An ex-detective charged with the murder of alleged drug dealer Jamie Gao has told a court that co-accused Roger Rogerson ‘threatened to kill his daughters’ unless he helped him commit the crime.
Glen McNamara took the stand again on Friday, continuing the ongoing murder trial at the Supreme Court in Sydney. On Thursday he told the jury it was Rogerson who had shot Gao twice in the chest.
‘(Rogerson) pointed the gun directly towards my head and he said, “I’ll do you, get up and help me you weak c*** or you’ll be lying on the floor next to him”,’ McNamara said, news.com.au reported.
‘(Rogerson) said, ‘F*** me, he pulled a knife on me. Help me or you’ll be lying on the floor with him and then I’ll kill your girls.’

Glen McNamara (right) told the Supreme Court that Roger Rogerson (left) had threatened to kill his daughters if he didn’t help him commit the crime, just moments after shooting alleged dealer Jamie Gao twice in the chest
Both men accuse each other of killing university student Jamie Gao, who was shot at a Padstow garage in Sydney’s south-west and found floating in the ocean off Cronulla beach six days later

Both men accuse each other of killing university student Jamie Gao, who was shot at a Padstow garage in Sydney’s south-west and found floating in the ocean off Cronulla beach six days later. McNamara claims Rogerson threatened to kill his daughters if he didn’t help commit the crime

McNamara claims Rogerson threatened to kill his daughters (pictured, Jessica) if he didn’t help commit the crime

‘Help me or you’ll be lying on the floor with him and then I’ll kill your girls’: McNamara told the jury that Rogerson had threatened him after . He says he played no part in shooting Gao

McNamara (pictured) told the jury that he had no played no part in shooting Gao, and had no idea why the trio had met up in the first place

The crown case is the two men, who accuse each other of killing Mr Gao, shot the alleged drug dealer at a Padstow storage unit before stuffing his body into a surfboard bag and dumping it at sea in May, 2014.
But McNamara, 56, has squarely blamed Rogerson, 75, telling the jury he had no idea why there was a meeting between himself, Rogerson and Mr Gao at the unit.
Both men have pleaded not guilty to the 20-year-old’s death in May 2014, and both deny supplying close to 3 kilograms of the drug ice, which Gao allegedly brought with him to the deal.
On Thursday McNamara claimed that Rogerson, ‘seething with anger,’ had pulled a gun from his right pocket and twice shot Gao in chest, who was armed with a combat knife, as their argument over a drug deal escalated.
Back in March, McNamara’s daughter Jessica told the court her father paled after his alleged accomplice Rogerson complimented herself and her sister over a beer on the day Gao was killed. She said the three of them exchanged chit-chat as McNamara and a ‘jovial’ Rogerson shared a beer.
But the mood turned when Rogerson commented on how ‘nice’ she and her younger sister were. ‘He said to my dad that he had really lovely, lovely girls,’ Ms McNamara told the NSW Supreme Court.
‘As he was saying that I looked at my dad and he was pale.
‘He looked skittish. He kept moving at the table, twitching a little bit.’ Glen McNamara’s daughter Jessica  told the court in March that her father had looked ‘skittish’ when he had joined her with Rogerson for beers on the same day Gao was killed
Ms McNamara, 25, said she noticed Rogerson began tapping a dark-coloured item in his right trouser pocket and that her father suddenly began fidgeting, standing up and pacing on the spot.
Mr Gao’s body was found in ocean off Cronulla in south Sydney six days after his alleged murder. The blue tarpaulin his body had been wrapped in allegedly matches the blue in the back of McNamara’s boat

Mr Gao’s body was found in ocean off Cronulla in south Sydney six days after his alleged murder. The blue tarpaulin his body had been wrapped in allegedly matches the blue in the back of McNamara’s boat

Rogerson sat with a grin on his face as his co-accused gave his version of events to the jury

Jamie Gao was allegedly holding a large combat knife when he was shot twice in the chest

On Thursday, the court heard McNamara’s version of events. Mr Gao, the court heard, had let himself into McNamara’s car at a nearby McDonalds and was lying on the floor near the rear seats, clearly scared.
‘Gao said ‘the triads have been chasing me all f***ing day’,’ McNamara told the court.
Minutes later they were inside the storage unit and Rogerson went off at Mr Gao directly, the court heard.
According to McNamara, Rogerson said to Mr Gao: ‘you were supposed to come to me, you f***ing idiot.
Mr Gao responded: ‘It’s better to have witnesses. Where’s the f***ing money?’
‘Where’s the gear?’ Rogerson then asked.
‘There’s no money for you f***wit.’
Mr Gao repeated his demand, Rogerson did the same and as Mr Gao offered another ‘f*** off’ he pulled a large combat knife from a bag, McNamara said.
Mr Gao was seated but had tried to stand up, which would have put him directly in front of Rogerson, the court heard.
‘I saw Roger pull a gun from the right pocket of his pants,’ McNamara said.
‘He was seething with anger.’
At this point, McNamara stepped back and hid under a table, he said.
Rogerson then shot Mr Gao, leaving him splayed and groaning in a chair.
There was a tinkle as Mr Gao dropped his knife, but Rogerson wasn’t finished, McNamara said.
‘He held aim and shot him again,’ he said.
‘Gao stopped moving. There was no noise. He just killed him.
‘I said to him, ‘Why, why, why?’
The day after his alleged murder, Rogerson and McNamara were seen entering a Cronulla apartment with a six pack of beers

The day after his alleged murder, Rogerson and McNamara were seen entering a Cronulla apartment with a six pack of beers

CCTV footage shown in court allegedly shows McNamara and Mr Gao arrive at the storage unit in Padstow and enter

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