Two brothers involved in a brazen armed robbery in Huskisson in 2017, which resembled something from a Hollywood movie, have been jailed for nine and 10 years.
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In the Sydney Downing Centre District Court on August 7, Jimmaley Boney, 30, of Wagga, and Jack Daniel Boney, 29, of Sydney, were both jailed by Judge Ian McClintock for their involvement in the armed robbery, carjacking and subsequent police pursuit.
Jimmaley Boney was convicted of armed robbery with dangerous weapon, aggravated assault with intent to take a motor vehicle in company, being carried in car taken without the consent of the owner, dishonestly obtaining property by deception, destroying property in company by fire and driving a car taken without the consent of the owner and sentenced to 10 years jail.
He will spend at least six years behind bars and will first be eligible for release on March 31, 2024.
Jack Boney, was convicted of armed robbery with a dangerous weapon, two counts of being carried in a conveyance without permission, aggravated assault with intent to take and drive motor vehicle in company, destroying property in company by fire, and dishonesty obtaining property by deception and was sentenced to nine years and four months jail with a non-parole period of five years, eight months.
He will be first eligible for parole on August 16, 2023.
A third man, Gregory Michael Elliott, 39, also known as Gregory Peck, of Revesby Heights, Sydney, previously pleaded guilty to armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault with intent to take motor vehicle in company, using an offensive weapon in company to prevent detention, aggravated break and enter and was sentenced to 11 years' jail.
In scenes reminiscent of a Hollywood blockbuster or the game Grand Theft Auto the group held up a jewellery store in Owen Street, Huskisson around 5pm on December 12, 2017.
Officers were told three men armed with a firearm assaulted the store owner and stole cash and jewellery at the Treasure Cove Jewellery Store before escaping in a stolen car, which was found nearby a short time later.
It was alleged the men carjacked two cars, with a 43-year-old woman injured during one of the incidents when she was run over.
Police patrols located the men on Jervis Bay Road, with a pursuit started but terminated due to the manner of driving.
The vehicle was spotted by police a short time later, followed down a bush track at Tomerong, where the offenders dumped the car, with one producing a firearm and confronting officers before fleeing into bushland.
Despite extensive police searches the trio managed to evade capture, allegedly stealing another vehicle which police spotted and tried to stop before pursuing it to Nowra where the men dumped the car and again fled on foot.
Elliott was arrested around 2am [December 13] after a home invasion in Morton Parade, Nowra, where he tried to force an occupant of the property to drive him to another location in a car.
Jack Boney was also arrested following this incident.
Jimmaley Boney broke into a home in Douglas Street, Nowra making off with an Isuzu ute before stealing another vehicle and was eventually arrested on December 16 in Campbelltown.
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