Drive-by killer Serdar Atesok to spend extra year in jail over brutal robbery
DRIVE-BY killer Serdar Atesok has had a year added to his non-parole period of nine years after confessing to his role in a brutal abduction and robbery.
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DRIVE-BY killer Serdar Atesok has had a year added to his non-parole period of nine years after confessing to his role in a brutal abduction and robbery.
Atesok was sentenced last September to a total of 12 years in jail over the manslaughter of Nathan Knight.
The 24-year old was shot through the eye by Atesok from a moving vehicle in Lalor on New Year’s Eve, 2015.
Atesok was sentenced in the County Court today to serve three-and-a-half years in jail with a non-parole period of two years on charges of robbery and false imprisonment.
As he is already serving jail time, Judge Irene Lawson ordered his original sentence be uplifted to 14 years with a non-parole period of 10.
The court heard Atesok carried out the crime in May 2015 — just months before he killed Mr Knight.
The out-of-control drug user and a couple of mates attacked their victim to collect a drug debt.
Judge Lawson said the man had arrived at his Reservoir home to find Atesok and a pair of goons waiting for him in his garage.
The terrified man was choked, punched and kicked before being stripped naked and robbed of his phone and watch.
He was then bundled into his own BMW and taken on a terrifying drive where he was repeatedly bashed.
He managed to escape when the car came to a stop on High St and he made a run for it.
A passer-by drove the man to the Northern Hospital with multiple stab wounds and head injuries.
Police recovered his BMW days later and when they caught up with Atesok he still had the man’s watch.
One of Atesok’s mates copped a three-and-half year jail sentence, with a non-parole period of two, last November over his role in the attack.
Another co-offender, who faced a lesser charge, spent 14 days in jail with a 12-month community corrections order.
