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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

REVEALED: Killer used axe to rob supermarket - The Real Truth

THIEF: CCTV footage shows Gary Anthony Markham fleeing Myer at Charlestown Square after stealing a number of items including Fitbit devices.

A MAN convicted of manslaughter over the home invasion shooting murder of a teenager in Western Sydney more than a decade ago held up two Lake Macquarie stores in a week in 2020, including using an axe to terrify staff at a Toronto supermarket.

Garry Anthony Markham, now 37, was in March found guilty of armed robbery and robbery after a trial in Newcastle District Court, a jury left with no doubt he was the man who threatened staff and raided cabinets at Myer at Charlestown Square and then six days later terrorised staff at Toronto Woolworths with an axe.

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