Phone taps show accused Commonwealth Hotel armed robber discussed cash, plotted second target

ONE of the men accused of holding up the Commonwealth Hotel, stealing more than $120,000 and leaving a cleaner in hospital, was allegedly picked up in telephone intercepts discussing his share of the proceeds and conspiring to rob a second pub.

Marley Tiopira, 28, of Cameron Park, was represented by solicitor Cameron Duncan when he applied for bail in Newcastle Local Court on Friday.

Police at the Commonwealth Hotel after last month's armed robbery. Picture by Peter Lorimer