A ninth person has been charged over the shooting murder of a senior member of an outlaw motorcycle gang near Wellington earlier this year.
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A 35-year-old Harden man was arrested at a service station at Muswellbrook just before 11am on Tuesday.
The man was taken to Muswellbrook Police Station and charged with murder and participate criminal group contribute criminal activity.
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He was refused bail to appear at Muswellbrook Local Court on Wednesday.
Bandidos Central West Chapter president Shane De Britt was shot inside his home on January 14 at Eurimbla, about 50km south of Wellington.
When police arrived they found the 60-year-old dead with a gunshot wound to the head.
The State Crime Command's Homicide Squad, assisted by Criminal Groups Squad and Orana Mid-Western Police District detectives, commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the man's death under Strike Force Kerrison.
So far strike force detectives have also arrested and charged seven men - aged 58, 39, 39, 38, 37, 32 and 22, and a 34-year woman for their alleged roles in the murder.
All eight people remain before the courts.
