AN Adelaide bikie's harsh time in solitary confinement - when he could not properly grieve for his "executed" son - was sufficient punishment for his crimes, a judge has been told.
Lawyer Heath Barclay urged the judge to impose a penalty on Vince Focarelli that would result in his being freed from jail at his sentencing hearing next Wednesday.
"He has served his time," Mr Barclay said on Friday in the South Australian District Court.
Focarelli, 38, pleaded guilty to possessing a revolver which was found on the body of 22-year-old Giovanni Focarelli, who was shot dead during an ambush at Dry Creek on January 29, 2012.
Focarelli, who was shot four times in the attack, also admitted possessing the liquid drug butanediol found in a hire care used by the pair.
Mr Barclay said Focarelli had been the subject of repeated attacks between 2009 and the day his son was executed.
They included his being shot and hospitalised, people allegedly trying to place a bomb near his home and an unknown assailant in a supermarket pointing a gun at his head and pulling the trigger.
The firing mechanism failed.
By January 2012, Focarelli was so concerned for his safety and that of his family that he took possession of a gun.
Focarelli had given the loaded revolver to his son to hold on January 29, Mr Barclay said.
"The purpose for the firearm was defensive, not offensive," he added.
While Focarelli knew the fantasy-like drug was in the car; it was not his and he'd had no intention of using it.
Mr Barclay said Focarelli had been in harsh conditions in solitary confinement since February last year when he was charged over the drug.
His bond with his son had been "extraordinarily strong", but he was not allowed to attend his funeral nor had he seen his grave.
"Your honour can accept that, as a result, those conditions have acted as a personal deterrent for him," the lawyer said.
"Mr Focarelli wants to get on with his life and put all of this behind him as best as he can."
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