REVEALED: Son of underworld identity was kicked out of Love Machine nightclub just hours before a fatal drive-by shooting
- Ali Maghnie had been visiting the nightclub before he was kicked out on April 14
- He is the son of underworld identity Nabil Maghnie
- Hours later a drive-by shooting killed Aaron Khalid Osman and Richard Arow
- His brother Jacob Elliot and Allan Fares are alleged to be behind the shooting
The son of underworld figure Nabil Maghnie was kicked out of a nightclub just hours before a fatal drive-by shooting at the venue.
Ali Maghnie had visited the Love Machine at Prahran in Melbourne before he was forced to leave on April 14 this year, The Herald Sun reported.
His brother Jacob Elliott, 18, and Allan Fares, 22, are alleged to have been behind a shooting at the same club just hours later.
Aaron Khalid Osmani, a security guard, and patron Richard Arow were killed adn four people were injured.
Elliott and Fares have been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder.
The son of underworld figure Nabil Maghnie (pictured) was kicked out of a nightclub just hours before a fatal drive-by shooting at the venue
Hours later his brother Jacob Elliott, 18, and Allan Fares, 22, are alleged to have been behind a shooting that injured four people and killed security guard Aaron Khalid Osmani and patron Richard Arow (pictured)
Moussa Hamka, 25, is accused of disposing of the weapon following the shooting, but he is not alleged to have any further involvement in the incident.
Ali Maghnie allegedly returned to his father’s apartment in Docklands after he was turned out of the club.
Court documents allege Hamka caught an Uber to the residence where he met Ali Maghnie and the pair spent as long as half-an-hour at the residence before parting ways.
Hamka told police in an interview that he later received an anonymous text on Wickr that told him to drive to Fawkner park.
He was allegedly told to dig up an item buried under a children’s slide – Mr Hamka said he thought it was drugs or money.
Hamka said he unwrapped the parcel and found an unloaded gun.
He is alleged to have bundled the weapon in a pair of tracksuit pants and hid them in his Epping home.
His ex-girlfriend tipped off police after Hamka allegedly threatened her and her family with two guns.
Melbourne Magistrates Court heard Hamka allegedly threatened her with a ‘shiny silver handgun’ and sent a Snapchat photo to her teenage sister showing his hand and a brown handgun.
The prosecution said Hamka’s DNA was found on the silver firearm when the weapon was discovered.
Hamka was granted bail on Monday with $50,000 offered as surety.
Hamka faces charges of accessory to murder and prohibited person possess a firearm.
Security guard Aaron Khalid Osmani died following the drive-by shooting at Love Machine nightclub in April earlier this year
The scene outside the Love Machine nightclub in Prahran after the deadly shooting