A man who shot an Orthodox Jew with a pellet gun has been sentenced to a curfew order.

Kris Cherry, 20, must not leave his home in Gateshead between 8pm and 7am for the next three months after admitting he carried out the attack because he “didn’t like Jews”.

His victim, who has not been named, was not injured in the March 14 shooting despite being hit on the arm.

Unemployed Cherry fired the gun from a car “for a laugh” while travelling through Bensham, home to the North East’s largest Jewish community.

Last week, Gateshead magistrates sentenced Cherry to the curfew and a 12-month community order. He had pleaded guilty to religiously aggravated common assault at a hearing last month.

He previously served time for manslaughter after being convicted in 2003 of the death of a 15-year-old friend who died when Cherry trapped him in a skip and set fire to it.