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Hunter cleared in toilet seat shooting

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BORAS, Sweden, May 20 (UPI) -- A Swedish court cleared a hunter whose missed shot shattered a toilet 1.06 miles away of an endangering human life charge.

The Boras District Court ruled the hunter, a 37-year-old man from Ulricehamn, used sufficient caution before taking the shot, The Local reported Wednesday.

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The court was told the man was hunting geese at Tolken Lake, near the village of Hokerum when he fired a shot at a bird and missed. The bullet traveled more than a mile -- the court heard it may have ricocheted off a stone -- and sped past a couple entertaining a guest outside their cottage.

The couple said they followed the bullet's path inside the home and discovered their toilet seat had been shattered.

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