A MAN blasted a house with a semi-automatic pistol, a court heard.

Daniel Nowek donned a mask and gloves and fired four shots at the house early one morning.

A search of a property in Keighley where the 31-year-old had been living recovered a Russian-made 9mm Makarov semi-automatic pistol and a Turkish 4mm EKOL miniature revolver.

Sentencing him at Bradford Crown Court, Recorder Andrew Dallas said: "For some reason not entirely clear you chose to target a house. Possibly you were intending to frighten somebody."

Nowek appeared via video link from Newton Lodge Medium Secure Unit in Wakefield, and spoke through an interpreter.

Prosecutor Matthew Bean told the court that just over two weeks before the shooting, police found a cannabis farm in the basement of a rented property in Neville Street, Keighley.

The weapon discovery was made later at a nearby address.

The shooting took place at around 4am on October 20, 2020.

A woman in the house, in Bierley, was awakened by a noise. When she went downstairs she saw the kitchen window had been damaged by, she believed, a brick.

But police discovered that a gun had been discharged, with at least four shots fired.

Three rounds had hit the kitchen window, surrounding brickwork and porch, and one had passed through the window and across the kitchen before embedding itself in a wall.

Forensic evidence established Nowek had fired the gun, and CCTV footage showed his Mercedes arriving at the house.

The court heard that on the night after the shooting, Nowek drove to London, where he was later arrested.

The Mercedes was seized and inside it was found a rucksack containing clothing, including a mask, that Nowek had worn for the shooting. Gunshot residue linked him to the discharge of the pistol.

A search of a London flat where Nowek had briefly stayed revealed over 200 ecstasy tablets.

When interviewed by police Nowek denied any knowledge of the shooting and said he had been abroad at the time. He later pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possession of a prohibited firearm, and possession of a Class A drug.

Mitigating, John Batchelor said Nowek was suffering from a mental disorder, which the court heard was paranoid schizophrenia.

Recorder Dallas ordered Nowek to be detained in Newton Lodge for seven years, with a move to prison if his mental disorder improved.