Brother accused of his murder ... William Metlej. Source: The Daily Telegraph
A CONSTRUCTION worker has been accused of organising an assassination attempt on his brother after twice planting drugs in his house in the hope of having him arrested.
William Metlej survived being shot in the head by an alleged hitman outside his Earlwood home in 2002, but he had no idea who his enemies were.
One was his brother Joseph Stephen Metlej and another was close friend Christopher James Poniris, 42, of Strathfield, who was a key participant in the conspiracy to eliminate William, a court heard yesterday.
After a five-year investigation by NSW police and the Crime Commission, the two men were arrested in 2007.
Poniris and Joseph had twice planted drugs in William's home and tipped off police, who raided the Minnamorra Ave house on both occasions, the court heard.
When they failed to have William jailed, the pair then had Robert Enzo Martin - the owner of one-hat restaurant Il Piave in Rozelle - hire an assassin who allegedly shot the father of two in the head on his driveway.
Details of the extraordinary case emerged in the Sydney District Court yesterday at the trial of Christian Roberto Follert, who is accused of being the gunman. He has pleaded not guilty to discharging a weapon at a person with intent to murder and shooting at a person with intent to commit grievous bodily harm.
Follert's barrister Roland Bonnici told the court someone had shot Metlej but police had arrested the wrong man.
In his opening address to the jury, crown prosecutor Chris Everson told the court William was taking his son to swimming training at Newington College on November 28, 2002.
He parked the car across from his house after noticing one of the tyres of the car was flat. As he was changing the tyre a gunman approached him from behind and shot him in the back of the head and shoulder.
Mr Metlej was in a coma but eventually returned to full health.
Mr Everson told the jury Poniris approached Martin at his restaurant on Darling St and said William had sexually molested Joseph when they were younger and he wanted him killed.
The story was a lie but Martin arranged to meet Follert - an old school friend - who allegedly agreed to murder Mr Metlej for $50,000.
Joseph was sentenced to a two-year suspended sentence in 2011. Poniris was jailed for 14 years last June but has lodged a notice of intention to appeal.
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