A MAN has appeared in court charged with murdering a Cornish businessman and the attempted murders of his wife and eldest daughter.

Jonathan Vivian Cock, 23, stood in the dock at Truro Crown Court yesterday afternoon flanked by two security officers.

He spoke during the five-minute hearing only to confirm his name and to enter not guilty pleas to the murder of Adam Hustler, the attempted murder of Amanda Hustler, and the attempted murder of Danielle Hustler.

Danielle was Cock's former girlfriend.

Adam Hustler, 41, a devout Jehovah's Witness, was shot dead at his home at Porth Kea, near Truro, on September 20.

The injured man was taken to the Royal Cornwall Hospital, at Trelikse, Truro, where he later died from his injuries.

Mr Hustler's wife Amanda, 40, who shares the same faith, suffered gunshot wounds to her back but survived.

She was taken to the same hospital as her husband before being transferred to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, where she recovered.

The couple's eldest daughter Danielle, 20, was uninjured during the incident.

Their other daughter Abigail, 16, also escaped injury.

Mr Hustler was managing director of waste pumping company Clear-Flow, a family business.

Cock, of Penzance, a former RAF avionics technician, had worked for the Hustler family's business in 2007 with Miss Hustler, who is an engineer.

After the shooting Cock was found with self-inflicted wounds to his head.

He was taken to Derriford and has since had a number of operations. Yesterday the crown of his head was shaved from ear to ear – a band of stitches also stretched from ear to ear.

Judge Christopher Elwen adjourned the case until July 20 when the trial will be held. No application for bail was made and Cock was remanded in custody.