Man jailed over stepson shooting

A FATHER-OF-FOUR who encouraged his teenage stepson to pose for photographs with a loaded gun was jailed for five years after the boy accidentally shot himself in the head.

Michael Hole, 50, found the semi-automatic Beretta pistol on wasteground near the family home and asked Lewis Bailey, 15, to pose for photos with the weapon held to his head.

The gun fired and the teenager suffered a serious head injury.