A man who shot dead a father-of-two in an incident that triggered an emergency lockdown in Perth’s east has been sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail.
Jacob John Dwyer, who is now 37, shot James Peter Deering in Wooroloo in November 2023.
James Deering was fatally shot in Wooroloo in November 2023. (GoFundMe: Laura Doubleview)
The incident forced the area into lockdown for several hours, as police searched for those they believed were linked to the shooting.
Residents were asked to stay inside and to keep their doors locked.
Dwyer was sentenced in Perth’s Supreme Court on Monday and will be made eligible for parole after serving five-and-a-half-years of his term — which was backdated to November 2023.
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