THE victim of a fatal shooting in Ligar Street last year was “asking to be shot” after he and another man returned to where their car had been fired at moments earlier, a barrister has said.Jon Lucas, 29, sat in the dock of the Supreme Court in Ballarat yesterday as both parties gave their final addresses.Lucas has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and attempted murder, relating to an early morning shooting on January 10 last year. During the sitting before Justice Bernard Bongiorno, both parties asked the jury to dismiss evidence given by key witnesses.Crown prosecutor Paul D’Arcy urged the jury to believe the version of events offered by Gregory Bullock — the man shot moments after his friend Steven Brooks was fatally wounded — over Ryan Quinlan, who was in a car with Lucas shortly before the alleged murder took place. “You shouldn’t believe him. (He was) not a witness of truth. Not accurate,” Mr D’Arcy said of Mr Quinlan.Mr D’Arcy said that despite evidence given by the accused on Thursday, there was “precious little defence”. He said the jury should be reluctant to accept anything Lucas had said and drew attention to his actions following the shooting.“He goes around the countryside shedding the gun, the cartridges and his clothes, and has a shower,” Mr D’Arcy said, before mentioning Lucas’ trip to the coast.“He’s just shot two people and he goes for a quiet fish in Geelong.”Defence barrister Neill Hutton said Mr Brooks’ had been warned not to return to the Ligar Street property by mutual friend Bradley Spark on the night of the alleged murder, and by the “warning” shot Lucas fired at the utility door before Mr Brooks and Mr Bullock sped away. By returning, Mr Hutton said the deceased was “just asking to be shot”.Mr Hutton told the court Lucas shot Mr Brooks and Mr Bullock in self defence, claiming Mr Brooks was “angry at the world, angry specifically at Mr Lucas and looking for a fight”. Mr Hutton refuted what he called a “big attack” by the prosecution on Mr Quinlan’s evidence, saying Mr Bullock had been wrong at several crucial times, and who he said the crown case relied almost entirely upon. “It seems comical and farcical how he says he holds the hammer to protect himself,” Mr Hutton said of how Mr Bullock described his actions following Mr Brooks being shot.The trial before Justice Bongiorno continues on Monday, when the jury is expected to retire to consider its verdict.