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Michael Stephen Finch to be sentenced after pointing loaded rifle at volunteer Rural Fire Service (RFS) colleagues near Tamworth

Anna Falkenmire
Updated November 26 2021 - 6:10pm, first published 5:30pm
ADJOURNED: The offender pointed the rifle towards a group of firefighting volunteers in the Appleby area. Photo: Google Maps
ADJOURNED: The offender pointed the rifle towards a group of firefighting volunteers in the Appleby area. Photo: Google Maps

A VOLUNTEER firefighter has admitted to pointing a loaded rifle towards Rural Fire Service (RFS) workers and vehicles to get them to "f*** off" and to "see who they were" through the gun's scope.

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Anna Falkenmire

Police and crime reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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