Footage of two attackers in pursuit of Michael Rooke. Ahmadzai was found guilty on Friday of shooting Mr Rooke with intent to murder, stealing two motor vehicles and burning one after the incident. Two others have been convicted for their role in the brutal attack. Shocking footage was shown during Ahmadzai's trial, depicting a wounded Mr Rooke scrambling to get away from two hooded attackers. CCTV showed him crawling in the car park before two men kicked him and shot him three times.

CCTV footage shows Michael Rooke fleeing as shots are fired. He desperately tried to yank open the door to the Aarows club to get away from his attackers. A motive for the shooting has never been uncovered and Judge Gregory Farmer said in the Downing Centre District Court on Friday that the intercepted phone call with Fayad was inconclusive, establishing only that they wanted to get rid of a "freak". A gunman fires at Michael Rooke. Ahmadzai claimed he was not the hooded man standing with the gunman in the Aarows car park but Judge Farmer said overwhelming circumstantial evidence proved otherwise.

Two days before the shooting, Ahmadzai undertook internet searches on his mobile phone for phrases such as "how to release trigger in King Cobra .38" and "revolver safety check". Jailed: Wassim Fayad. Credit:Ben Rushton On the night of April 30, Ahmadzai and two others stole two cars, yet didn't realise that one, a Toyota van, had a camera mounted to the rear vision mirror. It captured audio of one of the men praying and of Ahmadzai saying "you got to cock the thing back" and "put one in the chamber". Hours after the shooting in the early hours of May 1, several news articles on the incident were accessed on Ahmadzai's phone and the phone of his wife, Fatima Elzamtar.

Months later, the unsolved shooting featured on the television show Wanted. Ahmadzai, who was then in custody for other matters, made three phone calls to his wife to question her on detail from the show. He pretended he didn't know about the incident but was clearly asking due to his "consciousness of guilt", Judge Farmer concluded. He also spoke via phone to one of his co-accused, who was about to flee the country. The co-accused said, "I wish I could see him now just so I could finish him before I go" to which Ahmadzai replied, "No way, are you serious?"

He told his co-accused that he loved him, he was proud of him and you "learn from your mistakes". The pair were talking about their failed attempt to kill Mr Rooke, Judge Farmer concluded. Ahmadzai is already in SuperMax for unrelated offences, including threatening to slit the throat of an ASIO officer. He is alleged to be linked to a group of western Sydney extremists who have carried out terrorist attacks. He will be sentenced for the shooting at a later date.