Second woman arrested and charged with kidnapping, shooting of man on NSW north coast

Matt Shrivell
The Nightly
A woman was found hiding in the back of a car.
A woman was found hiding in the back of a car. Credit: AAP

Police working across multiple states have charged a second woman following an alleged kidnapping and shooting in NSW.

On Sunday November 17, officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District established Strike Force Parham to commence an investigation following reports a 32-year-old man was allegedly kidnapped by three people from Port Macquarie and taken to the Bago area, before he was found with gunshot wounds to his arm and legs on Rollover Road, Bago.

Following extensive inquiries and with assistance from the Western Australia police force, a 38-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were arrested in Barradonia, south of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia on Thursday November 21.

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They were extradited to New South Wales on Monday November 25, and charged. They both remain before the courts.

At about midday on Monday, officers attached to the mid north coast police district and traffic and highway patrol command were conducting a vehicle stop on Macleay Way, South Kempsey, when they arrested a 27-year-old woman allegedly laying across the back seat of a vehicle.

She was taken to Kempsey Police Station and charged with kidnap in company with serious indictable occasion aggravated bodily harm and shoot at with intent to murder.

She was refused bail to appear at Kempsey Local Court on Tuesday.

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