A bikie firefight and firebombing at a house in suburban Canberra saw a bullet narrowly miss a neighbour who was in bed, a court has heard.
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Calwell residents took the stand on Thursday to give evidence in the case of Axel Sidaros, 25. Mr Sidaros is on trial in the Supreme Court for his alleged involvement in an attack on former Comanchero ACT president Peter Zdravkovic.
Mr Sidaros denies being one of four men to sneak onto Mr Zdravkovic's property, shoot at him through a glass sliding door - one shot resulting in the loss of the top of Mr Zdravkovic's middle finger - and set several cars alight including a BMW, a Mercedes-AMG and a black ute.
Mr Sidaros has pleaded not guilty to eight charges including attempted murder, arson, inflicting grievous bodily harm, and aggravated burglary.
The former next-door neighbours of Mr Zdravkovic, his partner and then three-year-old son told the jury they were asleep when they woke to several bangs about 10.30pm on June 28, 2018.
The man who lived next door said they sounded like firecrackers "in a quick succession". There was a few seconds pause before he heard what sounded like a larger firecracker going off against their fence.
He joined his wife in their dining room and saw a fire at Mr Zdravkovic's residence.
"There was flames, smoke, and Peter yelling, 'call the fire brigade'," he said.
Police came to the couple's house the next morning and found a bullet had been fired into the man's bedroom. It went through wooden venetian blinds, fragmented into a cupboard, and most of it went into a wall above his bed head.
The man's wife said they were shocked at the discovery. "He could have sat up," she told the court.
Another neighbour told the court she thought the first gunshot was a car backfiring. More shots followed, and she heard mens voices coming from a car driving down the street.
The attackers stopped at Mr Zdravkovic's parent's property a few houses down and shot at it.
"I sort of got a little bit terrified and ran out of my bedroom, which faced the front of the house," the woman told the court.
During defence barrister Ian McLachlan's questioning of Mr Zdravkovic's partner, the court heard there was a "hit" out on Mr Zdravkovic as part of a bikie feud. In the months leading up to the June 28 incident, Mr Zdravkovic was shot at in his backyard and a bullet grazed his head.
The Australian Federal Police also notified Mr Zdravkovic and his partner they had pulled over a man who intended to shoot up their Calwell house.
Mr Sidaros' remaining charges are attempted arson, discharging a firearm and endangering life, riding in a car without consent, and discharging a firearm into a building.
The trial continues.