Man charged in Sydney over daylight shooting of Melbourne gangland figure Gavin Preston | Australian police and policing
A Sydney man has been charged with murder and will be extradited over the alleged execution-style shooting of Melbourne gangland figure Gavin “Capable” Preston at a suburban cafe. Police from Victoria and New South Wales raided residential properties in Bradbury, Yagoona and Campbelltown on Wednesday morning, after the underworld figure was gunned down last month. A 22-year-old Bradbury man was arrested without incident. He has been charged with murder and was expected to face the Campbelltown local court on Wednesday, where police will apply for his extradition to Victoria. He will be charged with further offences when he returns to Victoria, police said. Preston, 50, was killed, and a 26-year-old South Morang man he was dining with was critically injured, after shots were fired outside Sweet Lulus cafe in Keilor Village on 9 September. Det Supt Janet Stevenson refused to say if police would allege the man was the triggerman in the daylight shooting. “He will be charged with murder so he clearly was key in that shooting,” she told reporters in Melbourne. The man …