Millionaire property developer Ron Medich leaves Central Local Court yesterday / Picture: Jeremy Piper Source: Supplied MILLIONAIRE property developer Ron Medich claims he is "not a violent person" and didn't murder loan shark Michael McGurk. He claims his former friend, ex-boxer Fortunato "Lucky" Gattellari, had a motive to kill McGurk and says, in hindsight, he should have avoided him "like the plague." That's what the 65-year-old told Central Local Court yesterday when, in another twist to the sensational murder case, Medich broke his long-held silence by reading a strongly worded statement which said "I will be vindicated." Magistrate Jan Stevenson committed Medich to stand trial for the murder of McGurk, a former business associate he fell out with, and the intimidation of his widow, Kimberley McGurk. Yesterday, when asked by Ms Stevenson if he wanted to say anything, Medich said: "Yes your honour ... I would like to say something at last ..." Medich's voice trembled and he fought back tears as he said he was a bad judge of character. He also said Gattellari had been stealing money off him and both his ex-wife Odetta and brother Ron had urged him to sever ties with the former boxer. "I have never been a violent or physically aggressive man and I did not authorise, and have not authorised anyone ever...to harm or threaten anyone in this case," Medich told the court. There is no believable motive for me to want to have Mr McGurk killed or Mrs McGurk threatened. Medich also told the court he felt sympathy for the family of McGurk, who was shot dead on September 3, 2009, as he parked his car outside his Cremorne home. The court has been told Gattellari enlisted Haissam Safetli and former Bosnian soldier Senad Kaminic to carry out the assassination. The trio have been jailed, after pleading guilty, while Christopher Estephan, 23, who was at the scene but denies pulling the trigger, is still facing a committal hearing. Gattellari agreed to give evidence against Medich in exchange for a lighter sentence after pleading guilty to being an accessory before the fact in the murder. Prosecutors claim Medich wanted McGurk dead because of embarrassment and humiliation the loan shark caused him and that business dealings between the two had soured. Gattellari gave evidence during the committal hearing claiming he organised the alleged $500,000 hit on McGurk for Medich as a favour. Ms Stevenson said there was no direct evidence linking Medich to the murder but she was satisfied by the evidence given by Gattellari. Medich was ordered to appear in the NSW Supreme Court in November.