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April 23rd, 2013 
Two Perth men have been convicted of shooting murder of a 21-year-old man over a drug debt.
Source: AAP
A PERTH jury has found two men guilty of murdering a 21-year-old man over a drug debt by shooting him in the chest at close range.
A Supreme Court jury deliberated for more than a day before convicting Damien Phillip Mathews and Hayden Shane Wayne Joseph on Tuesday of murdering Jeremia Iskander, who was fatally shot on December 2, 2011.
Prosecutor Amanda Forrester had argued Mathews fired the fatal shot, but Joseph was involved in its planning and was therefore equally culpable.
The court heard during the four-week trial that Mr Iskander had been friends with Joseph for several years, but they had fallen out because Joseph owed him money.
Iskander stole two of Joseph’s cars to force him to pay his debt. However, Joseph and Mathews confronted Mr Iskander in a driveway where he was shot, the court heard.
Colin Lovitt, representing Mathews, alleged it was Mr Iskander who had a gun and that a shot was fired accidentally.
Matthews and Joseph will be sentenced on May 31.
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