A Torbay man — who for two years claimed he had nothing to do with the near-death of an acquaintance — in fact tried to kill his victim by shooting him four times in the face and neck with a handgun, a St. John's judge ruled Friday.

David Reardon appeared in provincial court by video Friday to find Judge Phyllis Harris didn't accept his testimony, and that witness statements and the physical evidence gathered in the case — such as the victim's blood on Reardon's boots — was enough to find him gu…