Car stealer 'shot over drug debt'

Damien Phillip Mathews and Hayden Shane Wayne Joseph are on trial in the Supreme Court for the murder of Jeremia Iskander, 21, who was shot in the chest at close range in December 2011. Source: Supplied

A STAND-OFF between two former friends after a $20,000 car was stolen to settle a drug debt ended in the murder of one of them, the WA Supreme Court has heard.

Damien Phillip Mathews and Hayden Shane Wayne Joseph are on trial for the murder of Jeremia Iskander, 21, who was was shot in the chest at close range on December 2, 2011.

Prosecutor Amanda Forrester said in her opening address on Monday that Mathews had fired the fatal shot, but Joseph was involved in its planning and was therefore equally culpable.

The court heard Mr Iskander had been friends with Joseph for several years but they had fallen out because Joseph owed him money.

Ms Forrester said Joseph's car was stolen on November 13 to force him to pay his debt to Mr Iskander.

She said Joseph believed Mr Iskander was driving the car and doing burnouts, "rubbing his nose" in his loss.

The court heard Joseph and Mathews confronted Mr Iskander in a driveway and the three men, as well as a woman who accompanied the accused men, had an argument.

Mr Iskander accused Joseph of wanting to fight only when other people were around and said he would rather have a "one-on-one" with Joseph, Ms Forrester said.

Instead, Mathews shot Mr Iskander in the chest and the accused men fled, she said.

An ambulance took Mr Iskander to Joondalup Health Campus, where he died.

In the lead-up to the murder and the hours after it, Joseph sent many text messages to friends, indicating in one message that he was responsible for Mr Iskander's death, Ms Forrester said.

Joseph and Mathews set fire to the car to destroy evidence and went missing for nine days until they finally turned themselves in, she said.

Police say they found four unfired bullets in the driveway that the prosecution claims came from the gun used in the killing, but no weapon has ever been found.

The defence team has not yet made its opening address.

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