Two men accused of an execution-style contract killing inside a nightclub have been found guilty of murder for a second time.
Zlatan Popovic, 45, was accused of being the mastermind while Tevi Koloamatangi, 47, was accused of shooting Dragan Sekuljica.
Mr Sekuljica was shot at Splashes nightclub in Wollongong, south of Sydney, early on September 8, 2007.
Zlatan Popovic, 45, was accused of being the mastermind while Tevi Koloamatangi, 47, was accused of shooting Dragan Sekuljica (pictured)
Both accused pleaded not guilty but a NSW Supreme Court jury on Tuesday found them guilty of the decade-old murder.
They were found guilty at their first trial in 2014, but faced the second trial after a successful appeal last year when the Court of Criminal Appeal also acquitted another two men also convicted over the shooting.
The CCA found two witnesses unreliable, and ruled the judge, Acting Justice Robert Shallcross Hulme had been too brief in summing up the defence cases which deprived the men of a fair trial, The Illawarra Mercury reported.
The second jury was told Koloamatangi was working on the orders of Popovic when he ambushed Mr Sekuljica and shot him.
Mr Sekuljica was shot at Splashes nightclub (pictured on CCTV footage of the attack) in Wollongong, south of Sydney, early on September 8, 2007
A wounded Mr Sekuljica ran inside the nightclub but only made it to the foyer before his balaclava-clad killer caught him and finished the job.
With wounds to his back and head, the father-of-two died at the scene.
The Crown had contended the victim and Popovic were good friends until Popovic took another man’s side in a dispute over alleged unpaid work.
Justice Natalie Adams adjourned their sentence hearing to October 27.
After the first trial, another judge sentenced Popovic to a minimum of 26 years and imposed a life sentence on Koloamatangi.
Two men accused of an execution-style contract killing inside a nightclub have been found guilty of murder for a second time (pictured is the shooter fleeing after the attack)