Boy, 17, accidentally shot dead with air rifle at Hampshire house party, inquest told

Connor Bell died of his injuries after his friend Jack Beechy, 18, pulled the trigger, mistaking it for the safety catch

A 17-year-old died after he was accidentally shot in the head with an air rifle by his friend at a house party, an inquest has been told.

Connor Bell had been drinking at a friend’s house in Basingstoke, Hampshire on 8 November last year when Jack Beechy fired the fatal shot by mistaking the trigger for the safety catch, the inquest heard.