Throughout a morning bathe, a 40-year-old man first heard smashing and banging.
Then he noticed a masked intruder with a hammer within the toilet.
Moments later he was struck within the head with the weapon throughout a house invasion wherein one other man was fatally shot close to his 13-year-old daughter.
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Beau Edward Cunningham and James Carstairs-Patten had been amongst 4 individuals who broke into Michael Menzel's residence in October 2019 to get well a drug debt.
They had been all armed and carrying "menacing" Halloween masks within the early morning assault south of Brisbane.
Cunningham - who had a machete - kicked within the toilet door earlier than Carstairs-Patten confronted Menzel's 40-year-old housemate.
Carstairs-Patten threw zip ties on the housemate and advised him to place them on.
When the 40-year-old bought out of the bathe and refused, Carstairs-Patten hit him above the brow with the hammer.
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The bleeding housemate punched Carstairs-Patten who stumbled again earlier than swinging the hammer once more however lacking.
The intruders started fleeing after Menzel, 48, was shot by a co-offender.
Menzel's daughter was awoken by the entrance door being kicked in earlier than seeing intruders within the Gleneagle home, Brisbane Supreme Court docket heard on Monday.
One intruder took her telephone and pill earlier than the 13-year-old heard a gun hearth and her father scream.
After the intruders fled, the lady discovered Menzel in a puddle of blood.
He was handled on the scene for about an hour by paramedics however died from a shotgun wound to the thigh.
Days earlier than the assault, a co-offender had a confrontation with Menzel over a drug debt and was "made to really feel like a goose", crown prosecutor David Nardone mentioned.
Consequently, the co-offender allegedly deliberate to go to Menzel's home and take cash and medicines.
Masks and tools to restrain individuals had been purchased.
A ute and registration plates had been additionally stolen for the house invasion plan.
On the drive to Menzel's home, the co-offender allegedly gave instructions to the opposite 4 - together with Cunningham and Carstairs-Patten - and ordered them to placed on gloves and the "cranium" masks.
The co-offender had a shotgun when he kicked within the entrance door after Carstairs-Patten's failed try, court docket heard.
Three others adopted him in - together with Cunningham and Carstairs-Patten - whereas one other remained within the ute.
The intruders fled after Menzel was shot. The ute was later burned.
The court docket heard Cunningham was concerned within the house invasion plan however Carstairs-Patten had solely joined the group the night time earlier than.
Each Cunningham and Carstairs-Patten pleaded not responsible to homicide however responsible to manslaughter.
Cunningham, 36, was sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail by Justice Sean Cooper.
He acquired eight-and-a-half years for expenses regarding the house invasion, with one other 16 months for a separate drug offence added.
He's eligible for parole in October.
Carstairs-Patten, 36, acquired 5 years in jail, suspended for 5 years.
Each had spent greater than three-and-a-half years in pre-sentence custody, which was declared time served.
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