Natalie Pilkington pleaded not guilty to alleged Salisbury North drive-by shooting
An ex-Hells Angels’ girlfriend has denied involvement in a “revenge” drive-by shooting where the wrong house was hit and she was allegedly shot.
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A woman accused of a drive-by shooting where the wrong house was targeted in an intended act of revenge will go to trial, alongside her co-accused.
Former Hells Angels OMCG members, Thomas Mortiz O’Connor, 32, and Thomas Wilshire Patterson, 29, are charged with firing shots at a Salisbury North house.
Mr O’Connor’s girlfriend, Natalie Marie Pilkington, 27, who was shot during the alleged incident and Mr Patterson’s girlfriend, Lilli Mae Trenerry, 27, are also accused of being involved in the mistaken shooting.
In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Ms Pilkington, of Mile End, pleaded not guilty to discharging a firearm to injure, annoy or frighten a person.
Ms Trenerry, of Morphett Vale, Mr Patterson, of Brahma Lodge and Mr O’Connor, of Mile End pleaded not guilty to the same charge at an earlier hearing.
During Mr O’Connor’s bail application last year, the court heard that three shots from a .38 calibre firearm were fired at a Salisbury North property on November 26, 2020.
The court heard Ms Trenerry allegedly orchestrated the group to take revenge for her brother.
“She’s taken it upon herself to form a group to take revenge on this man who has been having a relationship with her brother’s partner,” the prosecutor said.
The prosecutor told the court that, despite CCTV footage showing the four co-accused at the address of the intended victim originally, they “made a mistake” and moved on to another house where the alleged shooting took place.
The court heard CCTV footage shows Mr O’Connor, Ms Pilkington and Ms Trenerry at the Lyell McEwin Hospital shortly after the alleged shooting, where Ms Pilkington was treated for a gunshot wound to her thigh.
“O’Connor says they were walking when a black car drove past and fired shots at them, one of which hit Pilkington in the hip,” the prosecutor said.
The court heard both Mr O’Connor and Mr Patterson had left the Hells Angels since the alleged incident.
In the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Magistrate Simon Smart committed Ms Pilkington to the District Court in August.
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