Kent huntsman Brian Fraser cleared of trying to murder ex 13 February 2013 Last updated at 15:19 A leading Kent huntsman has been found not guilty of trying to kill his former lover. Brian Fraser, 63, ex-master of the Ashford Valley Hunt, was accused of shooting Louise Leggatt last year. Maidstone Crown Court heard Ms Leggatt suffered leg injuries when she was shot as she tended her horses, on 15 March. Fraser, of Criol Lane, Shadoxhurst, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder but admitted possessing a firearm without a licence. He was cleared of an alternative charge of grievous bodily harm with intent. Fraser was accused of pulling the trigger "in a fit of pique" in a bid to murder Louise Leggatt as she went to tend her horses at Apple Pie Farm in Benenden in the district of Tunbridge Wells. Lackadaisical attitude Prosecutors claimed Mrs Leggatt had rejected his efforts to rekindle their romance following the end of their five-year relationship. Married Fraser denied responsibility for shooting Mrs Leggatt and was found not guilty following a trial. Judge Charles Byers warned Fraser he remained "at risk" of going to prison over the firearms offence. He told him: "I have never come across such a lackadaisical and irresponsible attitude to firearms, particularly from someone described as a countryman." During the trial, the court heard police had found an old, single-barrelled shotgun hidden between two hay bales on his land along with some cartridges. Fraser had initially told police he had not owned a shotgun for 20 years, and when officers disclosed that one had been found on his land, he suggested he was being framed. But later he admitted he did own the gun, telling officers it had been handed down to him by his father. He is due to be sentenced on 18 March.