Horrific CCTV shows man clambering for help after brutal shooting attack
CCTV video showing a man desperately trying pull himself to safety after a vicious beating and shooting outside a sex club in north west Sydney has been released by New South Wales courts.
The video shows the 52-year-old victim frantically trying to escape two masked attackers in Rydalmere after being kicked and shot at least seven times.
The man can be seen scrambling through a dark car park before reaching the nightclub door, clambering at a ledge in an attempt to grab at what he possibly thought was a phone.
The vision has been shown as part of 25-year-old 'Islamic extremist' Milad bin Ahmad-Shah al-Ahmadzai's judge-alone trial for an alleged attempted murder of a man at Rydalmere in 2013.
NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton asked Solicitor-General Michael Sexton SC on Monday night to consider whether he should be investigated for contempt after refusing to stand-up in court over his religious beliefs.
He has not been charged with contempt of court.
The 25-year-old has repeatedly refused to stand for four District Court judges over the past 18 months because he says he is “not at the behest of any authority other than Islam”.
At his trial yesterday, al-Ahmadzai entered the court after District Court judge Gregory Farmer SC in an attempt to avoid a confrontation.
According to the Daily Telegraph, his defence barrister instructed the court officer to bring al-Ahmadzai in last so there would be “no issues”.
However, his rudeness was still on display when he refused to stand each time Judge Farmer left the court.
"In the light of the repeated refusal of Mr Al-Ahmadzai... I have written to the solicitor general ... asking him to consider whether Mr Al-Ahmadzai should be investigated for breaches of contempt," Ms Upton said in a statement released earlier this week.
"Not wanting to stand for a magistrate, judge or Supreme Court justice is unacceptable behaviour and should lead to consequences."
The Prisons Minister’s office also admitted yesterday that prison authorities had given up trying to get al-Ahmadzai to do the common jail practice of kneeling while he was handcuffed because he refused to do so.
Ms Upton has declined to comment on how the judge is handling the matter and News Corp reports that she was also unable to put a time frame on when Mr Sexton might act, other than saying it would be “as soon as possible”.
Meanwhile, the Premier’s office has dodged the issue by referring it to Ms Upton, even though Muslim scholars have already condemned al-Ahmadzai’s actions.
Last year, former attorney general Brad Hazzard found the decision not to stand did not meet the threshold of being in contempt of court.
Ms Upton previously said she was seeking advice from the Department of Justice to see if the laws could be changed.
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