- Ian Peart, 44, has admitted possessing a loaded air weapon in a public place outside York Mosque.
- Magistrates and police accepted Peart's explanation that he was targeting rabbits and not the mosque or its occupants.
- Prosecutors confirmed there was no evidence to suggest the incident on 30 July was motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment.
- A witness alerted police after hearing gunshot-like noises and seeing Peart brandishing an air rifle from his vehicle.
- Peart was fined £317 and ordered to pay £199 in costs, but was allowed to keep his rifle for his pest control work.
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