A North Albury man's death following a house fire last week has led to the abandonment of a sentence hearing.
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The 39-year-old walked out of his home after the fire broke out last Thursday, then crossed Mate Street.
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He went to a friend's home in Glenly Street, about 4pm, seeking help for his extensive burns.
The friend then flagged down a passing ambulance, but hours later he died from the burns suffered in the fire believed to have started in the front of the house.
Maynard had been due to be sentenced in Albury Local Court on Monday.
That was on charges of intimidation, destroy or damage property and being armed with the intention of committing an indictable offence.
Defence lawyer Ian McGuiness told magistrate Richard Funston this week, on his first day as a Legal Aid NSW solicitor in Albury, that he was withdrawing from the matter as Maynard could not be found.
It was then that police prosecutor Sergeant Nicole Peacock outlined the reason for Maynard's absence from the courthouse.
"Mr Maynard is not here because it is believed he's deceased," she said.
Sergeant Peacock asked for the charges to be briefly adjourned in order to begin the process to have these formally withdrawn and dismissed.
Maynard was to have been sentenced over an incident in which he entered the unit of a Lavington grandmother.
Telling her his name was "Squirrel", Maynard woke the woman from a deep sleep on her couch after calling out: "You remember me, we had a great time last night."
Maynard displayed erratic behaviour, punching and kicking at nothing, an hour earlier when stopped by police.
He had the woman fearing for her life when he stabbed a chair before threatening: "I'm gonna cut your feet off."
Another case was withdrawn yesterday when police pointed out the accused, on an unlicensed driving charge, had also died.
