The three murders that led to three life sentences for Abuzar Sultani

When Abuzar Sultani wanted to take down a target he would stop at nothing to ensure that the job was done and wanted to ensure rivals knew he was a threat.

Inside a NSW jail after his 2016 arrest, Abuzar Sultani made a startling admission to a fellow inmate.

“What do you think the Rebels would say if they knew a president killed two members?”

The other inmate questioned the identity of who Sultani was talking about given he was only aware of one dead Rebels bikie.

Sultani replied with one word: “Ruthless.”

Michael Davey was killed out the front of his girlfriend’s home in Kingswood.

It was the nickname of the Rebels bikie Michael Davey.

Sultani executed Davey out the front of his girlfriend’s home in Kingswood on March 30, 2016.

It was the first of the three murders he has pleaded guilty to committing in 2016.

Sultani began the hunt for Davey in December 2015.

That was when he asked an associate to find out where “Micky D lived” and offered him $20,000 to complete the task. Sultani showed the associate a Facebook photo of Davey and an Emu Plains address where he might live.

Michael Davey was known by the nickname “Ruthless”.

Davey thought he was going to be involved in a routine drug deal when he was murdered.

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By March 22, Sultani had found his target.

Davey thought he was going to be involved in a routine drug deal the night he was shot.

Just before midnight, Davey received a BlackBerry message from what he thought was a prospective buyer.

He grabbed a San Pellegrino bottle from the fridge, which contained the drug GHB, before picking up a pocket knife and walking outside.

It was a trap.

Davey didn’t know the person who messaged him about the drugs was an associate of Sultani who had successfully lured him out of the house.

Moments later, Davey’s girlfriend heard gunshots.

Davey was shot nine times in his driveway.

Davey was shot nine times on the driveway by two shooters.

One of them was Sultani, who used a 9mm pistol.

The other was Sultani’s gang member Siar Munshizada who used a .25 calibre firearm.

Munshizada was found guilty of murdering Davey.

Days after the murder, Sultani sent a message to the associate he tasked with finding Davey.

“Have you seen the news?” Sultani wrote.

MURDER NUMBER 2: MEHMET YILMAZ

From the moment Mehmet Yilmaz paused to look at the stolen Holden Commodore speeding towards him it was too late.

Sultani was hanging out of the rear passenger side window and was armed.

Yilmaz, 29, was standing at the driver’s side door of the Toyota Corolla that was parked on Brisbane St, St Marys.

Abuzar Sultani leaving his Australia Ave apartment prior to murdering Mehmet Yilmaz.

His fiancee Cidgem Akin was sitting in the passenger seat. She could do nothing but watch as her man was gunned down and left in the gutter.

Sultani, who was wearing a balaclava and still hanging out the window of the Commodore, fired one shot into Yilmaz from behind at almost point blank.

Yilmaz collapsed but still managed to stand up and leap to the rear of the car where he laid with his head on the gutter.

He attempted to get up, but was unable.

From the Commodore window Sultani then took a long look at Ms Akin -- who was still in the passenger seat of the Corolla -- and pointed his gun at her.

This image shows Abuzar Sultani in the act of shooting dead small-time drug dealer Mehmet Yilmaz. He pulled the trigger in all three murders

She was not the target. But she now was a witness.

He didn’t fire.

Instead, Sultani made a hand gesture for the car to go.

But as the driver went to speed off, Sultani exited the car and moved around to finish off Yilmaz.

The badly wounded man had not moved from his position in the gutter.

Sultani fired more shots into Yilmaz’s back and head.

The 29-year-old’s body jolted and then went still.

The injuries suffered by Mehmet Yilmaz that was presented to court.

Sultani ran to the car and sped off.

Yilmaz didn’t get a glamorous gangster’s death on September 9, 2016.

He died in the gutter.

MURDER NUMBER 3: PASQUALE BARBARO

Pasquale Barbaro lost a shoe as he ran for his life.

The organised crime figure had already taken a bullet to the upper body.

One of his pursuers had shot it through the window of his Mercedes C63 AMG that was parked on the wrong side of Larkhall Ave, Earlwood, just after 9.35pm on November 14, 2016.

Now Barbaro realised his only prospect of survival was to get out of the car and run.

He exited and moved as fast as his bullet riddled body would allow.

Pasquale Barbaro was gunned down on November 14, 2016 by Abuzar Sultani.

Abuzar Sultani was coming up fast behind the tattooed crime figure. His favourite 9mm Beretta pistol was pointed straight at Barbaro.

For Sultani, Barbaro’s murder was suspected to be personal. And it certainly appeared that way.

Sultani fired five bullets into the back of Barbaro’s head and neck.

Nine hours before the murder, The NSW Supreme Court case of Brothers For Life gang leader Farhad Qaumi heard evidence from a senior police officer who told the court there was evidence to suggest Barbaro had financed and ordered the murder of construction identity Joe Antoun.

Five bullets were fired into the back of Barbaro’s back and neck.

Antoun was Sultani’s friend and mentor. He was devastated by Antoun’s death.

In August and September, Sultani attended the court for a sentencing hearing for the assassin who shot Antoun. Both times he made violent gestures towards Antoun’s killer.

Prosecutors alleged that Sultani‘s other motivation was to boost his “street cred” by killing a prominent underworld figure like Barbaro.

Only Sultani knows what else, if anything, was motivating him that night.

When he was interviewed by prison psychologist Dr Olav Neilson in October, Sultani claimed he murdered Barbaro in a move described by his lawyer in court as “pre-emptive self defence”

On the night of his murder, Barbaro had been meeting Antoun’s ex business partner George Alex at his Larkhall Ave home where the pair discussed a business dispute. Alex has not charged over the murder and there is no suggestion he was involved.

Pasquale Barbaro being shot at as he tries to escape his Mercedes.

But someone was sending messages on the encrypted messaging app, Wickr, to Sultani’s crew telling them Barbaro’s location.

Barbaro left Alex’s home about 9.30m and got in his Mercedes.

Five minutes later, a stolen Audi Q7 pulled up alongside the Mercedes. Sultani exited the Audi and ran in front of Barbaro’s car -- his Beretta was in his left hand, which he favoured for shooting.

Pasquale Barbaro lost his Nike shoe as he tried to flee.

Police in Earlwood investigating Pasquale Barbaro’s murder Picture: Dylan Robinson

Shots were fired out the window of the Audi, at least one of which hit Barbaro in the upper body.

Barbaro lost a shoe as he got out of his car and fled down the pathway with Sultani close behind him.

The chase didn’t last long. Barbaro fell face first to the ground after only a few metres.

Abuzar Sultani is now serving three life terms.

Sultani was quickly standing over him. He fired five shots into the back of Barbaro’s head and neck.

The murder unfolded with the help of Munshizada and Baines, who were both found guilty of Barbaro’s murder.

The Audi was found burnt out on nearby Park Ave.

The shooters switched to a Subaru WRX, on which police had secretly installed a recording device.

It captured Munshizada complaining: “I think I burnt my eyelashes … I can smell hair.”

Less than 72 hours after murdering Barbaro, Sultani went to visit Antoun’s gravesite.

We know this because was also a police tracking device on his car.