Teen shot at point blank during terrifying home invasion
A Brisbane man and the brother of a convicted terrorist have been jailed over a horrifying home invasion where a teenager was shot point-blank in the face, but miraculously walked away with a graze on his nose.
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Two men have been jailed over a horrifying home invasion where a teenager was shot point-blank in the face, but miraculously walked away with a graze on his nose.
Yunus Badaa, 28, and Qazim Kruezi, 25, who is the brother of convicted terrorist Agim Kruezi, stormed the home where four young flatmates lived in Kuraby, in Brisbane’s south, about 10 o’clock one night in December 2017.
Badaa, who lived on the same street as the group, had demanded $2000 from them after accusing them of graffitiing a truck, the Brisbane Supreme Court heard on Friday.
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The court heard Badaa told one of the men: “If you ring the police I will shoot you in the head and kill you.”
When the flatmates tried to clean off the tags the next day, Badaa poured petrol over one of them and pointed a lighter at him, before slapping one of the others in the face.
That night he returned with Kruezi, who was armed with a gun, and the pair burst into the house and shot a 17-year-old in the face at point-blank range.
At court there was some dispute over whether the shot was a blank or a projectile, but prosecutor Sandra Cupina said the shot perforated the teenager’s ear drum and grazed the bridge of his nose.
Ms Cupina said the young man still suffers from PTSD and hearing loss three years on.
At court this morning, Kruezi and Badaa pleaded guilty to burglary, malicious act with intent, burglary in night and assault occasioning bodily harm while armed in company.
Badaa also pleaded guilty to extortion with aggravation and two counts of common assault while Kruezi pleaded guilty to possessing dangerous drugs and stealing, relating to a $4000 bike he stole and tried to sell on Gumtree.
The court heard both men had drug issues and a history of violence.
In 2014, Kruezi was convicted of robbing two disabled teenagers, aged 13 and 16, at knifepoint a year after he had punched a 17-year-old in a train assault.
Badaa had been convicted of punching a security guard of a Fortitude Valley nightclub and using a bottle to smash a man’s head in Hastings Street at Noosa in 2013.
Justice David Boddice said the home invasion was an extreme example of a malicious act and they were equally to blame.
“Mr Kruezi fired the weapon, but you (Badaa) had been at the residence the day before and you came back with Mr Kruezi,” Justice Boddice said.
“I see you as the instigator.”
Kruezi and Badaa were both sentenced to eight years and six months’ jail over the home invasion.
Kruezi was sentenced to a further six months for the stealing and drug charges.
Both men will be eligible for parole after serving half their sentences behind bars.
Kruezi, who was supported by his family in court, is the youngest of six children.
His older brother Agim Kruezi was arrested in counter-terrorism raids in Logan in 2014 and later jailed for 17 years for planning a terrorist attack on Australian soil.