NEWS.com.au | Accused killers 'laughed as they fled' (December 2, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Accused killers 'laughed as they fled' (December 2, 2004): "Accused killers 'laughed as they fled'
December 2, 2004

TWO men charged with murdering a man during a bungled robbery were seen laughing as they fled the scene, the NSW Supreme Court heard today.


Victim ... university student Simon Taylor.


Ferras Dehaybi, and a youth who can be identified only as JD, have pleaded not guilty to murdering 33-year-old Simon Taylor in Glebe in March 2003.
They also pleaded not guilty to robbing Mr Taylor of a diamond ring and his mother Rosalie of her handbag.
Dehaybi, 22, also pleaded not guilty to maliciously wounding Simon's father, Robert, with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
The Crown alleges the murder occurred after Dehaybi answered the Taylors' newspaper advertisement, pretending he wanted to buy the diamond ring Simon was selling.
His fiancee had returned the ring, valued at $26,400, after their engagement ended.
During closing submissions today, Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC told the jury the robbery went wrong after Dehaybi lured the three Taylors into the courtyard of a Glebe home.
Dehaybi was armed with a knife and JD - who was 17 at the time - threatened them with a replica pistol.
'You might think that what happened to the Taylors was an urban nightmare, to be tricked into going into that courtyard, to be tricked into bringing that valuable ring, to be confronted by these two armed men and threatened with their lives ... and then the ultimate tragedy - to lose their son,' Mr Tedeschi said.
Robert Taylor was stabbed after JD stole Mrs Taylor's handbag containing the ring and Simon Taylor was fatally stabbed when he gave chase, the court heard.
Mr Tedeschi asked the jury to reject Dehaybi'"