Second man pleads guilty to murder over home invasion shooting of Zachery Davies-Scott
Talon Dean, 26, beamed into Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from jail where Mr Davies-Scott's mother and father watched as he pleaded guilty to his role in the 25-year-old's senseless shooting 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".
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 - Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in late October and early November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024.
Delpeiro earlier this month became the first person to plead guilty to murder, admitting he was the gunman who shot Mr Davies-Scott during the home invasion.
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.
Delpiero and Dean will both appear in NSW Supreme Court in September to get a sentence date.
Nickerson has not entered a plea to murder and will next appear in Newcastle Local Court next week.
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 is next listed in September for prosecutors to finalise the charges against the 45-year-old.
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.
TWO weeks after Gino Ricardo Delpiero admitted to executing Zachery Davies-Scott in front of his family at Heddon Greta in 2022, a second man has pleaded guilty to murder over the bungled home invasion shooting.
Talon Dean, 26, beamed into Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from jail where Mr Davies-Scott's mother and father watched as he pleaded guilty to his role in the 25-year-old's senseless shooting 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".
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 - Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in late October and early November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024.
Delpeiro earlier this month became the first person to plead guilty to murder, admitting he was the gunman who shot Mr Davies-Scott during the home invasion.
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.
Delpiero and Dean will both appear in NSW Supreme Court in September to get a sentence date.
Nickerson has not entered a plea to murder and will next appear in Newcastle Local Court next week.
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 is next listed in September for prosecutors to finalise the charges against the 45-year-old.
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.
TWO weeks after Gino Ricardo Delpiero admitted to executing Zachery Davies-Scott in front of his family at Heddon Greta in 2022, a second man has pleaded guilty to murder over the bungled home invasion shooting.
Talon Dean, 26, beamed into Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from jail where Mr Davies-Scott's mother and father watched as he pleaded guilty to his role in the 25-year-old's senseless shooting 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".
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 - Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in late October and early November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024.
Delpeiro earlier this month became the first person to plead guilty to murder, admitting he was the gunman who shot Mr Davies-Scott during the home invasion.
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.
Delpiero and Dean will both appear in NSW Supreme Court in September to get a sentence date.
Nickerson has not entered a plea to murder and will next appear in Newcastle Local Court next week.
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 is next listed in September for prosecutors to finalise the charges against the 45-year-old.
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.
TWO weeks after Gino Ricardo Delpiero admitted to executing Zachery Davies-Scott in front of his family at Heddon Greta in 2022, a second man has pleaded guilty to murder over the bungled home invasion shooting.
Talon Dean, 26, beamed into Newcastle Local Court on Wednesday via audio visual link from jail where Mr Davies-Scott's mother and father watched as he pleaded guilty to his role in the 25-year-old's senseless shooting 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".
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 - Dean and Jarryd Nickerson - were arrested and charged within the space of a few days in late October and early November 2023, while Delpiero was arrested at Elermore Vale in January, 2024.
Delpeiro earlier this month became the first person to plead guilty to murder, admitting he was the gunman who shot Mr Davies-Scott during the home invasion.
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.
Delpiero and Dean will both appear in NSW Supreme Court in September to get a sentence date.
Nickerson has not entered a plea to murder and will next appear in Newcastle Local Court next week.
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 is next listed in September for prosecutors to finalise the charges against the 45-year-old.
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.
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