A man nicknamed ‘Nutty Issacs’ has been jailed for

A man nicknamed ‘Nutty Issacs’ has been jailed for four
years for the shotgun rampage he unleashed after a pub fight.

Christopher Isaacs, 28, caused terror after Mr Alan
Knight punched him to the ground.

He went looking for revenge with a shotgun and fired
in the air at another pub.

Then the crash helmeted gunman stormed round to Mr
Knight’s home and showered the occupants with broken glasss by
blasting the windows.

At the Old Bailey Judge Nina Lowry, QC, said Isaacs’ jail
term would have been longer if ‘my heart had not been touched’ by
a letter sent to the court by his fiancee.

The girlfriend told of her love for Isaacs and begged
the judge to be merciful.

‘Bear in mind that the chance I have given you, and it
is a very great chance, rests with the letter from your fiancee,’
said Judge Lowry.

‘You have every reason to be grateful to her.

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The court heard the chain of events started when
Isaacs was rejected by a barmaid at his local pub.

He had twice dated Karen Barrett, 31, who worked in the
Middlesex Arms in Station Approach, South Ruislip, but she
decided to have no more to do with him.

Isaacs tried to speak to her on July 22 last year but
she told him she ‘didn’t want to know,’ said prosecutor Mr Mark
Gadsen.

That evening Miss Barrett was involved in a scuffle with
a woman who had gone to the pub with Isaacs.

And he was barred after he had a fight with another
customer.

But Isaacs was a man who ‘didn’t like to take no for an
answer,’ said counsel.

‘He went back on a daily basis demanding for the ban to
be lifted.

‘
When the landlord refused he threatened shoot to him and
torch the pub.

On August 2 he refused to leave the bar and the police
were called to forcibly remove him.

Miss Barrett told officers: ‘We were all petrified of
him coming in as none of us knew what he was going to do next.

‘
The following day he mowed down a fence near the pub in
his van and on another occasion he had be thrown out for openly
smoking cannabis.

On August 4 he threatened the barman and returned on an
‘hourly basis.

‘
That night he told a pal of Miss Barrett’s he was going
to disfigure her with acid.

An hour later he was involved in the fight with Mr
Knight at The Bell pub nearby.

The court heard Isaacs had held a grudge against Mr
Knight for over 10 years.

When Isaacs was floored in the brawl he vowed to return
‘with a tool.

‘
And later that night he went searching for his quarry at
the Middlesex Arms with the shotgun.

‘Bar staff were in a considerable amount of fear
because they thought he was coming for them,’ said counsel.

‘They knew him as Nutty Isaacs.

‘
After firing in the air, Issacs drove to Mr Knight’s
home in nearby Paddock Road.

Mr Knight was at home with is mother, sister and two
nieces aged six and two when the gunman started firing at the
windows.

He spotted Mr Knight in the hallway and fired through
the windows of the front door, then shot at him again five times
as he ran to other rooms in the house.

Shocked Mr Knight later told police: ‘I couldn’t
believe what was happening.

I was very concerned for myself and
my family.

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Issacs of Hillcroft Crescent, South Ruislip, admitted
possessing a shotgun in a public place and having the gun with
intent to endanger life.

The court heard he had numerous convictions for offences
including causing actual bodily harm, reckless driving and
handling stolen goods.

He spent part of every year in jail during the 1980s,
except for 1984.

Mr Auberon Williams, defending, said Isaacs ‘is
remorseful for the incident and now wants to put his life of
crime behind him.

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Counsel then handed the judge letters supporting Isaacs,
including the one from his fiancee.

‘You have a quick temper and there appears to be a
history of trouble between you and this man Knight,’ said the
judge.

‘I have no doubt that there were faults on both sides.

‘But the way in which you behaved was extreme and out of
all proportion to the way Knight had behaved to you.

‘You not only armed yourself with a weapon but you fired
it in two separate places.

‘
But judge Lowry said she had decided to reduce Isaacs’
jail term after reading of his finacee’s love for the gunmen.

‘It may be she is your saviour,’ she told Isaacs, as he
was led to the cells.

ENDS