Joel Barton jailed for armed robberies, including the shooting of Dick McGuigan

By Michelle Harris
Updated September 16 2014 - 6:36am, first published 4:30am
LOCKED UP: Joel Barton will spend at least 12 years in jail for his part in a string of armed robberies including  shooting with the intent to murder bowling club patron Dick McGuigan.
LOCKED UP: Joel Barton will spend at least 12 years in jail for his part in a string of armed robberies including shooting with the intent to murder bowling club patron Dick McGuigan.

FORMER rising football star Joel Barton will spend at least 12 years in jail for his part in a string of armed robberies and for shooting with the intent to murder bowling club patron Dick McGuigan, an act a judge has labelled ‘‘gratuitous and cruel’’.

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