Jury rejects self-defence claim after ‘execution-style’ Queen St shooting, gunman guilty of murder
The defence said he had been subject to a brutal group attack prior to firing.
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His lawyers claimed self-defence but the defendant described something different.
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Man attacked outside his own restaurant while on the phone
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