A man charged over a series of armed robberies in Newcastle, has faced court for the first time.
24-year-old Joel Barton appeared via video link in Newcastle Local Court today, and was refused bail.
He’s facing charges over holds-ups at Carrington in May and June, and another at the Waterboard Bowling Club that resulted in the shooting of patron, Dick McGuigan.
He’s also charged over an armed robbery at a Newcastle Permanent branch.
The case is back in court on the 14th of December.
thye arrested the wrong man for the robbery n now there has been many lives ruined from currupt cops