Great-grandfather, 89, bailed after allegedly shooting man over scrapyard dispute
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Several witnesses restrained the elderly man after he allegedly fired the gun.
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An 89-year-old great-grandfather accused of gunning down a man and putting him in hospital over illegal dumping at his junkyard has been granted bail.
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The victim was shot twice after Paolo Mannici produced a handgun, the court heard
Mr Mannici was granted bail due to his age and pandemic-related court delays
Paolo Mannici, who takes more than a dozen pills a day, faced the Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning over allegations he used a Beretta handgun to shoot the man leaving scrap at his Ravenhall business.
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A Melbourne grandfather has been granted bail after he allegedly shot a man in the arm following a long-running dispute over rubbish dumping.
Paolo Mannici, 89, was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly shot a 58-year-old Kurunjang man on Rebecca Drive in Ravenhall just before 8.30am.
The injured man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Mr Mannici was charged later that day with a number of offences including intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury, and conduct endangering life.
Police at the scene on Rebecca Drive, Ravenhall.
Credit:Justin McManus
Wearing a light collared shirt, Mr Mannici appeared via video link for a bail hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday morning. He required an interpreter to translate the proceedings into Italian.
06:21 EDT, 11 December 2020
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An 89-year old great grandfather fed-up with a pest dumping garbage outside his business stands accused of shooting him Gran Torino-style.
Italian immigrant Paolo Mannici had spent 70 years in Australia without a single brush with the law before allegedly taking it into his own hands.
Mannici had just days earlier made a report to police about the pest alleging he was not only dumping rubbish, but had assaulted him.
Italian immigrant Paolo Mannici (pictured) had spent 70 years in Australia without a single brush with the law before allegedly taking it into his own hands.
Clint Eastwood played a grump old man who liked to pack heat in a 2008 film titled Gran Torino