The sole witness to the fatal shooting of Berkeley bikie Darko Janceski by a masked man on a motorbike has told a court he remembers virtually no details about the day his long-time mate was killed.
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Alleged drug dealer Evren Agdiran provided a detailed statement to police shortly after the April 14, 2012 shooting in the front yard of the Janceski family home on Gannet Avenue.
However, when asked to recall those details in front of a NSW Supreme Court jury on Wednesday, Agdiran claimed he remember little about the day and could not even remember giving the statement to police due to his rampant drug use at the time.
The court heard Agdiran told police in his statement that that he was with Janceski working on a car parked in the driveway when he heard the sound of a motorbike, which he thought was a trail bike because of the sound of its engine, travelling along nearby Shearwater Drive.
He said the “blue and white” bike pulled up outside the Janceski house.
He described the rider as “male, wearing a dark jumper, gloves, brown pants and a full face helmet. He was fit looking and about 180cm tall.”
However, Agdiran claimed he couldn’t recall any details about the bike or its rider when giving evidence on Wednesday at the trial of Janceski’s alleged murderers, Matthew Paul Wiggins and Robert Nikolovski.
“I was in a delusional state, I was on drugs,” Agdiran told the court, claiming he hadn't slept for multiple days before the shooting.
“I don’t recall none of it.”
He denied suggestions by Crown prosecutor Patrick Barrett that he was being selective in what he did and didn’t remember.
“I’m suggesting you’re doing that because you’re in custody and you don't want to be regarded as a dog...you don’t want to be seen as assisting the prosecution,” Mr Barrett said.
“No,” Agdiran responded.
Nikolovski is accused of organising and financing the killing of Janceski as retaliation for what he believed was Janceski’s involvement in the disappearance and suspected murder of his brother, Goran. Wiggins, a close friend of Goran’s, is accused of carrying out the actual shooting.
‘Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam’
The father of slain Comanchero bikie Darko Janceski has described the moment he wrestled with his son’s killer in a desperate bid to capture the man.
Slobodan Janceski said he was sitting in the dining room when he heard a series of shots out the front of his Gannet Avenue home on April 14, 2012.
“I heard bam, bam, bam, bam, bam,” he said.
“I went straight like a bullet out[side]. I saw Darko laying down and holding his stomach, leaning against the fence.”
Mr Janceski said he immediately noticed a man on a motorbike, wearing a full face helmet and sunglasses.
He said he picked up a nearby metal pole and hit the rider on the arm and helmet. This caused the helmet and sunglasses to fall off, exposing a black balaclava.
“He jumped from the bike and was straight on me,” Mr Janceski said, describing how the pair wrestled for a moment before he saw the man had a gun.
Mr Janceski said he hit the gun with his left hand, causing it to fall out of the shooter’s hand.
He said the shooter then grabbed him by his “bushy hair”, pulled his head down with two hands and kneed him four or five times, before punching him with short, sharp jab-style punches in his nose.
He then managed to flee on the bike.
When asked to comment on the style of the attack, Mr Janceski, a one-time professional boxer, said he believed his attacker knew what he was doing.
“He was trained well in kick boxing….more kick boxing than boxing, because of we don’t use our knees in boxing,” he said.
“You believe the person had some skill?” Crown prosecutor Patrick Barrett asked him.
“Definitely,” Mr Janceski replied.
The court heard Mr Janceski received multiple injuries as a result of the fight, including fractures to his jaw and eye socket, swelling to the bridge of his nose and a cut above his left eye.
Mr Janceski’s will continue giving evidence on Thursday.
