THE brother of a man gunned down in a notorious Raymond Terrace street brawl appears to have a “firearm fetish”, has repeatedly been found in possession of guns and makes his own homemade weapons despite being subject to a Firearms Prohibition Order, according to court documents tendered in Newcastle Local Court.
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Thomas Rex Maynard, 25, of Raymond Terrace Road, Millers Forest, is the younger brother of Josh Maynard, who was shot and killed in a gang-related melee in Raymond Terrace in 2010.
On Wednesday, Maynard pleaded guilty to aggravated possession of an unregistered firearm without authority and possession of a prohibited weapon without a permit. He will be sentenced in Newcastle District Court in June.
The charges relate to a .22 calibre shortened bolt action rifle, which Maynard was found with in a car in Raymond Terrace on September 24 last year.
But before police could search the vehicle he fled on foot. He was arrested at a home in October and police found items used to make a homemade firearm.
