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An alleged marijuana grower accused of shooting a stranger in the chest as the victim stood in his own doorway has been hit with a stack more charges.
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Benjamin Darrell Hallam, who will move from Gilmore to Richardson at the end of the month, was flanked by family members as he fronted the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday. He has entered pleas of not guilty to charges related to the alleged shooting.
One person not by his side was his ex-partner, Isabella Denis, who police say told 33-year-old Mr Hallam she'd been "in a fight" with strangers before he allegedly showed up and shot through their front door.
Denis, in her own court case, came to an agreement with police about what happened before the alleged shooting.
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Agreed facts in her case said the 21-year-old had been drinking when she knocked on the door of a Dunlop home about 8.15pm on May 30 and, when greeted by a woman, said "Oh, sorry, wrong house".
She proceeded to lie down on the road - a cause for concern for the woman and her husband, who tried to coax her to safety but were met with "I'm fine" and "f--- off".
The woman's husband, fearing Denis would be hit by a car, eventually picked the 21-year-old up by the shoulders and carried her to the nearest footpath.
Denis punched the man in the face, kicked down the couple's letterbox and fled the house when he said he'd call the police. Mr Hallam and another man allegedly arrived there about 45 minutes later.
The other man allegedly smashed a glass panel by the house's front door with a baseball bat before Mr Hallam allegedly fired through the door using a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, striking the man in the chest.
The victim's teenage son had to assist him, but he ultimately sustained non-life-threatening injuries. The court heard in June that shrapnel would be embedded in the man's body for life.
The man's wife and an eight-year-old girl fled out the house's back door and sought refuge at a neighbour's residence when the glass panel was broken, before the shot was fired.
Mr Hallam pleaded not guilty to the first charges he faced following his arrest: discharging a firearm to endanger life and discharging a firearm at a building.
But on Tuesday, he was charged with another six offences, including recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm, possessing ammunition, cultivating six cannabis plants, and attempting to destroy or conceal evidence. He did not enter pleas to those charges.
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Magistrate Beth Campbell varied Mr Hallam's bail to allow for his change of address, and removed a condition that he engage with the Court Alcohol and Drug Assessment Service.
Ms Campbell said Mr Hallam told the service he did not have any issues with alcohol or drugs.
Denis was earlier this month sentenced to serve out an 18-month good behaviour order after she pleaded guilty to five charges, including two linked to the Dunlop confrontation.
Mr Hallam's matter is set to return to court on September 21.