A City of London firearms officer and Freemason, 69, who shot his daughter's partner dead after blasting him twice with a shotgun told police he 'only wanted to frighten him', a court has heard.
David Hucker fired two shots from his legally held 12-bore Beretta into Robert Williamson's chest on May 11 this year, in an incident recorded on a 999 call.
The shooting took place after an argument between Hucker and Mr Williamson - who was engaged to Hucker's daughter Samantha - over plans to sell the Dartford house where they were living because of financial difficulties.
The court heard Mr Williamson had a cocaine habit wracking up costs of £1,000 per week and had lost his construction and demolition job during the pandemic, forcing the couple to sell their nome in nearby Northfleet, Kent.
The pair had moved into Hucker's terraced home which was bought for him by his daughter so he could continue living there after he divorced in 2018.
Mr Williamson was moving into the property when he was shot dead on May 11 following a heated argument in which he revealed plans to sell the house.
Firearms instructor David Hucker (pictured left) fatally shot his daughter's fiancé Robert Williamson (pictured right) after being told his home was to be sold, a murder trial heard
The pair had been close, with Hucker getting Mr Williamson into the Freemasons and giving him his blessing to take the family name.
Mr Williamson was on the phone to the emergency services when Hucker first fired his legally held 12-bore Beretta at close range into his chest, penetrating a lung and fracturing ribs.
Severely injured and defenceless, the 43-year-old was then shot for a second time by the pensioner in his head and neck area, damaging his larynx.
A jury at Maidstone Crown Court, Kent, was told there was a 16-second delay between the two shots, and that unbeknown to Hucker the incident was being recorded by his Mr Williamson's 999 call.
Mr Williamson's screams and shouts of 'He just shot me in the f***ing chest' could be heard by the operator as she tried to connect him.
Hucker, a keen shooting enthusiast for 30 years, could then be heard telling a stricken Mr Williamson 'I f***ing warned ya' before the sound of the second shot was captured.
Hucker is alleged to have followed Mr Williamson upstairs, loading his gun as he went with high-performance cartridges, and taking off the safety catch to 'make sure it was ready to fire', said prosecutor Nicholas Corsellis QC.
The pensioner then shot a 'cowering' Mr Williamson, who was unarmed, in a bedroom at Hucker's terraced home in Dartford, Kent, just after midday on May 11 this year.
The first shot from the valuable, 'over and under' double-barrel gun was said to have 'mortally wounded' Mr Williamson while the second would have left him unable to speak or communicate, and led to his 'almost instantaneous' death.
The court heard the pensioner shot a 'cowering' Mr Williamson, who was unarmed, in a bedroom at Hucker's terraced home in Dartford, Kent. Pictured: the scene in May last year
Mr Corsellis said at the start
