The young man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, became emotionally distressed while describing events connected to drive-by shootings at the Rebels clubhouse and a Wheelers Lane residence on November 13, 2004.

Darrell John Wright, 38, faces a charge of recklessly discharging a firearm in relation to the shootings.

He has previously pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing an unregistered firearm.

The court has been told the early morning shootings followed an altercation at the Bunglegumbie Road clubhouse, during which two men were ejected from the premises.

The teenager giving evidence yesterday was aged 15 at the time of the shootings and told of attending the clubhouse with a group of people, including Mr Wright.

Drinking had commenced in the afternoon and was still continuing well into the night when the witness left to take a woman home to a property at Mogriguy.

Mr Wright and another man had remained at the clubhouse before the pair returned to the Mogriguy property. The man’s head was bleeding and he told of being hit with a brick during an altercation.

The man and Mr Wright talked about returning to the Rebels bar “to sort it out”.

The witness told of being instructed to get a cut-down rifle from a hole in the wall of the house. He told of Mr Wright taking the firearm, a magazine loaded with ammunition and vehicle keys before leaving the house.

The court heard the witness, the man and others in the house then went to the bedroom to monitor a police scanner.

“We wanted to know if the coppers were called when Darrell went to the Rebels place,’’ the witness said.

The witness then told of driving an old yellow Ford into the Goonoo Forest while Mr Wright followed in a white utility. He detailed how the utility, rifle and ammunition were hidden behind trees before the witness and Mr Wright returned to others waiting at the Mogriguy house.