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NSW: 69-year-old man charged with shooting murder


20 Apr 2009 8:03 PM
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SYDNEY, April 20 AAP - A 69-year-old man has been charged with the shooting murder of a 66-year-old man in northern NSW, police say.

Police and emergency services were called to a property on Creek Road at Cuttabri, near Narrabri, around 7am (AEST) on Monday after reports of a shooting.

They found a 66-year-old Cuttabri man dead at the property, and arrested the older man as he was driving between Cuttabri and Wee Waa.

He was taken to Narrabri Police Station where he was charged with murder.

He has been refused bail and is due to appear at Moree Local Court on Tuesday.