Gavin Preston was a prime suspect in the near-fatal shooting of former bikie Toby Mitchell, and was once accused of plotting to kill Mick Gatto. It’s no surprise that just months after his release from jail he was on the wrong end of gunfire.
, the 50-year-old survived a prison stabbing and an attempt by a rival to blow up his car.
In the months before his release he was claiming he planned to leave his life of violence behind. But no one really believed him.In the first, Preston was enlisted to help recover a $2500 drug debt in January 2012. The man was unarmed and Preston shot him “without provocation or threat”.. “You fired several times. After the first shot, while he was in agony and terror, you simply shot him again. He owed you nothing. You were doing this purely for money.
Preston claimed to police that Khoury panicked during the encounter and pulled a gun before the pair wrestled, and Preston shot the drug dealer three times, including at close range to the head.Credit:At the time Preston was under police surveillance, but officers were sent home for the night half an hour before Khoury was killed.
That was the first of a string of sentences for assaults, armed robbery, car theft, aggravated burglary, firearm possession and drug dealing.
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