By Sam Elliott-Gibbs A man who shot his girlfriend in the forehead before calling police to tell them that she had “ran into a pool cue” has been convicted of her murder. Richard Basson, 45, tried to make out Carrie Slater had the accident while they were playing the game at their home. He had in fact moments before calling 999 used one of three firearms he held illegally at the property to shoot his partner, causing her an unsurvivable brain injury. A trial at LeicesterCrown Court was told Basson called for help from the couple’s home in the village of Long Clawson, near Melton Mowbray, Leice…
