Young thugs face court after shot fired into Ferntree Gully home

A gang of thugs — including a Rebels bikie — hightailed it when their mate allegedly fired a gun at an eastern suburbs house.

Rebels bikie Scott Rye was allegedly part of a group of thugs that attempted to storm a Ferntree Gully house when a shot was fired. Picture: Facebook

A group of men — including one Rebels bikie — have faced court after a shot was fired into an eastern suburbs home.

The men, all aged in their 20s, travelled in convoy to their victim’s home in Ferntree Gully on June 8, the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court heard on Monday.

The victim, his sister, and an ex-girlfriend of one of the group members were inside the house when the men arrived and attempted to coax the occupants outside.

But things escalated when one of the group members, the ex-boyfriend, allegedly pulled out a gun and fired it into the top storey of the home, terrifying neighbours who heard the gunshot, prosecutor Peter Triandos told the court.

No one was hit by the bullet, which lodged itself in a bedroom cupboard.

Panicked, the man’s mates, including heavily tattooed Rebels bikie Scott Rye, hightailed it back home.

On Monday four of the group, Adam Naranpanawa, Patrick Wanis, Jordan Nor and Vincent Atulia, pleaded guilty to affray.

Nor, 26, also pleaded guilty to further charges of criminal damage and drug possession, while Naranpanawa, Wanis and Atulia pleaded guilty to breaching their bail.

The men’s lawyers told the court their clients were unaware their friend had a gun or that he planned to use it.

When asked by Magistrate Tara Hartnett on Wednesday how he’d enjoyed his 35-day stint behind bars, Atulia, 20, told the court he found it “boring”.

But Ms Hartnett warned all four men she wouldn’t hesitate to come down heavier should they front her court again.

“There were people in the street that would have heard things, that would have been frightened well after the incident … leaving aside the impact on the people inside the house,” Ms Hartnett said.

“Some of you went on this occasion to the house in some sort of misguided loyalty … things unravelled and they unravelled quickly.”

Rye’s lawyer Richard Jakobson indicated on Monday his client would also plead guilty to the incident as well as to other unrelated outstanding charges at a hearing next month.

Magistrate Tara Hartnett on Wednesday sentenced Nor to nine months’ jail and fined him $500.

Atulia and Wanis were convicted and sentenced to one-year community correction orders, and Naranpanawa was sentenced to a one-year community corrections order without conviction.

The men’s friend who allegedly fired the gun will face a committal hearing in March.