An auto dealer allegedly involved in getaway cars for two separate gangland killings has denied knowing one of the vehicles would be used for deadly retaliation.
Rami Iskander was gunned down in a hail of bullets by two men at the front of his southwest Sydney home on May 14, 2022.
Jamal Salameh, 31, is on trial accused of being an accessory to the murder by sourcing a blue Hyundai i30 for use as a getaway car.
As his NSW Supreme Court trial got underway on Wednesday, crown prosecutor Victoria Garrity said the 31-year-old knew the vehicle would be used in the deadly crime.
Salameh had close connections with brothers Omar and Tarek Zahed, the latter of whom was the national sergeant-at-arms of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang.
The brothers were shot at days before Mr Iskander was killed.
Omar died while Tarek survived but was severely injured.
"The accused must have known that there would be swift and violent response to the killing of Omar Zahed," Ms Garrity said.
Bodyworn police footage taken at Sydney's Westmead Hospital while Tarek was in the intensive care unit showed his wife Rayan Rima screaming about the shooters before officers escorted her out.
"They're all going to get done very soon, mate," she yelled in footage played to the court on Wednesday.
On April 27, 2022, Mr Iskander's uncle Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad was himself killed in a public shooting suspected to have triggered the attack on the Zayat brothers.
Ms Garrity said the three incidents took place through a highly-publicised gang war that raged throughout Sydney's southwest.
Salameh allegedly helped supply a Subaru Forrester to be used as a getaway car by those who murdered Mr Ahmad, Justice Belinda Rigg heard.
Both the Subaru and the Hyundai were of low financial value and were not the type of vehicle Salameh would typically buy for his luxury car business, the judge-alone trial was told.
The 31-year-old gave the car to Vincent Lambroglou, who placed it along with a Toyota RAV4 to be used by Mr Iskander's murderers.
The shooters fled the scene in a black Audi before switching cars twice.
The Audi and Toyota were found burnt out by police while the Hyundai was never located.
Salameh has pleaded not guilty to the single accessory charge.
His barrister Murugan Thangaraj SC did not make opening submissions on Wednesday.
However, Ms Garrity said the only area of dispute in the trial was the auto dealer's knowledge at the time.
Prosecutors rely on CCTV footage of the Hyundai being driven to Salameh's auto business, where it was picked up by Lambroglou days before Mr Iskander was shot.
The officer in charge, Detective Sergeant Paul Mangan, confirmed to the court that those who shot Mr Ahmad, the Zayat brothers and Mr Iskander remained at large.
The case has been adjourned for closing submissions on November 7.
