NSW:Second man charged after pub shootout

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2010
NSW:Second man charged after pub shootout

SYDNEY, Dec 2 AAP - A teenager who survived a shootout after a botched robbery in Sydney's
west is the second man to be charged over the incident, in which police shot and killed
another alleged robber.

The 18-year-old man has been charged with a total of eight armed robberies.

He was injured during the alleged attempted armed robbery of a hotel on Birch Street
in Condell Park about 8.30pm on Monday 22 November.

Police allege three men were involved in the robbery - the 18-year old man and two
19-year-old men, one of whom was shot dead at the scene.

Officers were confronted by two men, one of whom was allegedly armed with a machete.

The two men tried to run out of the back door of the hotel but another two officers
were in the beer garden, where shots were fired.

Since July 2010, the 18-year-old man has allegedly carried out armed robberies eight
times on hotels, a tavern and betting premises across Sydney's west.

He has also been charged with theft of a vehicle during one of the alleged robberies,
use of an offensive weapon to prevent arrest, and participation in a criminal group.

The matter was mentioned at court on Thursday and will be heard again on December 9
at Sydney's Central Local Court.

The accused man is under police guard at Liverpool Hospital.

A 19-year old man, alleged to be the driver of a getaway car, was arrested in central
Sydney on Friday and charged with robbery and participation in a criminal group.

His case is currently before the courts.

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