‘Jealous’ Love Machine shooter Jacob Elliott schemed a revenge attack on two men hanging out with his first girlfriend

A “sexist” Melbourne savage plotted a violent attack on two men spending time with his girlfriend, before shooting up the notorious Love Machine nightclub.

“Jealousy took over” when a savage Docklands man with a “sexist sense of entitlement” planned an attack on two men, just months before he went on a drive-by shooting spree at the Love Machine Nightclub.

Jacob Elliott, 21, faced the Melbourne County Court on Thursday, pleading guilty to one charge of conspiring to commit an assault and one charge of possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.

The court heard in June 2019, the carpentry apprentice was told his then-girlfriend was in a hotel room with two other men.

Angered by this news, Elliott set out to find out where she was.

He contacted co-accused Jehad Mohamad and told him to “pick up groceries” — a term prosecutor Diana Karamicov said was code for a gun — from his mother’s Broadmeadows home and bring them to Docklands.

Jacob Elliott, 21, has pleaded guilty to planning an attack on two men who were hanging out with his girlfriend. Picture: Facebook.

Calling his mum, Elliott asked her to put the gun in a bag and leave it out for Mohamad to pick up.

Mohamad arrived in Docklands and the pair continued to search for Elliott’s girlfriend, before Mohamad said he couldn’t be bothered helping Elliott with any planned attack.

“If worst comes to worst, I will sit in the car, I will be the getaway driver,” he said.

Enlisting the help of another man, the trio eventually used Snapchat to track the girlfriend to a nearby apartment building.

The next day, one of the men saw Elliott’s girlfriend leaving the apartment building and the trio gave up.

Mohamad offered to return the semi-automatic pistol to his mum’s house, where police later found it while executing a search warrant.

Defence lawyer Leighton Gwyn said Elliott’s actions were driven by “jealous immaturity”.

“This was Mr Elliott’s first and only relationship,” he said.

“The first cut is always the deepest.

“Jealousy took over and logic and rationality went out the window.”

Elliott’s scheming actions were described as “possessory” by Judge Simon Moglia, who said they showed a “sexist sense of entitlement”.

“It’s 2022, it’s unjustifiable in this society,” he said.

“They go beyond the actions of a protective boyfriend.”

Family members submitted references to the court vouching for Elliott’s “good values” and “polite and courteous” nature.

Elliott is currently serving a life sentence for his role in the murder of two people at the 2019 nightclub shooting.

He will return to court for sentencing at a later date.