Bassam Hamzy, the alleged kingpin of one of many infamous crime household, has clashed with a younger member of a bitter enemy clan after the 2 got here into proximity inside jail.
Hamzy, 43, was being escorted by guards inside Sydney‘s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre on Tuesday when he got here throughout Bilal Mahfoud, a 20-year-old affiliate of the Alameddine clan, who was utilizing a telephone on the time.
It’s understood Mahfoud, generally known as ‘a mouthy’ inmate, ‘spouted off’ at Hamzy because the older man was being moved by the 4 specially-trained jail guards who’re with him each time he is outdoors his cell, a supply advised Day by day Mail Australia.
The much-feared alleged kingpin of one among Australia’s most infamous crime households, Bassam Hamzy, has focused a member of a rival clan whereas on short-term launch from the nation’s highest safety jail.
Hamzy instantly lunged on the youthful man and spat at him earlier than being restrained.
The incident reveals the bloody and excessive profile feud between the Alameddines and the Hamzys – which has led to eight shootings and a number of other murders on Sydney streets lately – is being carried on behind bars too.
Whereas there was no bodily contact between the boys, Mahfoud ‘insisted’ assault expenses be laid in opposition to Hamzy.
Bassam Hamzy faces expenses in Could of operating a large-scale meth operation from his jail cell
As Hamzy, 43, was being escorted by jail guards at Sydney’s Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, he spat at Alameddine affiliate Bilal Mahfoud, who was utilizing a telephone (pictured, inmates at Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater)
The supply mentioned the ‘threshold’ for assault is whether or not the spit landed on Mahfoud, suggesting Hamzy’s goal was on the right track.
‘About 8.15am on Tuesday, January 25, a 43-year-old inmate allegedly spat at a 20-year-old inmate on the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater,’ a NSW Corrective Providers spokeswoman advised Day by day Mail in an announcement.
After Mahfoud mentioned he needed to press expenses, NSW Police had been notified and officers from the Auburn space command are investigating.
Mahfoud is believed to have been the goal of an tried assassination final November when a drive-by capturing sprayed bullets at his house in Guildford in western Sydney.
He was pressured to duck for canopy to save lots of his life from the late-night assault.
Police later charged Mahfoud with buying a gun and ammunition whereas topic to a firearms prohibition order.
He was refused bail and despatched to MRRC – on the identical time Hamzy was moved there.
Mahfoud was jailed for breaching a firearms prohibition order in December and was despatched to MRRC – on the identical time Hamzy was moved there
A younger Bassam Hamzy (proper) sits on a sofa with one among his uncles, years earlier than he wound up in Goulburn Supermax
Hamzy, who was jailed for all times in 1999, was moved from Goulburn Supermax jail to the MRRC just lately.
The transfer is just not believed to be related to Hamzy’s upcoming NSW District Courtroom trial on medication expenses, however is as a substitute associated to an inside grievance he has raised about his therapy within the jail system.
Hamzy is ready to face expenses in Could of operating a large-scale methamphetamine operation from his jail cell.
Hamzy has been behind bars since early 1999 for a string of great crimes together with drug provide, homicide and conspiracy to homicide.
He is not going to be eligible for parole till not less than 2035.
This week it was reported that NSW police consider the Hamzy household has been ‘crushed’ with not less than ten members in jail or useless.
Because the household’s bloody feud with the Alameddines kicked off 18 months in the past a number of Hamzy clan members have been gunned down, together with Mejid, Bilal Hamzy, Salem and Toufik Hamze and Ghassan Amoun.
It’s understood NSW police, by way of its 115-strong Raptor Squad which targets bikie gangs, intend to make inroads into the Alameddine clan.
A police supply additionally vowed there was ‘hassle forward’ for the Alameddine household, believed to be related to a number of deadly shootings of Hamzy members of the family.
Bassam Hamzy is the previous founding father of the infamous Brothers 4 Life Lebanese gang and was jailed in 1999.
He was charged in 2019 over the alleged provide of a industrial amount of methylamphetamine between October 2017 and February 2018 throughout the Riverina and Illawarra.
He allegedly operated the drug operation from his Goulburn supermax cell and communicated along with his former solicitor Martin Churchill underneath the veil of shopper privilege.
In 2009 Bassam Hamzy provided to give up 5 rocket launchers, weapons, grenades and ecstasy tablets to police in a determined letter as a part of a failed plea deal on behalf of his father, Khaled.
The Hamzy household title first got here onto the radar of police within the mid-Nineties, when Khaled was jailed for his position in a drug ring.
A younger Bassam Hamzy pictured on the time of his trial for homicide in 1999. He was sentenced to 21 years however that has been prolonged a number of instances
Source: Day by day Mail