NAVY recruit flipped and killed an officer in a gun rampage on a nuclear sub after he was told off for his cleaning work.
Ryan Donovan, 23, fired his SA80 semi-automatic rifle after his hopes of a voyage on a surface ship were dashed as punishment for his shoddy work. He was also obsessed with violent video games and told a friend he wanted to carry out a Grand Theft Auto-style "kill frenzy". Yesterday the HMS Astute able seaman was jailed for life by a judge who heard he opened fire on two superiors he blamed — only to miss. Victim ... Ian Molyneux with wife Gill The shots were heard by Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, 36, who rushed to tackle him during a goodwill visit by the sub to Southampton in April. Donovan murdered him with a bullet to the head, then stepped over his body to the control room. There he wounded Lt Cdr Christopher Hodge, 45, in the stomach before being wrestled to the ground by Southampton council leader Royston Smith and chief executive Alistair Neill — who were touring the sub. Three days earlier Donovan of Dartford, Kent, disobeyed a direct order ...