Bikie gang ‘disowns’ enforcer after alleged sexual assault of girl, 12
A former bikie gang enforcer has been sentenced to 2½ years in jail for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl he chatted up at a Sydney train station. The Nomads outlaw motorcycle gang has since disowned him, a court has heard.
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A high-ranking bikie gang member was booted out of the club after it emerged he had sex with a 12-year-old girl, a move he claims he “hates himself” for.
Bikie enforcer Husa Hasanovic, 28, was in the throes of alcohol and drug addiction when he met the young girl on a platform at a western Sydney train station on Valentine's Day last year.
The girl had been planning to travel to Central Station, but caught the wrong train from Chester Hill station. In a sliding doors moment, the girl got off the train after two stops and asked Hasanovic for a cigarette.
The Downing Centre District Court heard on Friday that Hasanovic, who was the sergeant at arms of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle club, asked the girl how old she was and she replied “16”.
Hasanovic, who joined the gang life after moving out of home at 15, eventually asked her to come back to his home in Chester Hill.
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The girl was uncomfortable and tried to distance herself by telling him she might see him later. She also gave him her old mobile phone number.
But, the court heard, Hasanovic told her “you're coming to my house’’ and the pair ended up at his granny flat.
Inside, Hasanovic took his shirt off and sexually assaulted her, the court was told.
“She was only 12 years old and ought not have been used by an adult in a sexual way at all,” Judge Robyn Tupman said.
“The court is and has been for at least 30 years and continues to be well aware of the trauma of sexual abuse on children, which … in some cases can be a life long traumatic outcome.”
It emerged in court that the Bosnian-born Hasanovic was kicked out of the bikie club after being charged.
Since his arrest, he told a psychologist: “I hate myself for what I have done and I feel like vomiting.”
On a background of using a gram of cocaine a day to offset his hangover from the night before, Judge Tupman accepted Hasanovic was likely drunk when he committed the offending.
While he had abstained from alcohol and drugs since being in custody, he needed supervision and rehabilitation while on parole, the court heard.
For an early guilty plea, Hasanovic, who held his head in his hands, received a 25 per cent discount on his sentence.
He was sentenced to 2½ years in jail with a non-parole period of 18 months. He will be eligible for parole in August.