Robert Richards, 30, of Scholars Gate, Birmingham, was shot in the leg in Herefordshire in 2011, police said.

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The company is the brainchild of former NASA scientist Barney Pell, aerospace executive Robert Richards (who is CEO) and Intelius and Infospace founder Naveen Jain.

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Pell founded the company with two others that he met at Singularity University, Naveen Jain, the founder of InfoSpace and Intelius, and Dr. Robert Richards, a founder of International Space University, who is CEO of Moon Express.

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Henson ended up calling Richards Homewares and talking to the company president, Robert Freelander, who assured him he had never received a prototype.

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