Alleged Mick Hawi getaway driver Jamal Eljaidi is set for bail release after $1 million court bungle
Mick Hawi’s alleged murder getaway driver could be released from jail ‘within days’ after a trio of friends came forward with the $740,000 bail surety.
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Accused gangland murder getaway driver Jamal Eljaidi has found another trio of mystery benefactors to foot his $740,000 bail surety.
It comes just weeks after a serious bungle saw the Supreme Court allow a man who himself was facing criminal charges to stump up the cash.
The stuff-up in the murder case of bikie boss Mick Hawi prompted the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions to scramble to have Eljaidi’s bail revoked after it was revealed the man behind the initial $1 million sum, Bradd Ring, was facing charges over stolen motorbikes.
At the time, prosecutors had failed to notice Ring, 46, had spent the night in custody after he was stopped and charged in Ramsgate on August 12.
However, Eljaidi’s legal team has found three people to put up the now $740,000 surety in the past week and now expects him to be released from Silverwater Jail within days.
A Supreme Court spokeswoman confirmed the trio had entered into an agreement last week with the court to provide the funds.
“He’s looking forward to coming out,” Eljaidi’s lawyer Mahmoud Abbas said.
“He has protested his innocence since day one and he vehemently denies the allegations.
“The release application was a special fixture over half a day where significant emphasis was placed on the prosecution case … my client is relieved.”
Eljaidi, 32, has been charged with driving the Mercedes Benz in which the alleged killers of notorious underworld figure Hawi fled the scene in Rockdale when he was gunned down in February 2018.
The head of the Comancheros was shot dead outside a Fitness First in Sydney’s south, with four people to date charged over the killing.
Lone Wolf gang member Yusuf Nazlioglu has been charged with shooting Hawi a dozen times in the head, face and shoulder while Eljaidi allegedly drove the getaway vehicle.
Moustafa Salami has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder while Ahmad “Adam” Doudar has been charged with murder, after allegedly orchestrating the hit.