The Alex Magistrates’ Court granted bail to a man accused of a murder he allegedly committed last year in Alex together with an accomplice who is still at large.
The accused will appear in court after the investigation is completed.
The court heard that the two men allegedly shot a man at a 16th Avenue tavern at about midnight on 1 August. The man later died in hospital.
The accused was said to have approached the deceased who was drinking at the tavern with two women friends, and accused him of having stabbed him in 2011. He was alleged to have pointed a gun at the deceased but it jammed when he pulled the trigger.
He gave the gun to his accomplice who allegedly shot the deceased in the shoulder. The accomplice handed the gun back to the accused who allegedly fired two shots that hit the deceased in the stomach and the neck as he lay bleeding.
The two were said to have fled the scene in a marked security company vehicle.
Patrons of the tavern took the injured man by taxi to the Alex Clinic where he later died. One of the deceased’s female companions was said to have confirmed a past relationship with the accused.
