Dramatic Love Machine shooting CCTV made public after judge order
Dramatic footage of the Love Machine shooting that claimed two lives has been made public for the first time after the shooter told a jury his late father ordered him to carry out the attack.
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Dramatic footage of the Love Machine nightclub shooting that claimed the lives of two men has been made public after a judge ordered the release of CCTV.
The footage shows the moments before the attack in April 2019, with dozens of revellers and security guards seen standing outside the Prahran nightclub as a black Porsche SUV approaches from behind.
Security guard Aaron Khalid Osmani, 37, and patron Richard Arow, 28, who were killed in the shooting, can be seen talking to one another with their backs to the road seconds before the stolen Porsche opens fire on them.
Gunshots can be heard from another angle before the car makes a getaway across an intersection and down a nearby street.
Last week Jacob Elliott, 21, took to the stand at his Supreme Court murder trial, telling the jury he had cowered to his late father, Nabil Maghnie, who had ordered him to carry out the revenge attack.
Maghnie, who was considered one of the most dangerous figures in the city’s underworld, was shot dead in Epping in January 2020.
His murder remains unsolved.
Mr Elliott said his father demanded him to fire “warning shots” outside the club after his younger brother was kicked out by security guards hours earlier.
“He’s not someone that you say no to,” he said.
Mr Elliott fired four shots into a crowd of people outside the club’s entrance while co-accused friend, Allan Fares, 24, was behind the wheel.
“My intention was that the bullets were gonna go upwards, not hitting anyone or anything like that,” Mr Elliott said.
“I didn’t know what happened to those poor people.”
The following morning, Mr Fares told Mr Elliott people were “dying in hospital”.
“I just got this feeling inside of me, it was like an ugly feeling,” Mr Elliott said.
“It felt disgusting … my hair started standing up on my arm. It was a feeling like I’ve never felt it before.”
Mr Elliott pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder, with defence lawyers telling jurors they wouldn’t be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that he intended to kill.
Mr Fares also pleaded not guilty, claiming he never had an intention for anyone to be shot.
The trial continues.
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