AFTER murdering debt collector Michael McGurk, hitman Haissam Safetli says he planned to confess to "everything" then take rat poison in a bathroom.
Safetli was sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years in jail earlier this month for the murder of Mr McGurk, who was shot outside his Cremorne home in Sydney's north on September 3, 2009.
During his first day of giving evidence at the committal hearing of his co-accused, property developer Ron Medich and alleged triggerman Christopher Estephan, Safetli said that in the weeks before his October 2010 arrest he planned to go to the NSW Crime Commission and take the rap.
"I was going to go down to the Crime Commission and take responsibility for everything and say I did everything and no one else was involved," he told Central Local Court on Wednesday.
"And then I would ask to go to the bathroom and take rat poison."
Estephan's barrister Gregory Farmer SC put to Safetli that he had in fact gone to police with the view of minimising his role in the murder.
"No not really," Safetli replied.
His response prompted an outburst from a member of the gallery, who shouted: "Yes you did, you shot him you piece of s***".
As the man was pulled from the court by a sheriff, he yelled, "you set up a 19-year-old boy for the murder".
Like his co-offenders Lucky Gattellari and Senad Kaminic, Safetli has received a heavy discount on his prison term for giving evidence against Medich and Estephan.
The crown alleges that Medich, embroiled in several legal disputes with Mr McGurk, conscripted Gattellari to kill him.
Safetli says he and Estephan, then 19, went to Mr McGurk's home and the teenager fired the fatal shot.
During the hearing, Safetli told the court that Estephan was one of four men he had approached to help carry out the hit on Mr McGurk.
As Gattellari continued to place pressure on him, Safetli said he felt "stuck" and "had no choice".
"You were walking around asking anyone you met if they could do the job," Mr Farmer put to him.
"Don't make it sound like I had an ad in the trading post," Safetli replied.
The hearing continues before Magistrate Jan Stevenson.
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