Jack Harrison Vincent Sadler, 29, said three men had come from Victoria because Mr Anderson-Brettner owed them a six figure sum for drugs.

Mr Sadler, who has pleaded not guilty to murder, said the men arrived just before a meeting on August 15, 2018.

He told the court the meeting became heated when Mr Anderson-Brettner took a phone call about being approved for a home loan.

Mr Sadler said one of the Victorian men shot Mr Anderson-Brettner after he [Mr Sadler] had taken Mr Anderson-Brettner to a room known as the "shoe room" in his Dion Crescent house.

He said the room was lined with plastic because he was going to have a cook of ecstasy tablets that night.

Mr Sadler is answering questions from defence counsel Greg Richardson.

Mr Sadler said the Victorian men left straight after the shooting and told him it was his job to clean and that Mr Anderson-Brettner's drug debt was now his to pay.

He said he and his partner cut up the body with an axe and knife and disposed of it at the Sideling and in wheelie bins.

It is expected that Director of Public Prosecutions Daryl Coates SC will cross examine Mr Sadler today.

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