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6 days ago
- The Advertiser
Gunman pleads guilty to murder over home invasion shooting of Zachery Davies-Scott
A GUNMAN who executed Zachary Davies-Scott in front of his family during a home invasion at Heddon Greta in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Gino Ricardo Delpiero, 26, was represented by solicitor Katie Case when he appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. Mr Davies-Scott's family and Homicide Squad detectives were in court to watch as Delpiero became the first person to plead guilty to murder over the 25-year-old's death. Mr Davies-Scott, known to many as Donnie, was shot dead in his home in Traders Way about 10.50pm on December 27, 2022. Detectives have been told a group of people forced their way into the home and executed Mr Davies-Scott in what is alleged to have been a "home invasion gone wrong". Delpiero claimed he had "no intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm on the unfortunate victim", but acknowledged he was guilty of murder on the basis that he had participated in an armed robbery during which Mr Davies-Scott had died, the court heard. A 52-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the alleged intruders. Other family members home at the time - including two children, aged two and four, and Mr Davies-Scott's pregnant partner - witnessed the shooting, but were uninjured, police have said. The group fled the scene in a white SUV, and detectives in February, 2023 seized a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander at Boolaroo. Homicide Squad detectives under Strike Force Roslyn have since arrested and charged five people over Mr Davies-Scott's death, including charging four men with murder and a woman with hindering the investigation. Two of the men - Talon Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in October and November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024. Dean and Nickerson were also expected to enter pleas in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday, but both matters were adjourned. Lawyers for Dean indicated he would likely be committed for sentence when the matter returned to court on July 23. Nickerson's matter was adjourned to July 30 when he is also expected to enter a plea. A fourth man, 45-year-old Mathew Robert Houghton, was arrested earlier this year and charged with murder, detectives alleging he was part of a joint criminal enterprise to murder Mr Davies-Scott, assisting the group before and after the home invasion. It had been nearly two-and-a-half years after the alleged murder and more than a year after the last of the accused killers were charged when detectives raided a house at Lambton on May 15 and arrested the 45-year-old. During the search, police allegedly seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs and a stolen vehicle. Houghton's matter was also mentioned in court on Wednesday, when detectives revealed they had served a brief of evidence in the case. He has not entered any pleas and the matter was adjourned to September 17 for prosecutors to finalise the charges against Houghton. A fifth person, Sarah Jane Stackman, pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into Mr Davies-Scott's murder and was last year ordered to serve a 15-month home detention order. Stackman, acting out of loyalty to Nickerson, who the court heard was her "on-and-off-again partner", had admitted to lying to police and hiding potential evidence from investigators. The court heard Stackman had moved Mr Nickerson's clothing, instructed others to help remove clues that he had been at her house and deleted possible evidence from her phone between June 2023 and when she was arrested in January 2024. A GUNMAN who executed Zachary Davies-Scott in front of his family during a home invasion at Heddon Greta in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Gino Ricardo Delpiero, 26, was represented by solicitor Katie Case when he appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. Mr Davies-Scott's family and Homicide Squad detectives were in court to watch as Delpiero became the first person to plead guilty to murder over the 25-year-old's death. Mr Davies-Scott, known to many as Donnie, was shot dead in his home in Traders Way about 10.50pm on December 27, 2022. Detectives have been told a group of people forced their way into the home and executed Mr Davies-Scott in what is alleged to have been a "home invasion gone wrong". Delpiero claimed he had "no intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm on the unfortunate victim", but acknowledged he was guilty of murder on the basis that he had participated in an armed robbery during which Mr Davies-Scott had died, the court heard. A 52-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the alleged intruders. Other family members home at the time - including two children, aged two and four, and Mr Davies-Scott's pregnant partner - witnessed the shooting, but were uninjured, police have said. The group fled the scene in a white SUV, and detectives in February, 2023 seized a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander at Boolaroo. Homicide Squad detectives under Strike Force Roslyn have since arrested and charged five people over Mr Davies-Scott's death, including charging four men with murder and a woman with hindering the investigation. Two of the men - Talon Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in October and November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024. Dean and Nickerson were also expected to enter pleas in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday, but both matters were adjourned. Lawyers for Dean indicated he would likely be committed for sentence when the matter returned to court on July 23. Nickerson's matter was adjourned to July 30 when he is also expected to enter a plea. A fourth man, 45-year-old Mathew Robert Houghton, was arrested earlier this year and charged with murder, detectives alleging he was part of a joint criminal enterprise to murder Mr Davies-Scott, assisting the group before and after the home invasion. It had been nearly two-and-a-half years after the alleged murder and more than a year after the last of the accused killers were charged when detectives raided a house at Lambton on May 15 and arrested the 45-year-old. During the search, police allegedly seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs and a stolen vehicle. Houghton's matter was also mentioned in court on Wednesday, when detectives revealed they had served a brief of evidence in the case. He has not entered any pleas and the matter was adjourned to September 17 for prosecutors to finalise the charges against Houghton. A fifth person, Sarah Jane Stackman, pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into Mr Davies-Scott's murder and was last year ordered to serve a 15-month home detention order. Stackman, acting out of loyalty to Nickerson, who the court heard was her "on-and-off-again partner", had admitted to lying to police and hiding potential evidence from investigators. The court heard Stackman had moved Mr Nickerson's clothing, instructed others to help remove clues that he had been at her house and deleted possible evidence from her phone between June 2023 and when she was arrested in January 2024. A GUNMAN who executed Zachary Davies-Scott in front of his family during a home invasion at Heddon Greta in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Gino Ricardo Delpiero, 26, was represented by solicitor Katie Case when he appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. Mr Davies-Scott's family and Homicide Squad detectives were in court to watch as Delpiero became the first person to plead guilty to murder over the 25-year-old's death. Mr Davies-Scott, known to many as Donnie, was shot dead in his home in Traders Way about 10.50pm on December 27, 2022. Detectives have been told a group of people forced their way into the home and executed Mr Davies-Scott in what is alleged to have been a "home invasion gone wrong". Delpiero claimed he had "no intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm on the unfortunate victim", but acknowledged he was guilty of murder on the basis that he had participated in an armed robbery during which Mr Davies-Scott had died, the court heard. A 52-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the alleged intruders. Other family members home at the time - including two children, aged two and four, and Mr Davies-Scott's pregnant partner - witnessed the shooting, but were uninjured, police have said. The group fled the scene in a white SUV, and detectives in February, 2023 seized a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander at Boolaroo. Homicide Squad detectives under Strike Force Roslyn have since arrested and charged five people over Mr Davies-Scott's death, including charging four men with murder and a woman with hindering the investigation. Two of the men - Talon Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in October and November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024. Dean and Nickerson were also expected to enter pleas in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday, but both matters were adjourned. Lawyers for Dean indicated he would likely be committed for sentence when the matter returned to court on July 23. Nickerson's matter was adjourned to July 30 when he is also expected to enter a plea. A fourth man, 45-year-old Mathew Robert Houghton, was arrested earlier this year and charged with murder, detectives alleging he was part of a joint criminal enterprise to murder Mr Davies-Scott, assisting the group before and after the home invasion. It had been nearly two-and-a-half years after the alleged murder and more than a year after the last of the accused killers were charged when detectives raided a house at Lambton on May 15 and arrested the 45-year-old. During the search, police allegedly seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs and a stolen vehicle. Houghton's matter was also mentioned in court on Wednesday, when detectives revealed they had served a brief of evidence in the case. He has not entered any pleas and the matter was adjourned to September 17 for prosecutors to finalise the charges against Houghton. A fifth person, Sarah Jane Stackman, pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into Mr Davies-Scott's murder and was last year ordered to serve a 15-month home detention order. Stackman, acting out of loyalty to Nickerson, who the court heard was her "on-and-off-again partner", had admitted to lying to police and hiding potential evidence from investigators. The court heard Stackman had moved Mr Nickerson's clothing, instructed others to help remove clues that he had been at her house and deleted possible evidence from her phone between June 2023 and when she was arrested in January 2024. A GUNMAN who executed Zachary Davies-Scott in front of his family during a home invasion at Heddon Greta in 2022 has pleaded guilty to murder. Gino Ricardo Delpiero, 26, was represented by solicitor Katie Case when he appeared in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from Mid North Coast Correctional Centre. Mr Davies-Scott's family and Homicide Squad detectives were in court to watch as Delpiero became the first person to plead guilty to murder over the 25-year-old's death. Mr Davies-Scott, known to many as Donnie, was shot dead in his home in Traders Way about 10.50pm on December 27, 2022. Detectives have been told a group of people forced their way into the home and executed Mr Davies-Scott in what is alleged to have been a "home invasion gone wrong". Delpiero claimed he had "no intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm on the unfortunate victim", but acknowledged he was guilty of murder on the basis that he had participated in an armed robbery during which Mr Davies-Scott had died, the court heard. A 52-year-old woman also sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the alleged intruders. Other family members home at the time - including two children, aged two and four, and Mr Davies-Scott's pregnant partner - witnessed the shooting, but were uninjured, police have said. The group fled the scene in a white SUV, and detectives in February, 2023 seized a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander at Boolaroo. Homicide Squad detectives under Strike Force Roslyn have since arrested and charged five people over Mr Davies-Scott's death, including charging four men with murder and a woman with hindering the investigation. Two of the men - Talon Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in October and November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024. Dean and Nickerson were also expected to enter pleas in Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday, but both matters were adjourned. Lawyers for Dean indicated he would likely be committed for sentence when the matter returned to court on July 23. Nickerson's matter was adjourned to July 30 when he is also expected to enter a plea. A fourth man, 45-year-old Mathew Robert Houghton, was arrested earlier this year and charged with murder, detectives alleging he was part of a joint criminal enterprise to murder Mr Davies-Scott, assisting the group before and after the home invasion. It had been nearly two-and-a-half years after the alleged murder and more than a year after the last of the accused killers were charged when detectives raided a house at Lambton on May 15 and arrested the 45-year-old. During the search, police allegedly seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs and a stolen vehicle. Houghton's matter was also mentioned in court on Wednesday, when detectives revealed they had served a brief of evidence in the case. He has not entered any pleas and the matter was adjourned to September 17 for prosecutors to finalise the charges against Houghton. A fifth person, Sarah Jane Stackman, pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation into Mr Davies-Scott's murder and was last year ordered to serve a 15-month home detention order. Stackman, acting out of loyalty to Nickerson, who the court heard was her "on-and-off-again partner", had admitted to lying to police and hiding potential evidence from investigators. The court heard Stackman had moved Mr Nickerson's clothing, instructed others to help remove clues that he had been at her house and deleted possible evidence from her phone between June 2023 and when she was arrested in January 2024.
The Advertiser
15-05-2025
- The Advertiser
Police storm house over violent home invasion murder
A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened. Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022. A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack. After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later. Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene. A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured. Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest. The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege. Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid. The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order. He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday. It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24. One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer. A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024. The trio's case remains in the local court. The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing. A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened. Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022. A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack. After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later. Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene. A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured. Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest. The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege. Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid. The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order. He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday. It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24. One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer. A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024. The trio's case remains in the local court. The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing. A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened. Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022. A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack. After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later. Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene. A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured. Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest. The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege. Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid. The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order. He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday. It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24. One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer. A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024. The trio's case remains in the local court. The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing. A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened. Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022. A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack. After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later. Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene. A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured. Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest. The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege. Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid. The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order. He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday. It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24. One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer. A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024. The trio's case remains in the local court. The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing.
Perth Now
15-05-2025
- Perth Now
Police storm house over violent home invasion murder
A man has been charged for his alleged crucial role in a fatal home invasion gone wrong, two and a half years after it happened. Zachery Davies-Scott was gunned down in front of his pregnant partner inside his parents' home, two days after Christmas in 2022. A group of alleged attackers stormed the house 45 minutes west of Newcastle in a night attack. After shooting the 25-year-old man, the group sped off in a white SUV which was found two months later. Paramedics tried to save Mr Davies-Scott but he died at the scene. A 52-year-old woman sustained minor injuries after attempting to fight off the group while two children at the scene and Mr Davies-Scott's partner were physically uninjured. Heavily armed police stormed a property in Lambton, Newcastle, on Thursday and emerged with a man in handcuffs wearing an orange high-vis vest. The 45-year-old suspect allegedly assisted the home invasion group before and after the murder, police allege. Police also seized a replica pistol, knuckle dusters, prohibited drugs, and a stolen vehicle during the dawn raid. The man was charged with murder, possessing an unauthorised pistol and acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order. He was due to appear at Newcastle Local Court on Thursday. It follows the arrest of three men over the fatal shooting during the spring and summer of 2023-24. One man was arrested on the NSW mid-north coast in October 2023, days before police nabbed a second alleged murderer. A man living in suburban Newcastle was arrested at his home in January 2024. The trio's case remains in the local court. The state's chief homicide detective has described the victim's family members as "extremely distressed and traumatised" by the killing.
