A man who shot a former Sudanese refugee in the eye in a "dangerous and callous" act was sentenced in Launceston Supreme Court on Thursday.
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Jake Harley Hattenschwiler, 30, and George Michael Jeffrey, 27, burst into the man's home demanding drugs in December 2018.
Hattenschwiler, who pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to Wal Yel, and George Michael Jeffrey, 27, were under the influence of methylamphetamine when they entered the Herbert Street house .
Justice Robert Pearce sentenced Hattenschwiler to a three year and nine month jail term with a non parole period of two years and three months.
Jeffrey pleaded guilty to once count of aggravated assault for pointing a Glock pistol at Mr Yel and then punching him in the face.
Jeffrey received a jail term of one year, nine months and three weeks after the activation of two separate suspended sentences.
"Pointing of a handgun is a terrifying act," Justice Pearce said.
The men drove to Invermay and entered Mr Yel's unit by an unlocked door and immediately started yelling aggressively.
When Mr Yel went outside they followed him and Jeffrey pointed the pistol at him and then punched him.
Hattenschwiler pointed the shotgun from three to five metres away and pulled the trigger, but it did not go off.
He adjusted the firing mechanism and a shot went off entering the victim's eye.
The court heard that the shotgun cartridge was packed with salt.
In a victim impact statement Mr Yel said he had fled Sudan to escape violence.
"I came to Australia for a safe life but it was here I got shot. It was here I lost my eye."
Justice Pearce said the impact on the 35-year-old had been severe.
"He (Hattenschwiler) acted not caring whether serious injury resulted,'" he said.
"It was a dangerous and callous act and it was obvious there was a serious risk of injury."
Jeffrey was under threat of suspended sentences for aggravated burglary and stealing at the time of the offence.
Justice Pearce said both men had originally been charged with attempted murder.
"Neither has demonstrated any real remorse," he said.
Both men were unknown to Mr Yel.