A 22-year-old man expressed remorse in Armidale Local Court last week following an armed home invasion in Inverell in 2023, where the male occupant of the home was assaulted and severely injured.
The Northern Daily Leader reports Azzaria Charlie Boney was reportedly under the effects of ice, sleep deprivation and untreated mental health concerns when he joined two others to rob an Inverell home in the early hours of February 7 armed with a machete and a pistol, striking the victim with the pistol.
After denying an involvement in the incident, Boney, whilst in custody in QLD in 2024, urged his grandmother to contact police to get everything off his chest stressing he “didn’t want them to go and hurt anybody” and that he was “trying to support a drug habit”.
The court heard Boney just wanted money and never meant to hurt the victim and that his co-offenders broke the code when they assaulted the victim adding he was also injured when he tried to stop the attack.
Judge Sarah Hopkins sentenced Boney to three years in prison, with a non-parole period of one year and four months, but as has already served more than a year in jail, which would make Boney eligible for release in November
