Alameddine associate Trent Jeske’s show of support for wife Jade Heffer as she avoids jail on gun charge

Jade Heffer, one half of Sydney’s favourite underworld power couple, was up on gun charges. See whether she avoided jail time.

Underworld power couple Jade Heffer and Trent Jeske in never-before-seen photos. Heffer avoided jail time on Wednesday on gun charges stemming from a short-lived relationship with Ahmad Alameddine in 2023. Picture: Supplied

One half of Sydney’s most glamorous underworld couple has avoided jail time on gun charges after a court found deep trauma associated with the brutal murder of her first husband contributed to her crimes.

Jade Heffer, who wed Alameddine crime clan associate Trent Jeske in an Islamic ceremony earlier this year, fronted Burwood Local Court on Wednesday for sentencing after pleading guilty to possessing a firearm and ammunition in contravention of a firearms prohibition order.

The charges stem from her short-lived relationship with convicted criminal Ahmad Alameddine following the shooting death of her first husband, Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu.

Nazlioglu was gunned down in front of Heffer in the carpark of an apartment block in Rhodes in June 2022, leaving the 29-year-old suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.

The court heard Heffer had been in a relationship with Alameddine for a matter of months when police arrived on the doorstep of his Greenacre home on August 3 last year with a warrant to search the property.

Jeske and Heffer have been dubbed the new power couple of Sydney’s underworld following their marriage earlier this year. Picture: Supplied

It is not known when they were married, however Heffer posted photographs of her wedding ring, featuring a monster diamond, to social media in April, just two months after Jeske was released from custody on parole. Picture: Supplied

Officers discovered a loaded Glock-style 9mm pistol on a shoe box inside the bedroom.

Heffer’s DNA was found on the weapon, police said in an agreed set of facts totalling just seven paragraphs.

The court heard Heffer was upfront with detectives, telling them she’d first seen the weapon the previous day when an unknown person had brought it to the house but did not know who owned it.

She said she flicked the gun off the bed and it had landed on the box, where police had discovered it.

Heffer was arrested, charged and remanded in custody for seven weeks before being granted conditional bail by the NSW Supreme Court.

During a sentencing hearing on Wednesday, the court was told Heffer had cut all ties with Alameddine after her arrest and was now in a loving relationship with Jeske.

The Daily Telegraph previously revealed the couple married earlier this year shortly after Jeske’s release to parole following 20 months in prison on drug supply charges.

They were instantly branded Sydney’s new power couple and have been photographed attending court together on multiple occasions in support of each other.

Magistrate Jennifer Price found Heffer’s relationship with Jeske was a positive one and boded well for her chances of rehabilitation.

Magistrate Jennifer Price found the couple’s positive relationship boosted Heffer’s chances of successful rehabilitation. Picture: Supplied.

She also accepted a submission from Heffer’s lawyer, Mostafa Daoudie, that his client’s mental health conditions reduced her moral culpability, noting Heffer’s “very traumatic experience” surrounding Nazlioglu’s death.

In addressing the facts of the case, Magistrate Price noted Heffer appeared to have had minimal contact with the weapon while it was at the house, handling it “only to the extent of moving it”.

However, she said any matter involving prohibited firearms was a serious one, especially where the case involved a pistol, which was designed to be concealed.

Heffer, who was supported in court by Jeske, his mother Janette and her own parents, remained poised as Magistrate Price sentenced her to an 18-month intensive correction order, to be served in the community.

She appeared relaxed and happy once the proceedings had concluded, thanking Mr Daoudie and hugging her family as she left the courthouse.

As part of her sentence, Heffer must perform 50 hours of unpaid community service work and continue receiving treatment for her mental health.

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