Vic 'vampire gigolo' murder in court March 18, 2013 - 1:49PM A male escort was gunned down in front of his girlfriend as retribution for allegedly raping a client, a Victorian court has heard. Self-professed vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott, 28, was fatally shot outside his Reservoir home in June 2003. Evangelos Goussis, 45, and a man who cannot be identified have been charged with his murder. Prosecutor Andrew Tinney SC told the Melbourne Magistrates Court Chartres-Abbott was killed in a revenge plot organised by the former partner of one of his clients. The gigolo was accused of raping and mutilating a client, leaving her with injuries including the partial amputation of her tongue. "The murder ... was carefully planned, brazen and carried out with frightening brutality," Mr Tinney said on Monday. Chartres-Abbott was ambushed by two men, including Goussis, and shot twice when he was leaving home to face court on rape charges, Mr Tinney said. His girlfriend and her father were walking alongside Chartres-Abbott when he was shot. Chartres-Abbott's alleged victim told police he had believed he was a vampire. The committal hearing continues.