Sydney solicitor sends secret nudes to Supermax killer Bassam Hamzy

Compromising photographs of a Sydney solicitor that were sent to gang boss Bassam Hamzy have been uncovered by Corrective Services at the state’s most secure prison – Goulburn Supermax.

A female solicitor has been caught sending nude selfies to convicted killer and gang boss Bassam Hamzy at Supermax prison.

The racy photographs were sent in the mail last October to Hamzy, who is an inmate at the maximum-security prison at Goulburn.

It is understood while the mail was sent from the lawyer to her client, it was not declared as privileged communication, meaning it wasn’t for Hamzy’s eyes only.

A Sydney solicitor has been caught sending nude images to Bassam Hamzy in Goulburn Supermax.

As a result, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal the embarrassing images were intercepted by NSW Corrective Services, which monitors incoming and outgoing mail of most high-risk inmates.

The lawyer, who we have chosen not to name, advised Hamzy on matters unrelated to his criminal charges last year.

The Sydney-based solicitor has a lengthy career in corporate law and has worked for several mid-tier firms.

The compromising photographs, which are not linked to any of the inmate’s current solicitors, raise questions about the nature of Hamzy’s ties to the outside world and how he communicates with lawyers.

Bassam Hamzy married a former prison psychologist when he was an inmate at Silverwater prison.

A NSW Corrective Services spokeswoman said: “In October 2020, intelligence officers intercepted inappropriate photos, which had been mailed to an offender at the High Risk Management Correctional Centre in Goulburn.

“The photos were secured and were never seen by the inmate.”

It is not the first time a professional has fallen under Hamzy’s spell.

In 2002, a prison psychologist was embroiled in a police and internal investigation into her blossoming relationship with Hamzy.

At the time, Hamzy was an inmate at Silverwater jail, having been extradited from Belize in Central America — where he has family ties — over the murder of a young man outside a Sydney nightclub.

According to official records and prison sources, the psychologist quit not long after the investigation began.

Bassam Hamzy will face trial later this year on drug supply charges.

It is understood she was then involved in an Islamic marriage with Hamzy, conducted over the phone from inside prison. But the romance was short-lived and the woman, still a practising psychologist, is now married to one of Hamzy’s old friends.

No charges were laid against the woman.

Hamzy, now 42, has been a constant headache for NSW Corrective Services as someone who has tried to beat the system at every turn.

He is due to face trial later this year on drug supply charges, accused of using privileged phone calls with another solicitor to co-ordinate the operations across NSW. He has pleaded not guilty.

Bassam Hamzy’s jail cell card

It will be alleged in court that the lawyer patched in a third party to the phone calls so Hamzy could relay his instructions and used coded language.

In a bid to keep Hamzy in line, NSW Corrective Services sought legal advice as to whether it could use an independent person to monitor his legal phone calls.

But that was knocked back.

In 2019, Hamzy launched his own legal action against Corrective Services, claiming it had no right to drop in on his legal calls or to check if he was speaking English.

He also lost that case.