Ex-bikies boss Mahmoud Hawi freed from prison after serving five years for fatal Sydney Airport brawl

COMMANCHEROS ex-boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi has been released from jail after serving just over three years behind bars for the manslaughter of Hells Angels associate Anthony Zervas.

CCTV of bikie gang members at Sydney Airport.

FORMER Comancheros boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi has been freed from jail after serving just five years for the killing of Hells Angels associate Anthony Zervas in a violent brawl at Sydney Airport six years ago.

Hawi, 34, was released on Friday to an address in regional NSW after the State Parole Authority approved his parole, subject to 22 conditions, at a private meeting on May 7.

The decision was based on Hawi’s “satisfactory prison performance” together with his appropriate post-release plans.

Zervas was repeatedly bludgeoned with a bollard and stabbed with a pair of scissors during a Sunday afternoon brawl between rival bikie gangs in front of terrified passengers.

He died at the scene.

Hawi was found guilty in November, 2011, of murdering Zervas, 29, in the domestic departure hall of the airport on March 22, 2009.

The former national Comancheros president was sentenced to a maximum of 28 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 21 years.

CCTV of bikie gang members at Sydney Airport.

Hells Angels associate Anthony Zervas who was bashed and stabbed.

The conviction was set aside in a decision of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal last year, with Hawi allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

After being given bail, Hawi was subsequently returned to custody after being re-sentenced last month to a maximum of six years and two months for the manslaughter conviction, which was to expire in January 2016.

The parole decision took into account that Hawi had already served more time than his non-parole period following his re-­sentencing, having been behind bars for more than five years.

The new three-year, six-month non-parole period ­technically expired in May, 2013, resulting in Hawi’s legal team requesting his release.

A statement from the NSW Corrective Services Department said the NSW State Parole Authority Board had granted Hawi parole subject to him agreeing to abide by a set of strict conditions.

The conditions included that he make no contact with any member of the Zervas family.

Hawi is also banned from associating with outlaw motorcycle gang members, or visiting any ­bikies-operated premises.

The other conditions include that Hawi was never to possess a firearm, nor use or possess prohibited drugs.

Hawi must also undergo psychological counselling and drug and alcohol testing.

While the whereabouts of Hawi has not been disclosed, it is understood Hawi is based in a regional area where he will be supervised in the community by the local prison.

A statement from Corrective Services said Hawi had behaved satisfactorily while in prison.