Convicted killer Hassan Kalache denies Lone Wolf links as he’s refused bail on kidnapping charge

Police allege convicted killer Hassan Kalache has links to outlaw motorcycle gangs, but his lawyer has told a court there’s no truth to the information.

Hassan Kalache appeared at Parramatta Local Court seeking release on bail.

Convicted killer Hassan Kalache has vehemently denied police allegations he is a senior member of the Lone Wolf outlaw motorcycle club during a bid for bail on kidnapping charges.

Kalache was arrested last Friday and charged with take person in company with intent and demand property by force with intent to steal amid allegations he confronted a Sydney businessman on a street in Regents Parks the night before and assaulted him so badly he was hospitalised.

He was remanded in custody at the time but fronted Parramatta Local Court on Thursday seeking release on bail.

Kalache’s lawyer, Abbas Soukie, told the court it would be alleged the businessman had taken $300,000 from a woman known to Kalache, who had been attempting to retrieve it that night.

Hassan Kalache has been refused bail on kidnapping charges in a western Sydney court.

He said Kalache, who the court heard was previously jailed for 22 years in 2000 for the murder of his childhood friend, Wassim Chedade, denied police allegations that he had links to Sydney’s underworld as a senior member of the Sydney chapter of the Lone Wolf.

“I’m instructed to strongly disavow that allegation,” Mr Soukie said, noting police had not provided any evidence to support the assertion.

Police had argued the alleged underworld connections was just one reason why Kalache’s bail application should be refused.

They submitted he also presented an unacceptable risk to community safety if he was released from custody, and could commit further offences.

“They are very serious facts - the allegations themselves would cause the court concern,” the prosecutor said.

She noted CCTV footage taken from the street showed the alleged victim being pushed down a street “in a fairly aggrieved form”.

“The [footage] supports the allegations of him being forcibly removed or detained without his consent,” she said.

Mr Soukie told the court his client would agree to report daily to police, abide by a home detention conditions and subject himself to around-the-clock electronic ankle monitoring, while his family could lodge a $650,000 surety over property.

He argued the case against Kalache was “tenuous” and said there were “deficiencies” in the evidence that would be explored at trial.

However, Magistrate Robyn Denes refused bail, noting Kalache had previous arrest warrants on his record, as well as a history of disobeying court orders.

She noted his criminal history included the 22-year jail sentence for the murder charge, as well as other matters of violence.

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