The nightmare next door: Man laughed as he shot his neighbour in the head and groin and left him for dead over a parking dispute
- Melbourne man laughed as he shot neighbour in the head and groin, killing him
- Dale Stone, 50, has pleaded guilty to the December 2017 murder of Wayne Binse
- Stone became aggressive because his neighbour's cars blocked his driveway
- Mr Binse and his partner arrived home to find their front windows smashed
- Stone shot him in the groin from eight-12 metres away and then him in the head
The victim was the half-brother of crime figure Christopher 'Badness' Binse, (pictured) who infamously taunted police by sending them postcards while on the run, and shot at officers during a 44-hour siege
A Melbourne man 'lay in wait' on a nature strip outside his neighbour's house and laughed as he shot the victim in the head and groin.
Days before his Supreme Court trail was about to begin, 50-year-old Dale Stone pleaded guilty to the December 2017 murder of Wayne Binse, 37.
The victim was the half-brother of crime figure Christopher 'Badness' Binse, who infamously taunted police by sending them postcards while on the run, and shot at officers during a 44-hour siege.
The court was told Stone became aggressive towards his neighbours when they parked their cars outside their house and impacted his ability to use his driveway.
Before the killing, Stone held his hand like a firearm and pretended to shoot, intimidating Mr Binse's partner, prosecutor Robyn Harper said.
Days before his Supreme Court trail was about to begin, 50-year-old Dale Stone (pictured being taken by police) pleaded guilty to the December 2017 murder of Wayne Binse, 37
On the day of the murder, Mr Binse and his partner arrived home to find the windows of their home smashed.
Stone fired a round from his 12-gauge shotgun, which had been fitted with a silencer, and hit Mr Binse in the groin from a range of eight to 12 metres.
He walked closer to Mr Binse, laughing, and shot his victim in the head from close range, asking: 'Do you think you're smart now?'.
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Stone then called triple zero twice, the second time claiming another person had 'driven by' and shot Mr Binse.
He later told police he had only discharged his firearm because two men had entered his front yard.
Stone refused to refer to his actions as a murder, rather calling it the 'termination of an individual.'
Ms Harper said Stone smashed his victim's windows to give credibility to his claim that the incident had been a drive-by shooting.
Stone fired a round from his 12-gauge shotgun, which had been fitted with a silencer, and hit Mr Binse in the groin from a range of eight to 12 metres
Mr Binse's other brother Barry read a statement to the court on Wednesday, saying it was 'extremely difficult' watching their mother come to terms with the loss.
'My baby brother is gone,' he said.
'We all wish he was here. This will reflect on us forever.'
Stone's lawyer Richard Edney disputed the idea the killing was an 'ambushed, premeditated murder'.
He said Stone had increased his use of alcohol and cannabis and had become paranoid, 'experiencing florid psychotic phenomena'.
Mr Binse was released from Goulburn Maximum Jail in 2005 after serving 13 years for bank robbery. He went on to become an advocate for improved rehabilitation programs in the NSW Prison system
Before the killing, Stone had been assaulted by Mr Binse, Mr Edney said.
Ms Harper agreed there had been an assault, but disputed its severity, and argued the killing was 'planned, premeditated, unprovoked'.
'He lay in wait, shut the gates and broke the windows of the property,' she said.
Justice Paul Coghlan said he needed to calculate the influence of Stone's mental illness on the crime.
Stone is due to be sentenced in the coming weeks.
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