The widow of a Kirrawee security guard who was fatally shot during an armed robbery hopes a $100,000 reward for information will help police to find her husband's killer.
Gary Allibon, 59, died after he was shot in the back during a routine cash drop outside an office block in Sussex Street, Sydney, on June 7, 2010.
Police believe three to four men ambushed the Chubb security guard after he stepped out of a security van and walked into the foyer of a commercial building about 6am.
They fired one shot and stole cash from the guards before taking off in a high-performance silver S8 Audi sedan.
Officers found the car in flames off Henry Lawson Drive, Milperra, two days later.
Mrs Allibon said she asked herself every night why they chose to take her husband’s life, especially because he was such a calm, gentle-natured person.
‘‘They spoiled a wonderful life,’’ she said.
‘‘They took everything Gary was looking forward.’’
She described her husband as a tinkerer, and a ‘‘sandpaper king’’ who liked to fix whatever he could get his hands on.
‘‘It’s nearly been three years since we lost Gary and I feel as empty today as I did the day of his death,’’ she said.
‘‘I'm hoping this reward will convince someone to come forward and provide detectives with the missing links they need to catch Gary's killer.’’
Robbery and serious crime squad commander, Superintendent Luke Moore, said he hoped the reward would help police find new information.
‘‘No matter how irrelevant or seemingly insignificant the information might seem, it could be the much-needed piece of the puzzle we need to find the people responsible for Mr Allibon’s death,” he said.
The state government’s reward of up to $100,000 is for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for Mr Allibon’s death.
