Four men who allegedly murdered another man over a series of bad online reviews about one of their drug-dealing businesses have returned to the scene of the crime as part of their Supreme Court trial.
Kain Mazomenos, 26, Thomas Nicholls, 31, Jeremy Sandell, 25, and Thomas Pinnington, also 25, are standing trial for the murder of Victor Codea in the front car park of Adelaide High School in August 2020.
Prosecutors allege Mr Sandell lured the 24-year-old to the car park, before he was ambushed by Mr Mazomenos, Mr Nicholls and Mr Pinnington as he sat behind the steering wheel of his car.
Mr Codea died in the Royal Adelaide Hospital of blunt force trauma after receiving repeated blows to the head.
All four men have pleaded not guilty to murder, but Sandell has admitted to manslaughter.
The men were flanked by Supreme Court sheriff's officers as they stood in the car park on West Terrace, while prosecutor Lisa Dunlop explained to Justice Adam Kimber where the crime took place.
A replica car was brought in so Justice Kimber could see how confined it would have been in the driver's seat where Mr Codea would have been attacked.
The court heard yesterday that Sandell became angry and feared for his reputation after anonymous "bad reviews" started popping up on the social media site Discord about his drug dealings around Adelaide.
Ms Dunlop said he organised for another man to be assaulted because he incorrectly suspected he was responsible for the messages, but his attention later turned to Mr Codea.
She said the posts escalated until one emerged that named Mr Sandell as user "Winnie Blues", posted his image and labelled him as a police informant.
"Jeremy Sandell as 'Winnie Blues' posts a response, 'hello Victor'," she said.
Lawyers for Sandell submitted to the court that the central issue at trial would be whether he had "murderous intent", while Mr Pinnington will argue he was in "the wrong place at the wrong time".
The trial continues.
