Uber Eats disguise, missed shots: accused tradie says hitman made a “bad mistake”
An alleged hit on a former UFC fighter in Sydney is taking a weird turn in court. Uber Eats disguise, missed shots and a police interview full of strange answers… the whole thing is starting to feel like something straight out of a movie, except nothing went the way it was supposed to.
An alleged hit on a former UFC fighter in Sydney is taking a weird turn in court. Uber Eats disguise, missed shots and a police interview full of strange answers… the whole thing is starting to feel like something straight out of a movie, except nothing went the way it was supposed to.
CCTV footage shown in court depicting the alleged attacker arriving on a white scooter dressed as an Uber Eats delivery driver.
The case centres around an alleged attempted murder on February 20, 2024, targeting former UFC fighter Suman Mokhtarian outside the Australian Top Team gym in Sydney.
According to what has been presented in court, the alleged attacker arrived on a white scooter, reportedly dressed as an Uber Eats driver, and allegedly attempted to shoot him at close range, before following him inside the gym where multiple additional shots were allegedly fired while around 30 people were training inside.
Somehow, none of the shots landed. The attacker fled, repainted the scooter and later burned it trying to wipe any trace.
When nothing goes to plan
According to what has been presented in court, the alleged plan did not unfold the way it was expected to.
Despite the close range and multiple shots, no one was injured, something that has already been described in court as unusual given the circumstances.
Inside the gym, where around 30 people were training at the time, the situation quickly turned chaotic as people ran for cover.
It is the kind of moment that should have ended very differently.But it didn’t.
“An attempted hit straight out of a movie, but everything went wrong.”
The interrogation that now defines the case
At the centre of the case is a 22-year-old tradie who has been charged and denies any involvement.
During a police interview shown in court, detectives walked him through how the alleged attack unfolded, with prosecutors pointing to parts of his responses during the exchange.
At one point, referring to the supposed shooter, he dropped a line that stuck, calling it a “bad mistake” right there in front of investigators.
Things that don’t quite add up
The trial has pulled out details that make the whole thing feel off from start to finish, from the scooter allegedly bought on Facebook Marketplace and repainted days earlier to what is said to have happened after the attack.
The tradie denies everything, saying he does not know the victim, has never used a weapon and has nothing to do with what happened, while parts of the police interview presented in court have been pointed to by prosecutors as inconsistent.
This case is about the alleged failed attempt in 2024, where the hit did not go to plan and no one was injured, and that is what the court is focused on now.
The same individual was later killed in a separate, unrelated incident, and that is where this one gets messy.
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An alleged hit on a former UFC fighter in Sydney is taking a weird turn in court. Uber Eats disguise, missed shots and a police interview full of strange answers… the whole thing is starting to feel like something straight out of a movie, except nothing went the way it was supposed to.