A 78-year-old man in Taiwan's Chiayi County has had his 14-year-6-month prison sentence confirmed for shooting a neighbor dead over noise complaints, closing a case that shows how far a household dispute can go.

• The man fired a shotgun at his 57-year-old neighbor while she was in her own kitchen, killing her with 12 steel pellets to the chest.
• He believed she was making noise at night on purpose and keeping his family awake.
• He had illegally obtained the shotgun and ammunition after taking part in wild boar hunting trips, then brought the weapon home.
• He called police and turned himself in, but judges refused to reduce his sentence because he never settled with the family and showed no real remorse.
• A citizen-judge panel handed down the first ruling, the high court upheld it, and the Supreme Court rejected his appeal, making it final.

Outlook: The case is closed with no further appeals available, and the sentence includes a fine on top of the prison term.