Security firm’s guns not linked to Rio club murder

Licensed guns belonging to Siddique Rasul, owner of RSS Security Services, have undergone ballistic testing that have cleared them of any link to the fatal shooting outside the Rio Inn nightclub, according to his attorney Nigel Hughes.

Hughes yesterday confirmed that the weapons had been cleared and he also made it clear that there was never “any suggestion that he [Rasul] did the shooting.”

Police became interested in testing Rasul’s licensed firearms after information surfaced that a prime suspect in the September 26 fatal shooting of Ryan Sergeant had rented the weapon from him.  Around 2.30am on that day, Sergeant was shot dead, while another man, Jeffrey Ferrell, was injured after an argument ended in gunfire in front of