Bossley Park hair salon stab accused ‘tried to dismantle getaway bike’

A teen accused of the stabbing murder of 20-year-old Alfredo Isho inside a Western Sydney hair salon allegedly tried to dismantle and disguise the motorbike he used as a getaway vehicle.

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A teen accused of the stabbing murder of a man inside a Western Sydney hair salon allegedly tried to dismantle and disguise the motorbike he used as a getaway vehicle.

When police raided the Bossley Park home of 18-year-old accused murderer Fredon Laith Botrus, they allegedly found his motorbike with a fan blowing on it in what police will allege was an effort to cool the engine and make it look like the bike hadn’t been driven.

One side of the motorbike was still hot while the other was cold, according to a police fact sheet.

Died of his injuries … Alfredo Isho.

Police arrest Fredon Laith Botrus yesterday. Picture: TNV

Emergency crews search a rear laneway yesterday. Picture: Tim Pascoe

Police will allege plastic parts of the bike had also been removed in an attempt to disguise it.

Botrus allegedly rode the bike to Bossley Park’s Classico Hair Studio just after midday on Friday where he is accused of stabbing 20-year-old Alfredo Isho in the chest.

Mr Isho later died and Botrus was charged with murder.

He appeared in Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday where his lawyer Mohammed Suliman from Criminal Law Group told the court his client was not applying for bail.

The alleged motive for the killing is yet to be established.

The scene in Mimosa Road, Bossley Park yesterday. Picture: Tim Pascoe

However, police will allege Mr Isho had been waiting for 45 minutes to get a haircut and then sat in a barber’s chair near the rear door.

Botrus was seen riding laps around the streets outside the store on his motorbike before parking on a nearby grass area, police will allege.

He then allegedly entered the store and stabbed Mr Isho in the chest near the collar bone.

Paramedics kept Mr Isho alive in the short term but he later died in hospital.

Forensic officers at the scene yesterday. Picture: Tim Pascoe

Police raided Botrus’ home soon after and he allegedly told them he had been asleep all day.

Officers then found the motorbike with a fan pointed at it with one side of the bike cold and the other hot.

Police would like to speak to anyone who recalls seeing this rider before or after the alleged murder. Picture: NSW Police

They also noted that the coloured parts of the bike had been removed.

Botrus was order to appear in Fairfield Local Court on March 13.

Tributes have flowed on social for Mr Isho, including from his friends with many shocked at the young man’s death.

“Our beautiful Alfredo. You took part of us with you when you left,” Hend Matte wrote on Facebook.

“Our hearts will never heal. Go rest your soul.”

Friends have also begun posting tributes on Mr Isho’s Facebook page.

“Rest in peace young man,” Matias Ayoub said.

“Rest in peace Alfredo. You will definitely be missed,” Rebecca Nguyen said.

On the St Zaia’s Cathedral Facebook page, where condolences have already been arranged by the family for tomorrow, nearly a thousand people have paid tribute to the young man.

“This is extremely sad to see the men in our community dying so young. May He Rest In Peace,” Maryam Franso wrote.

“God please give strength to those who are affected. My thoughts and prayers are with the families involved.”