A patient who shot his family GP with a crossbow, after blaming him for the death of his father, has been found guilty of attempted murder in a UK court.

Mark Waterfall burst into the consulting room of Dr Gary Griffith in Watford, just north of London, last July and shot him in the stomach, according to a news report on the BMJ website.

Shortly before firing the crossbow, Waterfall had announced, “You killed my father, and I am going to kill you,” Dr Griffiths told St Alban’s Crown Court.

The GP also reported that he was saved from more serious injury because, being a hot day, his shirt was in folds around his midriff, causing the crossbow to lose momentum.