Ali El Nasher opened fire on a crowd outside a boxing match at the Melbourne Pavilion, fatally shooting forklift driver Ben Togiai in the chest.
A gunman who opened fire on a crowd outside a boxing match at the Melbourne Pavilion has been found guilty of murder.
Osamma Allouche was found not guilty on all charges, while Abdullah El Nasher was found guilty of murder and intentionally causing serious injury.The pair, both armed with guns, were accused of hatching a plan to shoot men from another table amid growing tension between the two groups during the night.
El Nasher, of Port Melbourne, and Allouche, of Coburg, were later charged with murder and attempted murder over the violence, accused of forming an agreement to kill or seriously injure people who had been sitting on a nearby ticketed table. Earlier, the trial before Supreme Court judge Justice Christopher Beale heard El Nasher arrived at the Racecourse Road venue first, sitting at table 28 with a group of others about 8pm before turning off his mobile phone.The prosecution case was that about 8.30pm, El Nasher texted Allouche from another person’s phone, asking him to “bring my little friend with you”, referring to a firearm.
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