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<p>A disabled farmer trying to kill a fox accidentally shot and wounded two burglars raiding a cannabis farm he did not know existed.</p>
<p>Edward Tibbs, 62, fired his shotgun three times into the dark from the seat of his mobility scooter after being woken in the early hours.</p>
<p>He was aiming at a fox trying to steal geese from an enclosure on his 650-acre arable farm in Crays Hill, Billericay, Essex, but hidden in the darkness were two men trying to break into an outhouse he had rented out and which now contained a secret drugs factory.</p>
<p>They suffered gunshot wounds to their backs and legs and suspicious hospital doctors called in police.</p>
<p>Several hours later, a team of police marksmen, accompanied by a helicopter, stormed into Mr Tibbs&#8217;s home and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder.</p>
<p>The extraordinary story only came to light after investigators told Mr Tibbs he would face no further action.</p>
<p>Mr Tibbs, who suffers multiple sclerosis and neuralgia, said the &#8220;horrendous&#8221; three-month Essex Police investigation &#8220;devastated&#8221; his family and business.</p>
<p>Speaking about the shooting, he said: &#8220;They must have been 50 or 60 yards away, probably further. If they had been 30 yards off I would have killed them.</p>
<p>&#8220;It was pitch black. Black as your hat. There are no lights here at all. I came out of lights, the house, and saw the fox. I know which way they go and saw movement and fired three times at it and that was that.</p>
<p>&#8220;I never knew I had hit anyone, no screams or hollering, no nothing. I just came back indoors.&#8221;</p>
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