Richad Alameddine, Ay Huncho in wild Potts Point brawl
A senior member of the notorious Alameddine family member was bashed so hard while on a night out with a top Sydney rapper that blood was pouring from his head. Watch the video.
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Shocking footage showing a member of the notorious Alameddine family raining punches on a rival inside a glitzy Sydney bar can now be revealed.
Richad Alameddine unleashed the frenzied attack against another man inside Flamingo Lounge at Potts Point in February 2020.
CCTV supplied to The Daily Telegraph shows Alameddine sitting in a booth at the bar chatting to a glamorous woman, before suddenly getting up out of his chair and walking out of shot.
Moments later he re-emerges at the centre of a rolling brawl and can be seen tackling a man to the ground, before furiously assaulting him for almost ten seconds.
Alameddine and two other men - Ali Younnes and Mohammad Zreika - pleaded guilty to affray in the Downing Centre Local Court on Monday.
He looked relaxed in a black t-shirt with a giant X marked on his back as he walked out of court alongside lawyer Abdul Saddik.
The incident was not related to the ongoing violence between members of the Alameddine and Hamzy families.
Police have sought to restrict the movements of some members of the Alameddine family after a series of violent incidents over the past six months. Richad has not been subject of any orders sought by police.
Alameddine wore jeans and a black shirt with a giant X marked on his back to court on Monday.
The court was told the trio were approached by a man at the Flamingo Lounge who started the altercation before Younes pleaded with him that “we don’t want no trouble … you enjoy your night and we’ll enjoy ours”.
Alameddine, the court heard, punched the man but was bashed so viciously that he laid unconscious on Bayswater Rd with blood pooling from his head.
Magistrate Michael Barko described the following coward punch as “sickening”.
Alameddine was put in a headlock by one of the men in the opposing group before they followed him in the elevator out of the venue and punched him in the face while he was unconscious on the street.
Younes, who has shot to fame at home and abroad as his alter ego in recent years, threw a punch after seeing his mate go down while Zraika kicked out at one of the Pacific Islander men from the other group.
Their lawyers had argued on Monday the other group were “itching for a fight”.
“They’re having a good time, they are having some success with women, more than I would dream to have,” Zraika’s lawyer Elias Tabchouri said.
“This thing has then exploded and his friend is on the floor.”
The court was told Younes has previously worked as a tree lopper and at the Granville Youth Centre where he gave motivational speeches to teenagers.
In 2018 he told NewsLocal he turned his back on a life of crime as a kid because “I’m not about that any more”.
His lawyer said he wished to pursue a career playing in front of crowds in the UK and America when the borders re-open.
“My sons go to lots (of festivals) and they tell me people are so well behaved in terms of issues of violence – they have pits where they bang into each other, then help each other up,” Magistrate Barko said.
“They say there are no kicks or punches and it would seem to me they have a fun time.
“In these proceedings it’s nothing unusual, a typical night up the Cross, males conflicting with other groups of males to see who can piss the furthest.”
All three were convicted and fined $550.