Pair jailed for life over country club murder of beloved grandfather
Craignish Country Club owner Gregory Harding was shot in the leg with a shotgun and left to bleed to death on the floor of his home in botched robbery.
Two men, Joshua Marcus Pope and Gregory Tremayne Pryor, have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Queensland grandfather Gregory Harding. The men planned to rob the 64-year-old's home at the Craignish Country Club, but instead shot and killed him. Pope, 35, fired a shotgun at close range, causing fatal injuries by breaking a bone and severing an artery.
Pryor, 30, allegedly assisted Pope in carrying out the attack. Both men will not be eligible for parole for at least 20 years. The court heard that Pope had researched Harding's living and business arrangements before the attack. The Harding family expressed gratitude to the police and legal teams involved in bringing the perpetrators to justice.
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