A Queanbeyan court has been shown dramatic security footage from the night service station attendant Zeeshan Akbar was killed, with the apparent stabbing captured on camera.
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One of the teenagers accused of murdering Mr Akbar at the Queanbeyan service station on April 7 last year was refused bail in Queanbeyan Children's Court on Tuesday.
The boy turned 15 in March last year. His co-accused was 16 at the time.
The boy's lawyer told Queanbeyan Children's Court his client had been coerced into participating in the events of that night, including the alleged murder.
The prosecution showed the court CCTV footage from the service station of Mr Akbar's death. In the footage Mr Akbar could be seen entering the service station with two people identified in court as the accused, before the teenagers wandered the aisles.
As Mr Akbar walked towards the counter, one of the two in the footage - identified in court as the 16-year-old - followed him and appeared to stab him. Mr Akbar could then be seen running back towards the entrance while the offender chased him and continued to stab him.
The person identified as the 15-year-old appeared to take what was believed to be a tyre iron from his clothing and removed the till from behind the counter.
The pair then smashed the front doors to leave the service station.
While the prosecutor and Magistrate Michael Antrum both agreed the young person applying for bail was not the primary offender, they said he had clearly committed serious offences that night.
The prosecutor rejected the defence's claims that the boy was coerced into committing offences with the co-accused as the footage appeared to show the two execute a premeditated plan.
The prosecutor said the boy had several opportunities to leave the co-accused on the night but decided to remain during the period of offending.
The boy's mother faced court and said she believed her son was not a violent individual and said he had been hanging around the wrong crowd.
She described herself as a strict parent and was confident that should her son be granted bail she would be able to permanently supervise him in home detention.
She told the court her son had completed year 10 studies while incarcerated and hoped to attend CIT if granted bail.
While Magistrate Antrum accepted that the boy's mother would do all she could to ensure he followed bail conditions he said there were no conditions that could properly mitigate risks to the community if the boy was released.
There are no limits to the number of bail applications that a juvenile can make.
At the time of the offence there were allegations of a terror related motive for the killing. Magistrate Antrum referenced these in court on Tuesday, but said that all references to terrorism had been introduced by the co-accused and not the boy seeking bail. He said the co-accused had made claims of wanting to join ISIS.
The case will return to court later this month before eventually being heard in the NSW Supreme Court.
