Third Man Facing Court Over Body Found in Hamilton South

BY ISABEL EVERETT

A third man has been charged and is facing court today, as part of an ongoing investigation into the death of another man in Hamilton South last year.

A 32-year-old man was arrested at a unit at Hamilton South about 4.20pm yesterday, Wednesday the 20th May.

He was arrested in relation to an incident which occurred on Friday the 8th of March 2019.

Following reports of men fighting in the street on Donald Street, Hamilton, in 2019 officers were called to a unit on Coady street, in Hamilton South,  where where they found the body of a 51-year-old man, and a 23-year-old man unconscious, suffering head injuries.

So far during the investigation, two men – aged 25 and 26 – have been charged and remain before the courts.

The 32-year-old man was taken to Newcastle Police Station and charged with take/detain in company with intent to get advantage occasion actual bodily harm.

He was refused bail to appear at Newcastle Local Court,with inquires continuing.

BREAKING! Shot Fired During Domestic Dispute At Fingal Bay

BY IAN CROUCH

A man has been charged after he allegedly discharged a firearm during a domestic dispute at Fingal Bay.

Police say the 40-year-old became involved in an argument with his 38-year-old ex-partner at his Bombora Close home on Tuesday afternoon which quickly escalated.

It's alleged the man produced a pistol and fired a shot inside the home which penetrated a fly screen and a neighbour's garage before becoming lodged in an external in a brick wall on Shoreline Drive 

More than a dozen police cars then converged on the Salamander Bay shopping centre just after 5.00pm where the man was arrested.

He was arrested and taken to Nelson Bay Police Station where he was charged with the following offences:

• Fire firearm into building or onto enclosed lands
• Possess loaded firearm endanger life non-public place
• Handle/use firearm under the influence of alcohol
• Stalk/intimidation intend physical harm (Domestic) and possession ammunition without a licence
• Possess unregistered firearm
• Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit

He was refused bail and will appear in Raymond Terrace Local Court today (Wednesday 6 November 2019).