CLINTON Rintoull, drunk and stoned, spray painted ''F--- da niggas'' on the lounge room wall of his Noble Park share-house before stepping outside armed with a metal pole.

A resident walking his dog saw him in the street yelling: ''These blacks are turning this town into the Bronx. I'm going to take my town back. I'm looking to kill the blacks.''

Main: Dylan Sabatino and Clinton Rintoull. Inset: Liep Gony's mother, Martha Alma, leaves Melbourne's Supreme Court, and (below) Liep Gony. Illustration: Bettina Guthridge. Photo: Ken Irwin

Still fuming about an incident three days earlier when he reported being chased by a group of 20 Sudanese men, some carrying knives, Rintoull found Liep Gony.



Rintoull's mate Dylan Sabatino, 21, also armed with a metal pole, joined him. The pair hit Mr Gony, 19, repeatedly with their metal poles, fracturing his skull, and left him to die in the gutter about 10.30pm on September 26, 2007.