‘He loved you’: Natasha Moradian’s plea over feud that killed her husband

Hours after gangster Alen Moradian was assassinated in Bondi, his widow made a plea over the phone to the man now accused of ordering the execution.

The wife of slain gangster Alen Moradian texted with the man who allegedly ordered her husband’s execution saying that he “loved you” and would “cry” about their war.

Hours after her husband was gunned down while leaving his hide-out inside a Bondi unit block, Natasha Moradian began sending text messages to the man who allegedly hired a team of hit men to kill the 48-year-old drug lord.

The man, who can legally only be referred to as “AA”, was once a close friend of the Moradians.

So close that he had been a guest at their wedding and once delivered a jet ski to their son as a 21st birthday present.

He even turned up to Moradian’s funeral.

Alen Moradian was shot dead in a gangland slaying last year. Picture: Supplied

But police claim the relationship soured mid-last year when the pair fell out over an alleged drug debt owed by one of Moradian’s associates to another man that AA was loyal to.

It escalated to the point where both men allegedly took out contracts to have the other assassinated.

AA got in first, police allege in court documents.

In court documents, police claim AA assembled a team “to meticulously plan and execute the murder”.

Just after 8am on June 27, 2023, Moradian — a senior member of the Comanchero bikie gang — was shot multiple times by a masked gunman who tracked him to the Spring St unit block.

Police allege the gunman had been hiding out alongside a getaway driver in the underground car park for almost 12 hours.

Natasha Moradian pleaded for her husband to be spared.

At 10.30pm that night, AA made a phone call to a powerful crime figure — who is based overseas — and detailed how Ms Moradian made the emotional contact with him after her husband’s assassination, court documents claim.

AA initially thought Ms Moradian was begging for her son not to be killed as well, the documents said.

He then explained that other crime figures were lining up to take out Moradian, the documents allege.

“Then I wrote to her,” AA told the crime figure. “I said, ‘Even without me, the ball is still going to roll without me’.”

“‘It’s (a) tit for tat thing…’,” AA told the crime figure that he explained to Ms Moradian.

“She is talking about, ‘Please, he loved you. No one come(s) before you’,” AA said Ms Moradian told him.

Ms Moradian also told AA: “He used to come home crying to me. He used to be so gutted that you wouldn’t make peace.”

Upon hearing this, the crime figure said: “Oh yeah, f..k that little c..k sucker.”

AA concurred: “Yeah, let’s have a laugh now.”

The exchange showed Ms Moradian, who once chipped her husband for being too flashy with his money was concerned about the possible consequences of her husband’s feud.

There was a heavy police presence at Alen Moradian’s funeral as authorities aimed to keep a lid on escalating gang tensions.

AA and three other men — whose roles allegedly included the gunman, getaway driver and organiser — have been charged over Moradian’s murder.

The crime figure, who has not been charged, later told AA that Moradian had multiple opportunities to settle the dispute over a drug deal, but failed to do so.

“What about all the money he made, the c..ksucker,” the crime figure said, according to the documents.

“And never once did he say ‘Bro, I’m just going to sort out this problem out and pay the debt …”

The Black Audi that Alen Moradian was sitting in when he was shot dead Picture: Nine News

The problem emerged in June 2023.

Police believe AA and Moradian were on opposite sides of drug debt owed by a man named in court documents as “Andre”, a senior member of the Comanchero bikie gang.

Police allege Moradian sided with Andre while AA sided with the people the drug debt was owed to.

Neither would back down and the “dispute between (AA) and Moradian deteriorated their relationship significantly”, police allege in court documents.

On June 10, police allege AA told the crime figure that Moradian refused to back down or accept his perspective over the dispute and that he was to be killed as a result.

“The ego has cost him now,” AA allegedly told the crime figure.

WHO IS THE CRIME FIGURE?

Referred to as “Associate C” in court documents, the crime figure is a powerful operator in the Sydney underworld and international drug trade.

He is currently based overseas.

The crime figure had long held desires to kill Moradian, but held off out of loyalty to AA because the pair were friends.

At 4.14am on June 10, 2023, the crime figure told AA that Moradian was a “f..king proper gronk”.

“If it wasn’t for you, he’d be in the boneyard. I swear to god he would be,” the crime figure said according to the documents.

Text message exchange between Associate and AA, according to court documents.

Earlier in the conversation, the crime figure told AA he was annoyed about the emoji-laden text messages that Moradian sent to him.

“Really, he got to go, this mother f..ker,” the crime figure said. “He sends me love hearts and everything, this c..t.”

AA replied: “Same here. I get them too.”

The crime figure’s dislike for Moradian stretched back more than a decade to when the pair were in the same jail together, court documents said.

“This c..t, he’s a f..king gronk,” the crime figure said to AA on June 6. “At (the prison) like a f..king little b.tch, popping his head over the stall, fking like a little weasel.”

The conversation occurred after AA told the crime figure that he had been visited by two associates who told him that Moradian had taken out a contract to have AA killed, the documents said.

The crime figure told AA he would “get some people” to kill Moradian “right now”.

AA allegedly replied “I’ve already got something planned”, police claim in court documents.

WHERE’S ALEN?

Police allege the plan to murder Moradian began around June 6 and took about three weeks to execute.

It is alleged a member of AA’s crew followed Ms Moradian and placed a tracking device on her Bentley.

With the tracker on Ms Mordian’s car, police allege AA’s crew learned her husband’s hide-out was inside the Bondi unit block.

A pistol seized by police. Picture: NSW Police

On June 6, AA received a visit from two men who revealed Moradian had taken a contract to kill him, police documents said.

Two days later, another man was recorded telling AA of an alternative plan to murder Moradian by hitting him with a car and making it look like an accident.

I’ll f..ken run this c..t over properly and I’ll render assistance,” the man allegedly told AA.

The plan later turned to purchasing tracking devices online for $90.

Then it was a question of finding Mordian’s hiding spot.

Police allege AA claimed Moradian had bought a new property, and possibly lived in the city

“In the mornings he goes for a bike ride and a run around the courthouse,” AA allegedly said.

AA allegedly claimed he knew where Moradian’s son lived because he had dropped a jetski there as a gift for his 21st birthday.

Soon, AA allegedly said he would be able to find his target by monitoring targets frequented by Moradian’s wife, which included “her shop”.

“... Someone needs to do an all-nighter and sit there all night,” AA allegedly said.

CCTV showing Moradian’s alleged killers in the carpark of his Bondi hide-out. Source: NSW Police

By June 9, the discussion between AA and his accused co-conspirator had turned to tracking which cars the Moradians drove and where they were located.

A team of trackers allegedly followed one to Moradian’s rural acreage but lost sight of it thanks to the long, dark driveway.

AA allegedly became frustrated with some of his search team and said, “...They are hopeless, they always mess up…”

On June 10, AA allegedly updated the crime figure and said he had made “big progress” and had been “working around the clock” to locate Moradian, the documents said.

Later, AA allegedly told him he had “two brand new ones”, which police allege was a reference to guns.

By June 24, AA’s alleged team still had not found Moradian and he was getting frustrated.

Earlier, he had complained, “These c-ts are probably sitting in a garage playing PlayStation, f-king never get done.”

AA allegedly told the crime figure he was still confident that following Ms Moradian would yield a result.

“...Cause she only goes to her mum’s once or twice a week now,” AA allegedly said. “She will lead him to us…”

The breakthrough came the same day.

AA’s alleged tracking team followed Ms Moradian’s Bentley to the Bondi apartment.

A surveillance team arrived outside at 11.09pm.

THE MURDER

At 7.57pm on June 25, a stolen Porsche Cayenne followed a resident through the boomgate of the Bondi apartment block and began the stake-out.

The two men in the car located Moradian’s Audi in the underground carpark, allegedly removed the tracking device from the Bentley, and then waited.

It took just over 11 hours for Moradian to appear.

That happened at 8.17am when Moradian got into the Audi.

The Porsche moved behind Moradian’s sports car.

The shooter, who police allege was Dut Deng, shot Moradian multiple times with a Walther 9mm pistol, court documents said.

Police allege Chom Manut Guam Chom was driving the Porsche.

The Porsche was set on fire on nearby James St but failed to burn completely because the car door was closed, starving the fire of oxygen.

The alleged assassins then escaped in a red Holden Cruze.

Meanwhile, AA, the crime figures and others allegedly celebrated the murder.

Police claim they sang “If you like Pina Colada”, from the Rupert Holmes song Escape.

“I love youse,” one of AA’s associates allegedly said.

“I love youse more,” AA allegedly replied.