait upstairs in his neighbour's home before killing him with a crossbow after being told he would be evicted from his adjoining property, an inquest has heard.
Shane Gilmer inquest date confirmed three years after tragic death
Shane was shot with a crossbow by neighbour Anthony Lawrence
A date has been set for the inquest into the tragic death of Shane Gilmer.
Shane was shot with a crossbow by neighbour Anthony Lawrence at his home in the sleepy village of Southburn, near Driffield, on January 12, 2018.
Lawrence, 55, had broken into the home Mr Gilmer shared with his pregnant partner Laura Sugden.
He got inside through their adjoining loft by removing bricks and lay in wait before attacking them when they returned home from a date.
The attack killed Mr Gilmer, a housing officer for East Riding Council, and left Miss Sugden injured and traumatised.