Tyrone Tuli, Matthew Allan Fryer jailed for brazen public place shooting at Tenambit in 2022
Two men who played their role in a targeted and brazen public place shooting near Maitland more than two and a half years ago have now learned their fate.
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Two men who played their part in a targeted and brazen public place shooting near Maitland more than two and a half years ago have now been jailed.
Tyrone Tuli, 29, and Matthew Allan Fryer, 30, were part of a group of men who fired guns at a property and a vehicle on Goldingham Street at Tenambit in the early hours of October 16, 2022.
Following the shooting, Strike Force Pamela detectives released footage of the men walking down the footpath armed with guns and their faces covered with masks before they peppered multiple shots into a hire car, an MG station wagon, parked in the driveway.
Almost a week later Tuli was arrested over the shooting while Fryer was arrested two months later in December over an armed robbery but was also linked to the shooting.
The pair initially pleaded not guilty and were set to head to trial but both men then pleaded guilty to use of an offensive weapon in company and discharging a firearm in a public place.
Tuli also pleaded guilty to a charge of wound with intent to cause grievous bodily harm which related to the stabbing of his cell mate and an outlaw motorbike member in late 2023.
A charge of possession of a prohibited firearm subject to prohibition order was also taken into account.
Fryer also pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery armed with a dangerous weapon.
In Newcastle District Court on Friday it was heard both men had significant criminal histories.
Defence barrister for Fryer, Dr Robert Cavanagh said his client’s offending and walking around with masks on was “significantly juvenile”.
He said the 30-year-old expressed remorse and urged the court to take into account his depraved background.
“When not affected by drugs he’s quite sensible,” Dr Cavanagh told the court.
Meanwhile the defence barrister for Tuli said it was the longest time his client had been drug free and there were some prospects of rehabilitation despite being in and out of jail in his 20s following jail sentences in 2018 and 2021.
For all three charges, Judge Roy Ellis sentenced Fryer to six years jail with a non-parole period of three years.
Tuli was given a four year and nine month jail sentence. He was also separately sentenced for the jail stabbing, with at least a one year and six month sentenced imposed.
He was also convicted of a drug possession charge but no further penalty was imposed.
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