A GUNMAN on the run from police frantically raced around outside a busy exit to Charlestown Square trying to carjack terrified motorists in the days before he pointed a loaded 12-gauge shotgun at police officers who found him hiding in a suburban backyard.
Scott Thomas Burns, now 33, of Minmi, is looking at a lengthy stint behind bars when he is sentenced in Newcastle District Court in November after he pleaded guilty to a string of charges relating to his wild crime spree in June, 2023.
