Family of Jason De Ieso begs for people responsible for son’s murder to come forward
The family of murdered Adelaide man Jason De Ieso have begged those who remain at-large to come forward — because it’s a pain that is “always with us, it never goes away”.
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The family of Jason De Ieso, who was shot dead at his Adelaide business nearly seven years ago, has filmed an emotional plea to anyone with information about his murder.
SA Police have arrested five men and one woman over the 33-year-old’s murder, which is believed to be linked to a dispute between outlaw bikie gangs the Finks and the Hells Angels.
All people arrested, police allege, were either members or associates of the Hells Angels North Crew at the time of the shooting.
One of the men, title-winning competitor in his chosen sport, was a contender for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics until his arrest on Friday afternoon.
Those charged with murder are a Clovelly Park man, 30, a Lightsview man, 34, a Goodwood man, 31, a Mile End man, 28 and a St Morris man, 26.
A woman was also arrested on the Gold Coast.
The Reynella woman, 26, has been charged with assisting an offender. She will be extradited to Adelaide on Saturday.
Detectives hope to make three more arrests, as a total of nine offenders were believed to be involved in the killing.
Detectives have stressed Mr De Ieso was not affiliated with any outlaw gang and was “an innocent bystander, caught up in the tensions”.
“It’s always with us, it never goes away and I don’t know why we have to go through this … I just don’t understand why they did it,” Mr De Ieso’s mother Giovanna said in a video released by SA Police.
Mr De Ieso, who loved to fish and was a keen athlete in his younger years, finished school early to pursue his passion for cars by working as a panel beater.
“I got upset because I said, ‘finish the school, don’t worry about the car’ (sic.),” his father Sam said.
After taking up an apprenticeship, Mr De Ieso opened his own panel beating business in Adelaide’s north, where he was shot dead on 21 November 2012.
His brother Dino also spoke in the video, calling the murder a “cowardly and brutal act”.
“In a person’s workplace of all places, which is absolutely disgusting,” he said.
“Nine offenders … there’s people out there that know something, that know who they are, they don’t deserve to be on the streets.”