'I don't want no part of this': accused hitman claims he ran into bush on drive to Stockton

AN alleged hired hitman accused of gunning down grandmother Stacey Klimovitch claims he jumped out of a car bound for Stockton on the night of the murder and fled into bushland after he saw someone with a firearm on the side of a remote stretch of road.

Mrs Klimovitch was the victim of a "premeditated and targeted" shooting when she answered her front door in Queen Street about 8pm on June 9, 2021, the culmination of an ugly dispute with her former son-in-law, Stuart Campbell.