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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Cowardly killer wants sentence reduced for running down defenceless rival

Convicted murderer Adam Bidner was jailed for at least 18 years for running down and killing Shane Mears.

A COWARDLY killer who used his two-tonne four-wheel-drive as a weapon and ran over a defenceless father-of-six from behind in the Cessnock Waste Management Centre has launched an appeal to the state's highest court in a bid to get his jail term reduced.

Adam Andrew Bidner, 34, of Aberdare, used his Toyota Landcruiser to run down and drive over his rival, Shane Mears, while the pair were scavenging for scrap metal at the Cessnock tip on the afternoon of July 5, 2020.

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