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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Man admits kneecapping former friend after fistfight became bushland ambush

AN Edgeworth man has admitted to shooting a former family friend in both legs during a confrontation that detectives said escalated from a planned fist fight into a bushland ambush.

Brayden James Leschinkohl, now 28, had last year denied all charges relating to the kneecapping of a 39-year-old man off O'Donnelltown Road, at West Wallsend, and was expected to face a trial in Newcastle District Court next month.

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