'Tony Martin killed my friend when he caught us trespassing - I thought I was going to die' A former burglar who was shot by a farmer while trespassing on his property has told how he thought he would die alongside his 16-year-old friend.
Brendan Fearon, 55, was one of two would-be thieves who entered Bleak House, a property in Emneth Hungate, near Wisbech on the border of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire owned by Brit farmer Tony Martin and used to store antiques, in an attempted raid on August 20, 1999.
Brendan added that he "had no idea" his young friend had died from his wounds, saying he later found out that Martin had shot at the two from atop a tree.
But, more than 25 years after the incident, and 20 years since giving up his life of crime - for which he spent 14 years behind bars - he doesn't blame Martin for what he did.
The now reformed former criminal has spoken out following Martin's death earlier this week, telling how he thought he would die at the hands of the then 55-year-old farmer.
