Feud resulted in shot being fired into home

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Publication title: Southland Express

Hayden Crawley, 26, was sentenced in the Invercargill District Court yesterday for his part in the altercation

He earlier pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm, unlawful assembly and an unrelated charge of possessing knuckle-dusters.

A police summary said during March last year, Crawley, his brother Enoch Carlisle, 21, and multiple other associates were in an ‘‘ongoing feud’’ with the victims.

This included the use of violence, vehicle collisions and firearms before the incident.

On March 29, Crawley, Carlisle and the rest of the group drove to the victims’ Tuatapere address.

They yelled and banged on the walls and windows before Carlisle used a piece of metal to smash a window.

Carlisle challenged them to come outside to fight, and said if they refused he would ‘‘come in and shoot them’’.

A member of the group fired a shot from a .22 rifle through a window. The bullet missed one occupant by about a metre, and hit the curtain on the other side of the room.

The summary said Crawley was a gang prospect and did not hold a firearms licence.

His father surrendered the firearm to police following the incident.

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