Siofai Tai Siulai becomes second man charged over Tenambit public place shooting
It was the brazen public place shooting where a group of masked men allegedly walked up to a front yard and started peppering it with bullets. Detectives have now made their second arrest.
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Detectives investigating a brazen public place shooting where a gang of gunmen walked up to the front yard of a Tenambit home and started peppering it with bullets have made a second arrest.
Strike Force Pamela was established after the masked men targeted the Goldingham St home about 6.45am on October 16.
Inside were two men and one of the men’s girlfriends – Tenambit woman Maddison Hickson who was to begin a NSW Supreme Court trial the following day after being charged with the murder of her father, Michael Carroll.
A jury would find Ms Hickson, who admitted stabbing her father in self-defence, not guilty of murder.
Police released CCTV of the alleged gunmen walking down the public footpath and opening fire into the front yard of the home.
Ms Hickson and the two men were not injured during the shooting before Port Stephens-Hunter detectives established Strike Force Pamela to investigate the incident.
Following extensive inquiries, detectives swooped on Brian Maynard, 25, at a Jesmond address on December 22 before performing search warrants on the premises and a nearby storage facility.
Maynard was charged with firing a firearm at a dwelling/house with disregard for safety.
Then on Tuesday, detectives arrested Siofai Tai Siulai at Newcastle police station and later charged him with the same offence.
He briefly faced Newcastle Local Court on Tuesday, where he did not apply for bail and was formally remanded in custody by Magistrate Ian Cheetham.
Siulai will return to court in February.
Investigations into the shooting continue.
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