A court has heard that an elderly man shot his intellectually-disabled son out of concern for what his life could become after the father died.
Frank Harton, 75, has faced the Magistrates Court at Mount Barker in the Adelaide hills charged with attempted murder.
Harton is alleged to have shot his son Craig, 47, at a shack at Walker Flat early yesterday.
The son has a gunshot wound to the face and is in a serious but stable condition in hospital in Adelaide.
The court heard the accused had been his son's carer for 39 years and was worried about what would happen to him once he was gone.
The prosecution opposed bail saying Harton had vowed to shoot his son, then possibly himself, and there were now concerns for the older man's safety.
Magistrate Clynt Johansen described the case as a family tragedy.
Harton has been remanded in custody pending the completion of a psychiatric report.
Source: ABC News Australia
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