Third man charged over shooting at Jake King’s tattoo parlour
THREE men accused of shooting up Jake King’s South Melbourne tattoo parlour were allegedly busted when the getaway driver forgot to turn on his lights, a court has heard.
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A THIRD man has been charged in relation to the shooting up of a tattoo parlour owned by former Tigers star Jake King.
Hakan Akbal, 23, was charged by the anti-bikie Echo Taskforce in relation to allegedly picking up two men with links to the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle club who police claim carried out the shooting.
Yahya Aboueid and Mustafa Yuksel, both 25, are accused of spraying bullets into the City of Ink in South Melbourne — founded by ex Bandido Toby Mitchell — before torching their Hyundai getaway car and being picked up by Mr Akbal after the July 14 drive-by.
The trio were arrested after being pulled over minutes after the shooting occurred for allegedly driving without lights, an earlier hearing for Aboueid and Mr Yuksel heard.
After their arrest Mr Yuksel and Aboueid gave a no comment interview but were rearrested last month, along with Mr Akbal, who was later released.
Mr Akbal was charged on summons and was last week bailed on strict conditions, including that he not associate with members or nominees of any OMCG; attend any bikie premises, club house functions or events; attend the Nitro gym, or any gym where OMCG members frequent.
Mr Akbal was also required to report to police daily, surrender his passport and not have a smart phone.
Aboueid, of Meadow Heights, and Mr Yuksel, of Dallas have also been released on bail with similar conditions plus a $100,000 surety each.
Police informant Detective Senior Constable Scott O’Brien told the earlier hearing the trio were arrested in Brunswick in a white Ford Falcon driven Mr Akbal, which was first spotted driving with no lights by a local divisional van about 500m from where the Hyundai was later found torched.
“It was immediately noticed there was a very strong smell of petrol and a 20 litre jerry can was observed on the rear seat,” Det-Sen Constable O’Brien told the court.
He said a key for the Hyundai was also found in the Ford, along with balaclavas and gloves.
Det-Sen Constable O’Brien said Mr Aboueid was also had an encrypted phone that can only communicate with other encrypted phones and are often used by organised crime and outlaw bikie gangs to avoid detection.
Det-Sen Constable O’Brien said a .38 calibre sub-nosed revolver with five expended cartridges was later recovered from the burnt out Hyundai.
The court heard ballistic testing to compare a bullet fired from that gun with a bullet of the same calibre recovered from the scene was yet to be conducted, while DNA testing of the other items could take up to six months due to delays.
Det-Sen Constable O’Brien said he had been told that a small amount of gunshot residue was found on the hands of Aboueid and Mr Yuksel, although a formal report was yet to be completed.
The court heard Aboueid was a former member of the Comancheroes outlaw motorcycle club, while Mr Yuksel has never been in trouble with the law but was a known associate of a number of Comancheros.
The allegations against the pair include discharging a firearm at premises, using a firearm in a public place, reckless conduct endangering life, reckless conduct endangering serious injury, using a firearm in the commission of an indictable offence, using an unregistered handgun, theft of motor vehicle, fraudulently using a registration plate and arson.