Two women have been charged following an investigation into a shooting at Seven Oaks earlier this year.
About 9.30pm (Thursday 26 January 2023), emergency services were called to a home on Macleay Valley Way, Seven Oaks, about 12km north of Kempsey, following reports of a shooting.
On arrival, officers from the Mid North Coast Police District located a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his arm. He was taken to Port Macquarie Hospital in a stable condition.
A crime scene was established, and Mid North Coast Police District established Strike Force Broughshane to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
During the course of the investigation, strike force investigators charged two men aged 28 and 38. They remain before the courts.
Following further inquiries, detectives, assisted by officers from Hunter Valley Police District, executed a search warrant at a home at Adelaide Street, Paxton, on Tuesday (4 April 2023).
Two women, aged 30 and 33, were arrested at the property and taken to Cessnock Police Station.
The 30-year-old woman was charged with discharge firearm etc intend cause grievous bodily harm, and do act etc intending to pervert the course of justice.
She first appeared before Cessnock Local Court yesterday (Wednesday 5 April 2023), where she was formally refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday 31 May 2023.
The 33-year-old woman was charged with conceal serious indictable offence, and do act etc intending to pervert the course of justice.
She first appeared before Cessnock Local Court yesterday (Wednesday 5 April 2023), where she was formally refused bail to appear before Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 19 April 2023.
