NAVY recruit flipped and killed an officer in a gun rampage on a nuclear sub after he was told off for his cleaning work.

<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; background-color: #ffffff;"><h2 class="padding-bottom-7" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 7px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1.05em; line-height: 1.05em; color: #101010; margin: 0px;"></h2><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">Ryan Donovan, 23, fired his SA80 semi-automatic rifle after his hopes of a voyage on a surface ship were dashed as punishment for his shoddy work.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">He was also obsessed with violent video games and told a friend he wanted to carry out a Grand Theft Auto-style "kill frenzy".</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">Yesterday the HMS Astute able seaman was jailed for life by a judge who heard he opened fire on two superiors he blamed — only to miss.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"> </p><div class="margin-top-5 padding-bottom-5 margin-left-10 float-right" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; float: right; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; width: 180px;"><div class="text-center" style="text-align: center; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Victim ... Ian Molyneux with wife Gill" src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01378/SNN20DEAD-180_1378360a.jpg" style="width: 180px; height: 250px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><div class="padding-top-5" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;"><div class="small bold" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #101010; line-height: 13px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Victim ... Ian Molyneux <br />with wife Gill</div></div></div></div><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">The shots were heard by Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, 36, who rushed to tackle him during a goodwill visit by the sub to Southampton in April.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"><em>Donovan murdered him with a bullet to the head, then stepped over his body to the control room.</em></p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">There he wounded Lt Cdr Christopher Hodge, 45, in the stomach before being wrestled to the ground by Southampton council leader Royston Smith and chief executive Alistair Neill — who were touring the sub.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">Three days earlier Donovan of Dartford, Kent, disobeyed a direct order to clean a section of the sub after it failed inspections, Winchester Crown Court heard.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"> </p><div class="margin-top-5 padding-bottom-5 margin-right-10 float-left" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; width: 682px;"><div class="text-center" style="text-align: center; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img alt="Hero ... Royston Smith, right, on sub visit" src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01378/05b8ce16-682_1378350a.jpg" style="width: 682px; height: 400px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" /><div class="padding-top-5" style="padding-top: 5px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #101010; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px;"><div class="small bold" style="font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; color: #101010; line-height: 13px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Hero ... Royston Smith, right, on sub visit</div></div></div></div><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"> </p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">Gangsta rap fan Donovan — who called himself Reggie Moondog — told a fellow sailor hours before his rampage: "I'm going to kill somebody. I'm not f****** kidding, and then watch the news."</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">He admitted murder and attempted murder and was caged for a minimum of 25 years. The widow of the dead officer — a dad of four — wept just feet away.</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;">Outside court Gill Molyneux paid tribute to her Weapons Engineer Officer husband, describing him as "my hero and true love".</p><p style="font-size: 15px; margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 20px; color: #101010; padding: 0px;"> </p></span></p>

NAVY recruit flipped and killed an officer in a gun rampage on a nuclear sub after he was told off for his cleaning work.

Ryan Donovan, 23, fired his SA80 semi-automatic rifle after his hopes of a voyage on a surface ship were dashed as punishment for his shoddy...

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