After Sydney gangster Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad was killed, a man accused of being an accessory to the murder received a bank deposit of $1,000 with the description "job complete", a court has heard.
New details of the alleged underworld hit emerged in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday when Jason Laria unsuccessfully applied for bail.
Mr Laria was arrested in July and charged with being an accessory after the fact to Ahmad's murder as well as unrelated drug supply and criminal group offences.
Gangland figure Ahmad, 39, was shot dead outside an associate's home in Greenacre on April 27, 2022, in an ambush police believe stemmed from underworld tensions.
Senior police say Ahmad was aware of a $1 million bounty on his life but continued to live a "dangerous" lifestyle, which included "ripping off extremely violent people".
The court today heard Mr Laria, 37, was allegedly involved in an attempt to conceal a white Subaru Forrester used as the second getaway car in Ahmad's planned execution.
Convicted killer Ahmad was shot by at least one unknown gunman driven there in a stolen Porsche with cloned number plates.
That car was then dumped and set alight, with the assailants switching to another luxury vehicle, which was also burnt out.
They then drove the Subaru, purchased using a stolen identity on April 21, to an apartment complex in Canterbury and left it in the car park.
The court heard after the shooting Mr Laria booked into a Liverpool hotel, telling a friend: "I would have loved to stick around for the shitshow but I thought it better to get away."
He received two payments of $1,000 from a man named Ashor Warda, the court heard, with bank records showing a description of "job complete".
A download of Mr Laria's phone data, after his arrest, allegedly shows that on April 29, he screenshotted a photo of a white Subaru Forrester carrying number plates.
Mobile phone towers allegedly tracked him later driving to the Canterbury apartment block on May 2 before retuning to the hotel room.
It is alleged he later directed a co-accused to pick up the Subaru and drive it to another location, however, the car was stopped by police after it left the building.
It allegedly was found to be carrying cloned number plates with the same registration number as the similar Subaru shown in the photograph on Mr Laria's phone.
His DNA was also allegedly found on the front and back number plates fixed to the Forrester when it was intercepted.
The co-accused, who the court has heard had made statements against Mr Laria, has been charged with being an accessory before and after the fact to murder.
The court heard the co-accused allegedly dealt and stored drugs on behalf of Mr Laria, who had recently bought a car worth $41,000 in cash.
Police allege Mr Laria had access to vast amounts of money with "no legitimate explanation", the court heard.
Mr Laria's lawyers argued the case against him was weak, claiming there was no evidence he knew the car had been used in a murder.
Justice Helen Wilson agreed the evidence on the accessory charge could "not be assessed as strong" but described the case against Mr Laria in regard to serious drug supply offences as compelling.
She said the evidence overall "points strongly to [Mr Laria's] involvement in organised crime".
Justice Wilson refused him bail, having also ruled his claimed health problems could be managed in custody.
