A baby-faced teen accused of conspiring with others to attempt to murder former Mongols bikie Sam Abdulrahim will spend another weekend in custody.

Defence barrister Adam Chernok gave magistrate Donna Bakos a photo of 18-year-old Yasir Al Qassim to hammer home his youth during a bail application on Thursday.

"I'm not using this for any emotive purpose but Your Honour can see from the photograph that he really is very baby-faced," Mr Chernok said.

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Al Qassim was charged late last month with the attempted murder of Mr Abdulrahim who was shot on his way home from a burial service in Fawkner on June 25.

Seven shots were fired at the former bikie, with five striking him in the upper body while the Mercedes 4WD he was driving was stopped in traffic.

Two offenders in a stolen car tried to flee but crashed into a pole. One carjacked another vehicle while the other hid in a bin behind a nearby KFC before running away.

Both men fled the country within 48 hours.

It's not alleged Al Qassim, 18, was one of the two offenders but that he was involved in coordinating and arranging the killing.

Prosecutors alleged he drove the offenders to the stolen car used in the shooting and met with them afterwards.

He also allegedly helped the men flee the country, including access to stolen passports.

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Given Al Qassim's youthful appearance and his age he would be more vulnerable in custody, Mr Chernok said.

"You can already hear the wolves circling from here," he said.

"In order to protect this young man in custody he would need to go into protection at least … or some kind of lockdown situation."

A youth justice report found Al Qassim did not need support based on this view but Ms Bakos said that was extraordinary and ordered a fresh assessment.

"I think he screams for help, whether he says he needs it or not," she said.

Earlier the court heard given the intention of the unnamed shooters was to kill Mr Abdulrahim, there are concerns about future attempts on his life.

Mr Chernok said if he was freed on bail Al Qassim could live with his parents or with two of his brothers.

One brother offered Al Qassim a job, while another volunteered $100,000 as a surety to gain the youngster's freedom.

Al Qassim has also offered to abide by strict bail conditions including a curfew, he said.

But prosecutor Glenn Mohammed said there were no conditions that could mitigate him being a flight risk.

"The risk is very real. It can be done – we know this because two people involved in this offending have already done it," he said.

Mr Mohammed said it was possible Mr Abdulrahim would be a witness, but Mr Chernok said there was "no way known" the ex-bikie would give evidence.

Ms Bakos is expected to hand down her decision on Monday.

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One of the last video stores in the country is determined to keep its doors open despite the threat of streaming services.

Network Video in Brunswick Heads, on the NSW Far-North Coast has struggled through evolving technology, the pandemic, and the devastating floods.

The family-owned store has been a local icon for 28 years, and now owner Chris Gentle is asking the community to give back.

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"We've been through the whole thing from pay TV, video piracy and then streaming services starting off slower," he told 9News.

"If they want to support us and they want us here and they want this great archive of films available then they're going to have to come in and support us and get a film every now and again," Gentle added.

A recent dip in trade following months of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic and the flooding crisis that swept through the community had the family considering whether they will be able to keep the doors open much longer.

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Network Video decided to ask their community if they wanted the store to stick around, and the response was an overwhelming yes.

"At my place I don't have any reception like I don't have internet so it's very nice to come here to get a movie," one local told 9News.

Since the post went up, the owners have seen some new and returning clients back browsing the collection of more than 25,000 titles.

Gentle said after nearly three decades of business, there has been one clear favourite – the 2005 indie comedy Napoleon Dynamite.

"We've had to replace it a couple of times because they do get damaged and we replace them," he said.

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A man who believed he was Jesus and the King of England has been found guilty of murder after setting his 65-year-old Brisbane housemate alight as he slept.

David Charles Edgerley, 39, told the Supreme Court that he started the fire in Victor Graveson's bedroom in September 2017 after hearing voices in the TV, radio and his head.

Graveson died three days later after suffering burns to 80 per cent of his body.

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Edgerley had told the court that he had no intention of harming Graveson but was trying to create a diversion to escape from his housemate who he described as a dangerous underworld figure.

But a jury took barely three hours to find Edgerley guilty on Thursday at the trial before Justice Soraya Ryan.

Edgerley said he had heard voices in the TV and radio telling him "Victor was going to get him" and "watch your back" after claiming he witnessed Graveson assault a woman with a screwdriver.

He decided to start the fire and flee the home early one morning after voices told him to "burn it", court heard.

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Edgerley told the jury that he had checked into a Logan mental health centre in August 2017 because he was "losing myself" in the belief that he was Jesus and also the King of England.

He claimed he was released four days later but soon began resuming taking drugs and stopped taking his medication.

Edgerley had "paranoid thoughts" that he was in his own TV program like the Truman Show where "everyone were just actors" after a near fatal 2012 machete attack, the court heard.

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It looks like the mouth of hell opening up, and in some sense, it is.

Jack Ledlin admits he's to blame for the death of Melbourne tradie Cameron Smith, who died after sticking up for his friend.

When Ledlin and his girlfriend called Smith's former girlfriend and still good friend Natasha Stroumos a dog and a fat b—-, he told her she wasn't fat, she was sexy.

The kind words to the woman he'd just shared dinner with were some of the last things he said to her.

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Ledlin, now 21, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in front of a Victorian Supreme Court jury.

Prosecutors refused to accept the plea, arguing he was guilty of murder.

On Thursday the jury agreed and convicted him of the more serious charge.

After dinner on November 25, 2020 Smith and Stroumos had walked toward the beach at Seaford to watch the sunset together.

On the way they crossed paths again with Ledlin and his girlfriend, a short walk from the earlier incident.

A fight broke out and Smith was punched in the head by another man.

He threw a punch back and in the ordeal that followed Ledlin pulled out a blade and stabbed Smith once.

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The blade struck his chest and pierced straight through his heart, severing his coronary artery.

It was a graze on his knee that Stroumos noticed first, and then the blood coming from his chest.

Smith collapsed. Despite attempts at CPR by passers-by, he died before paramedics arrived.

Two men with Ledlin and his girlfriend kicked Smith to the head before all four fled on foot.

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Ledlin had pleaded not guilty to murder on the basis that he didn't intend to kill or cause really serious injury to Smith.

"Because you cause the death of someone doesn't mean you have a murderous intent," Ledlin's barrister told jurors.

He's due return to court for a plea hearing on charge on October 28.