SHAMIRAN Benjamin was expecting a dinner date with her new flame.
But after putting up with her short-term boyfriend's drunk and reckless behaviour at a casino, Benjamin found herself at the centre of a shooting investigation.
The 25-year-old has pleaded guilty to concealing a serious indictable offence after failing to tell police about Ali Khaled firing a gun.
The Downing Centre District Court was told on Friday that the pair had been in a relationship for a few weeks before the incident on January 29, 2012.
Benjamin went over to Khaled's home after he asked her out to dinner.
But when she arrived, Khaled was "drunk", the court was told, and they ended up at a casino with Khaled's friends.
"He started acting reckless in the casino and that's why I wanted to leave," she said during her sentencing hearing on Friday.
"He broke a glass, dropped a drink and started arguing with males."
After catching a taxi back to Khaled's Wiley Park home, Benjamin said she was crying in her car after an argument when she heard a "loud bang".
Benjamin initially drove off but returned to pick up Khaled.
She claimed that she did not see the gun Khaled carried into the car.
After police pulled the couple over a short time later, they found the gun under Khaled's seat.
Benjamin told the court that Khaled had told her not to talk to police.
Asked why she did not tell police about the gunshot she heard, Benjamin said she was in shock.
"He had been abusive to me hours before," she said. "I was scared because he was sitting right next to me."
Her barrister, who refused to provide his name to media, said Benjamin had suffered for a five-minute decision.
The court was told that her childcare employment had been put on hold because of her pending charge and her parents disowned her for four months.
Benjamin had also been excluded from her western suburbs community because she had brought shame to her family.
The court was told that Khaled had also pleaded guilty over the shooting.
He was sentenced in November to four years in jail, with a non-parole period of two-and-a-half years, on firearms offences including discharging a firearm in a public place.
Benjamin's sentencing was adjourned to January 16.
Anda sedang membaca artikel tentang
Drunk date turns to shooting, court told
Dengan url
http://beritasementara.blogspot.com/2014/01/drunk-date-turns-to-shooting-court-told.html
Anda boleh menyebar luaskannya atau mengcopy paste-nya
Drunk date turns to shooting, court told
namun jangan lupa untuk meletakkan link
Drunk date turns to shooting, court told
sebagai sumbernya
0 komentar:
Posting Komentar