‘Dead man walking’: Hamzy’s shady criminal past
Law enforcement feared Mejid Hamzy posed a huge threat at the height of Sydney’s gangland war that they tried to have his freedom revoked, secret evidence reveals.
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Open Letter to the Commissioner: Tyranny of Government, or Best Interests of the People? So begins a letter from a Traffic and Highway Patrol cop.
‘I’m going to f**king kill you and your stupid kids’
Further details about Michael Ibrahim’s alleged threats to his sister have been revealed. Ibrahim, who is serving 30 years in jail, was charged with threatening to kill his sister.
How dog hairs cracked mystery Jane Doe murder case
First they couldn’t identify the body of ‘Jane Doe’ but it was the most obscure clue that put police on the path to her killer. In a new series called Silent Witness, The Sunday Telegraph will profile NSW’s most baffling murders and how each case was cracked. INTERACTIVE SPECIAL
Watsford loses home while he’s been in jail
Former Ibrahim family associate Ryan Watsford — who can be released from jail as early as next year after he was sentenced over a plot to smuggle 800kg of MDMA — won’t be able to return to his eastern suburbs home as it has been sold.
The making of a criminal mastermind
The only police officer to fire a shot at Bassam Hamzy recently revealed for the first time how he could have ended the notorious gangster’s bloody reign 20 years ago.
Barrister fights parking fine after saving distressed woman
Copping a parking ticket when you’ve stopped to help a woman having a medical episode is poor form, but when the Sydney City Council refused to waive the penalty barrister Ertunc Ozen QC decided that wasn’t good enough.
Dressed for arrest: ‘Can I slip into something more comfortable?’
Police officers often swoop on homes just after dawn and drag people to the station in their sleep attire — sometimes just their underwear. But one man decided he needed to accessorise.
Violent racist’s 30-year horror hate history
A man who bashed a pregnant Muslim woman was not charged under NSW’s race hate laws despite the urging of police. Stipe Lozina, who is revealed to have a deep hate for Muslims, also has a history of violence going back almost 30 years.
COVID loners: SovCits on counter-terror police watch list
Police are concerned at the lure of so-called sovereign citizens groups – who believe the government is illegitimate and refuse to follow its laws – with a growing number of loners bearing anti-authority grudges emerging in the wake of COVID.
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