A teenager was shot in the face in a 'senseless' revenge attack over queue jumping in a shop. Lee Barnett, 38, and his brother Neil, 34, were locked up for nearly 40 years after assaulting their student victim in the street.
Judge Andrew Jeffries QC described it as "merciful" the 18-year-old survived as he sentenced the siblings, Lancs Live reports.
Preston Crown Court heard yesterday how Neil Barnett became involved in a row with a group of Asian youngsters after accusing one of them of cutting in line at a store in Brierfield, Pendle.
The row spilled outside the shop, where Neil Barnett squared up to one of the young men and used racist language, before walking away telling the youths "wait here, I'm coming back".The group chased after
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