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Daily Mail
9 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Chilling CCTV reveals moment slain gangster's wife desperately presses elevator buttons after her husband was peppered with eight bullets in an underground carpark
Video shows the terrifying moment the wife of a notorious bikie fled the scene of her husband's shooting and cowered in an elevator while trying to get help. Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu, 40, was fatally shot multiple times in the basement car park of his apartment building in Sydney 's inner west in June 2022. The ex-gangster, who had been acquitted of shooting dead former Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, died the following day in hospital on June 28. New CCTV footage played in the NSW Supreme Court showed the moment Nazlioglu and his glamorous wife, Jade Jeske, pulled into the car park in a black Mercedes. Nazlioglu's killers were lying in wait in a silver Volkswagen Golf which had arrived only minutes before the couple were seen entering the carpark. A hooded gunman ran up to the Mercedes and opened fire, before running back to the Volkswagen, which then sped out of the car park. Ms Jeske could be seen rushing into an elevator and frantically pushing buttons as she tried to reach the ground floor, five levels up, and contact police. She then collapsed on her haunches in a state of shock as the lift began to move. Mohammed Baltagi, 26, Mohammed Hosni Khaled, 27, and Abdulrahman Mohamed Atteya, 31, were each charged with murder through a joint criminal agreement. On Monday, Atteya was found guilty of murder after lengthy deliberations by a jury. His family, who filled the NSW Supreme Court's public gallery, let out gasps, cries and prayers as the verdict was handed down. Earlier this month, Khaled was found guilty over the shooting while Baltagi was acquitted and walked free. Atteya and Khaled will remain behind bars until their sentencing dates. During the trial, Ms Jeske, formerly Jade Heffer, described the moment she ducked under the dashboard of the car as her husband was shot. She told the court she saw someone covering his head running with a pistol towards her husband as he stood next to their car. As Ms Jeske hid under the dash, she said she heard eight successive gunshots and then a further two, the jury heard. Ms Jeske, formerly Jade Heffer is pictured outside Downing Centre Court in Sydney in April She managed to briefly film the Volkswagen with her phone before running to the elevator. The jury heard Nazlioglu's killing may have been motivated by the theft of two rented luxury vehicles from a business in Lansdale, in western Sydney. Crown prosecutor Eric Balodis said Nazlioglu had hired two Mercedes vehicles, one black and one white, from the business in May 2022. Nazlioglu had himself faced a lengthy murder trial in 2020 after Comanchero boss Mick Hawi was gunned down at Fitness First in Rockdale in 2018. He was accused of being the balaclava-clad gunman but he and Jamal Eljaidi - said to be his getaway driver - were both acquitted by a jury. The Crown alleged Nazlioglu was motivated to kill Hawi after the former close friends fell out when the relationship soured during a fishing trip to the Central Coast in 2016. Atteya, Baltagi and Khaled had all pleaded not guilty to their charges and denied any involvement in the shooting.
News.com.au
13 hours ago
- News.com.au
Yusuf Nazlioglu murder: CCTV footage of shooting revealed
A traumatised wife dropped to her haunches after watching helplessly as her husband was shot eight times in a Sydney carpark three years ago. Jade Jeske would later tell a jury that by the time she made it to the safety of an elevator, she knew Yusuf Nazlioglu was 'going to be dead'. CCTV footage played before the NSW Supreme Court captured the assassination of Nazlioglu, 40, as it unfolded and tracked getaway cars used in the June 27, 2022 hit job. Following a lengthy trial, two men were this month found guilty of the former Lone Wolf bikie's murder after a jury considered the painstaking prosecution case built on surveillance and security footage. Cameras tracked Nazlioglu, 40, driving a black Mercedes, which the court heard was central to his death, as it slowly descended multiple levels of the carpark in Walker St, Rhodes. He backed the luxury car into a parking spot beneath the apartment building he lived in with his wife, who was sitting in the front passenger seat. What they did not know was two men were lying in wait in a silver Volkswagen Golf parked a few aisles over, having entered the carpark just minutes earlier. A hooded gunman was captured running towards the Mercedes before raising his arm and opening fire, delivering the fatal shots that saw Nazlioglu die in hospital hours later. The shooter ran back to the getaway car, being driven by his accomplice, before it sped out of the complex. Ms Jeske used her phone to film a brief glimpse of the Volkswagen and then ran to the lifts so she could get to ground level and call police. She was captured in CCTV footage frantically pushing buttons and dropping toward the floor as the lift made its way up the five floors. 'I knew that he was going to be dead,' she told the court while giving evidence at trial. 'I didn't go and touch him or go over to him. I looked at him.' The court heard Nazlioglu's refusal to return the black Mercedes, and another white Merc he hired from a Sydney business in May 2022, provided 'some explanation and motive' for the shooting. Police charged three men with Nazlioglu's murder after tracking vehicles used in the hit travelling from Hinchinbrook on the day of the shooting. Abdulrahman Mohamed Atteya, who prosecutors argued was either the shooter or getaway driver, was found guilty on Monday. It followed a guilty verdict for co-accused Mohammed Hosni Khaled – who helped plan the hit man and driver's escape – on June 16. A third man, Mohammed Baltagi, was found not guilty by the jury and walked free from the dock on June 19. During the trial, the court heard Nazlioglu had only recently been released from prison after standing trial himself for the murder of Comanchero boss Mick Hawi in 2018. He was acquitted by a jury, and upon his release was looking at ways to make money, Crown prosector Eric Balodis said. Nazlioglu hired the two cars from a western Sydney business but 'did not return' them, and the court heard his wife began to receive messages from people trying to get them back. 'Please … contact us immediately before things are escalated (car reported stolen) or worse,' one message read. Footage played to the court showed a number of men wearing masks or hooded jumpers entering the underground carpark on May 23 and retrieving the black Mercedes. But three days later Nazlioglu stole the car back after his wife saw its owner streaming live on TikTok, showing the vehicle's location in the CBD. Ms Jeske drove the white Mercedes to Castlereagh St where her then-husband was seen to unlock the black E-class using the key he still had and driving away. Texts messages tendered to court appeared to show Nazlioglu and an associate discussing plans to sell the rented cars, and the fallout their theft had caused. In one message, the associate said both cars would be worth $140,000 'if you had paper work'. 'These two cars was dumb idea,' the associate wrote. Nazlioglu agreed: 'the worst idea lol especially when there is money owed'. In the messages, sent on the day he was shot, Nazlioglu revealed he had been 'very emotional' recently. 'Sometimes I don't want to be around no more,' he wrote. Both men said they looked like 'dirty c***s' among their associates, who Nazlioglu thought 'loved me and had a lot of respect for me' before what he called a 'straight rip'. The court heard Ms Jeske may have narrowly escaped being shot herself just a day before the assassination, in what would have been a case of mistaken identity. On June 26, 2022, she drove the black Mercedes into the carpark about 6.50pm and parked. Mr Balodis said, unbeknown to her, CCTV captured a 'hooded man' crouching and edging toward the car. '(She) knew nothing of what had happened,' he said. 'She simply got into the lift and went back into her apartment.' All three men who faced trial over Nazlioglu's death pleaded not guilty and denied any involvement in the shooting. After his acquittal, Mr Baltagi, 26, could be heard to thank God as the jury left the room. Following their guilty verdicts, Atteya, 32, and Khaled, 27, were remanded in custody to face sentence at a later date. The court was told a man police believe was with Atteya at the time of the murder had since fled overseas.
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Daily Mail
Emotional scenes in court as jury hands down verdict in brutal car park shooting that left a bikie dead
Gasps, tears and prayers were heard after a man was found guilty of brazenly shooting down an underworld figure over stolen luxury vehicles. Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu, 40, was fatally shot multiple times in the car park of his apartment building in Sydney 's inner west in June 2022. The ex-gangster, who had been acquitted of shooting dead former Comanchero boss Mick Hawi, died the following day in hospital on June 28. Mohammed Baltagi, 26, Mohammed Hosni Khaled, 27, and Abdulrahman Mohamed Atteya, 31, were each charged with murder through a joint criminal agreement. The court heard prosecutors believed either Atteya or another man Rabieh Baltagi - who fled Australia in July 2022 - pulled the trigger. Khaled and Mohammed Baltagi were accused of planning the attack. On Monday, Atteya was found guilty of murder after lengthy deliberations by a jury. His family, who filled the NSW Supreme Court's public gallery, let out gasps, cries and prayers as the verdict was handed down. Atteya did not react initially but hugged his mother and other supporters before being escorted away by sheriffs. Earlier this month, Khaled was found guilty over the shooting while Baltagi was acquitted. During the trial, Nazlioglu's widow Jade Jeske, formerly Jade Heffer, described seeing her husband shot in the car park. She said she saw someone covering his head running with a pistol towards her husband as he stood next to their car. Ms Jeske ducked under the dash to hide as she heard eight successive gunshots and then a further two, the jury heard. The jury heard her husband's killing may have been motivated by the theft of two rented luxury vehicles from a business in Lansdale, in western Sydney. Crown prosecutor Eric Balodis said Nazlioglu had hired two Mercedes vehicles, one black and one white, from the business in May 2022. Footage played to the court show masked or hooded men entered the car park of Nazlioglu's home, the same one he would be shot in, on May 23 to retrieve the black car. A pair of Mercedes cars Nazlioglu failed to return to a rental business in Sydney's west were cited as a possible motive for his murder (pictured, Nazlioglu, wearing a black T-shirt, stealing-back the black Mercedes) Three days later, Ms Jeske saw a TikToker livestreaming from the same black Mercedes and was able to pinpoint its location in the Sydney CBD. CCTV showed Nazlioglu jumped from the passenger seat of the white Mercedes next to the black Mercedes, unlocked it and sped off. The court was told the three accused murderers had connections at the car rental business. Nazlioglu had himself faced a lengthy murder trial in 2020 after Comanchero boss Mick Hawi was gunned down at Fitness First in Rockdale in 2018. He was accused of being the balaclava-clad gunman but he and Jamal Eljaidi - said to be his getaway driver - were both acquitted by a jury. The Crown alleged Nazlioglu was motivated to kill Hawi after the former close friends fell out when the relationship soured during a fishing trip to the Central Coast in the summer of 2016/17. Atteya, Baltagi and Khaled had all pleaded not guilty to their charges and denied any involvement in the shooting. Baltagi was released from custody after he was acquitted on June 19. Atteya and Khaled will remain behind bars until their sentencing dates.
