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.
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image captionShane Gilmer and Laura Sugden were attacked in their home in Southburn, near Driffield
A man shot by his crossbow-wielding neighbour begged emergency services to save his pregnant girlfriend rather than himself, an inquest has heard.
Shane Gilmer, 30, called 999 after Anthony Lawrence attacked him and his partner Laura Sugden in their home in Driffield, East Yorkshire in 2018.
He told the call handler: I need them to find her. I don t want them to help me, Hull Coroners Court heard.
Mr Gilmer also asked them to tell his two children he loved them.
Lawrence, who had been served with an eviction notice after the couple made a complaint about a smell of cannabis from his property, broke into their home through an adjoining loft hatch on 12 January and waited in a bedroom for them to return home.
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Shane was shot with a crossbow by neighbour Anthony Lawrence in 2018
An inquest into the tragic death of Shane Gilmer will start today.
Shane was shot with a crossbow by his neighbour Anthony Lawrence at his home in the sleepy village of Southburn, near Driffield, on January 12, 2018.
Lawurence, 55, had broken into the home Mr Gilmer shared with his pregnant partner Laura Sugden.
He gained access through an adjoining loft 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.
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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