<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Seven men who were previously found guilty of the murder of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="_blank" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span> man Jason De leso have had their convictions overturned.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>De leso was working at his auto repair workshop when he was fatally shot in November 2012.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After a marathon five-month trial in 2023, a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="_blank" title="Supreme Court"><span>Supreme Court</span></a><span> jury found seven men guilty of De Ieso's murder.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/iran-israel-and-us-conflict-in-the-middle-east-live-updates-june-2025/101f03f7-438d-4f06-9ce8-e8529925ccfa"><strong><span>Iranian nuclear, weapon production sites hit by Israeli strikes</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It took the jury more than 30 hours of deliberations over six days to find brothers Musa, Hussain and Mohamed Alzuain, Ross Montgomery, Daniel Jalleh, Nicholas Sianis and Kyle Pryde guilty.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were sentenced to life in jail, but almost as soon as the verdicts were handed down, they lodged appeals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This morning, their bid to have their convictions overturned was successful, with the court granting the appeal on the ground that the judge had erred in an aspect of the case relating to joint enterprise.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/jason-de-leso-convictions-overturned-for-seven-bikie-linked-men-found-guilty-of-murder/f7dc1749-a2c1-44c1-afd0-92bc70d8c9a4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Major Crime detectives, who worked tirelessly for a decade to get to trial, had to break the devastating news to the victim's family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/winter-solstice-australia-approaches-darkest-week-of-the-year/08da944d-53bb-4430-82d3-0a1f3cc99a24"><strong><span>Darkest week of the year approaches with winter solstice</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All of the accused were alleged to be members, prospects or close associates of the Hells Angels at the time of the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The trial heard De Ieso was caught in the crossfire of an escalating bikie war between the Hells Angels and the Finks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>De leso was never the intended target, with the court hearing it was rival Finks gang member Charles Bonici, who'd left the workshop only minutes earlier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A date for retrial is yet to be set, but it's expected to be equally as long and expensive as the last, which cost taxpayers millions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></a><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></a><span> </span><strong><span>and</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1"><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></a><strong><span>.</span></strong></div></div>
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