A man has been jailed for more than 24 years after he gunned another man down outside his parents' Wollongong home in a carefully orchestrated plot to avenge a friend's death.
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Matthew Paul Wiggins, 29, was found guilty in May of murdering former Comancheros bikie Darko Janceski, 32, in April 2012, and also causing grievous bodily harm to his victim's father.
In the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday, Justice Megan Latham jailed him for 33 years with a non-parole period of 24-and-a-half years for the "calculated and audacious" late afternoon murder.
Mr Janceski was working on a car in front of his parents' home in Berkeley when he was shot three times by Wiggins, who approached on a motorcycle wearing a balaclava, sunglasses and helmet.
His father raced outside to help his son but was seriously injured in a dramatic fight with the killer, who left his gun behind.
Slobodan (Steve) Janceski managed to knock off the shooter's helmet and sunglasses before he fled, and both items were later linked to Wiggins through DNA testing.
"Losing an only son in such violent circumstances, and bearing witness to his passing, is a tragic and horrific experience," the judge said in sentencing.
She said Wiggins carried out the execution to avenge his missing friend, Goran Nikolovski, who has never been found despite a lengthy police investigation.
Nobody has been charged with his murder but Wiggins and Mr Nikolovski's brother, Robert Nikolovski, had become convinced Mr Janceski was responsible for his death.
Robert Nikolovski is also due to be sentenced this week over his role in encouraging and assisting Wiggins to carry out the shooting.
Mr Janceski's father outside court said on Tuesday he felt relief at Wiggins' sentence and considered that "justice has been done".
Wiggins, who has retained the support of his immediate family and is engaged to be married, will be 54 when he's eligible for parole in 2043.
