Man Shot Dead Over Fake Gun Scam

0:00A 57-year-old Newcastle man named Anthony Nugent got shot dead right at his front door and Hamilton South back on September 6th, too, 2022. It all stems from him allegedly scamming someone with a fake gun, passing off a jail blaster as a real pistol and pocketing $22,000. Now three guys, Muhammad Rod, Tyrone Tuley, and Mote as Lan Lathan Asnan are on trial for his murder in Supreme Court, all pleading not, the scam went down the day before the shooting, when Nugent, deep in money troubles, borrowed about $2,000 to buy that toy gun, and flipped it quick through a middleman. Buyers realized it was bogus fast, a total ripoff, and word spread they wanted payback. That night, around 10.57 pm, a shotgun blast ripped to a screen door, hitting Nugent in the chest. He answered the door, got popped, and collapsed right there. Someone even called Triple Zero saying a man got shot at the door.

1:02Crown prosecutors say Rod pulled the trigger while the other two were in on the joint plan to settle the score, but Rod's defense claims he only. Mint is scared, Nugent, not kill him. The shotgun got picked up earlier that day in Raymond Terrace, loaded up, and boom. Trials underway in Newcastle with a jury, set to drag on up to eight weeks as both sides lay out their cases on this deadly fallout from a bad hustle. That wraps sending news today brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.