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| Gunman in undies didn't get far | ||
| 2005-09-20 | ||
| A DRUNK man carried a shotgun down a busy Darwin street wearing only his underpants, Darwin Magistrates Court heard yesterday. Mark David Wright, 32, was charged with carrying a firearm in a public place, possessing a firearm while under the influence and with not having a gun licence after police found him walking down Trower Rd in the early hours of November 11 last year. Constable Tracey Meyers told the court police responded to a call about 4am and found the 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun stashed in the front garden of a house on Trower Rd. The gun was not loaded. "The male appeared intoxicated," Constable Meyers said. "He appeared unsteady on his feet."
Wright denied this and said on the morning in question Ms Adams threatened to tell police he did not have a licence for the firearm. "She said because there was a domestic violence order out I could go to jail," Wright said. "I thought she was likely to do it so I went inside and grabbed the shotgun." Wright said the weapon belonged to his former flatmate Michael "Wally" Edwards, who died in a car crash last year. He said he was taking the gun to Mr Edwards' father's place but hid it when he saw Ms Adams drive by, talking on the phone. "I realised I was walking down Trower Rd with a shotgun and it probably wasn't a good look," he said.
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