A MAN was shot in the shoulder when a fight broke out in a Sydney strip club - and a jury will have to decide who pulled the trigger.
Ricky Anthony Ciano, 31, has pleaded not guilty to wounding Amer Tashman with intent to cause grievous bodily harm at Bada Bing nightclub in Kings Cross on April 9 last year.
He has also pleaded not guilty to using a pistol without a licence.
On the first day of Ciano's trial in the NSW District Court on Tuesday, prosecutor Michael Barr said the jury would hear evidence that Ciano shot Mr Tashman in the left shoulder after a fight broke out involving both men.
"Five minutes after the accused comes into the club, there is a scuffle and fistfight which includes the accused and Mr Tashman," Mr Barr said.
After the fight was broken up, Mr Barr said, Ciano could be seen on the video reaching into the front of his trousers, holding something in his right hand and walking until he was about one or two metres away from the victim.
"It's at that stage the crown says Mr Tashman was shot," Mr Barr said.
The jury was told some of the CCTV footage of the alleged incident was obscured and a pistol was not visible.
No one in the club at the time reported witnessing the shooting, although some patrons reported hearing a shot.
The jury was shown photographs of the scene after the incident.
"(One) shows you the blood on the wall," Mr Barr said.
About 25 seconds later, Ciano left the club by the emergency exit, Mr Barr said.
Mr Tashman told paramedics and police he didn't know anything about what happened, the court heard.
"He felt some blood but he didn't even know he was shot," Mr Barr said.
"He had no memory of being involved in a fight."
Defence barrister Graham Turnbull, SC, told the court there was no issue Ciano was involved in the scuffle at the club, or that he ran outside afterwards.
"The issue is, he didn't shoot (Mr Tashman)," Mr Turnbull said.
There was a "host of people" involved in the fight, he said.
"(It was) a group fight with lots of people coming and going," Mr Turnbull said.
"The question will be, who shot the victim?"
Mr Turnbull said the jury would need to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that Ciano had a gun on him and that he used it to shoot someone.
The trial continues before Judge Colin Charteris.
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