Norah Head surfer carjacking accused in Wyong Court
A surfer was returning to his car after catching some waves at Norah Head when he was allegedly assaulted and had his car stolen. One of the accused will face these and other charges in court today.
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A man is expected to appear in Wyong Local Court today charged over the alleged carjacking of a surfer and the armed robbery of a pharmacy on the Central Coast more than three years ago.
About midday on Tuesday 14 June 2016, a 41-year-old man was approached by two men as he returned to his car after surfing at Norah Head.
The surfer was allegedly assaulted before the two men stole his car — a silver Holden SS Commodore ute.
About 8pm that evening, two men wearing balaclavas and dark hooded tops entered a pharmacy on Wallarah Road, Gorokan.
One of the men allegedly threatened the female pharmacist and two assistants with a pistol, demanding cash and drugs.
The pharmacist handed over cash and prescription drugs, before the men ran from the store and drove away in the stolen ute.
Local police attended both locations and despite extensive searches of the area, no one was located.
Detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad established Strike Force Braithwaite to investigate the incidents.
One man — then aged 22 — was arrested by investigators in January 2018, and charged with taking and driving a conveyance.
Following further investigations, strike force detectives served a court attendance notice on a 36-year-old man at a facility at Malabar on Thursday 25 July 2019.
He has been charged with robbery armed with a dangerous weapon and with being carried in a conveyance taken without consent.
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