A man shot his daughter with a paintball gun because she would not tidy her room, a court has heard.
Michael Saunders, 42, appeared in the Invercargill District Court this week after pleading guilty to recklessly discharging a paintball gun.
A police summary of facts said on November 27 the man’s chickens escaped from their coop and he used a paintball gun to round them up.
He went inside with the paintball gun and told his 12-year-old girl to clean her room.