The Snitch: Hamzy’s ‘Truth Justice Equality’ letterhead

Which serious criminal has his own letterhead? Why is a music icon set to face court? And Why are the Buttroses brawling? The Snitch is here.

Cold Chisel icon Ian Moss is showing no signs of slowing down.

The 70-year-old evergreen guitarist is back on the road touring his beloved Aussie anthems like Tucker’s Daughter.

He’s also set to face the Downing Centre Local Court to be sentenced over a speeding offence.

According to court records, Mossie got pinged by a speed radar going less than 10km/h over the limit on the Gwydir Hwy in the Gibraltar Ranges, of all places, on October 6 last year.

It took until January 28 for the public service speed machines to send the infringement notice in the post, court records said.

Legendary musician Ian Moss. Picture: Daniel Boud

Moss, who is apparently unfamiliar with the area, took too long to slow down on the 100km/h highway when approaching town and got done on a double-demerit weekend.

The music icon’s 11-date One Guitar, One Night Only Australian and New Zealand tour kicked off in Perth last night and hits Sydney next Saturday.

Moss on stage with Jimmy Barnes for Cold Chisel. Picture: Robert McKell

His lawyer Paul McGirr said of his client: “He’s an old-school rocker who’s not one for jets or limos — he drives himself.”

“We don’t want him slowing down on his musical career,” Mr McGirr said.

“He’s an Aussie legend who gives so much to charities through his touring.

“We need him on the road helping people.”

Moss has already had a win in the case.

The court allowed him to move the case from Glen Innes Local Court to the Downing Centre in Sydney’s CBD.

So he won’t have to sit in a car with McGirr for a 14-hour round trip listening to the lawyer butcher Bow River on repeat.

Moss is listed to be sentenced on July 8.

RICHARD BUTTROSE

Ex-con turned reality TV star Richard Buttrose had a legal loss in his mystery battle relating to his late mother’s estate this week.

The nephew of ex-ABC chair Ita Buttrose has remained tight-lipped over the exact nature of the legal battle he has waged against the NSW Trustee and Guardian (TAG), so we’ll have to work around the edges.

On Friday, the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal refused to grant his freedom of information application to get hold of an important legal document relating to his late mother Robyn’s estate.

Richard Buttrose when he appeared in SAS: Australia in 2022.

So why did he want it? He wasn’t saying when Snitch called him yesterday.

“Let me read the judgment,” Buttrose said before ending the call.

We’ll save you readers the trouble — it doesn’t say much. One of the few clues is in paragraph 12.

“The document was an opinion of the mother’s (legal) counsel provided to the court for the purpose of seeking the court’s approval of a compromise settlement,” NCAT Senior Member Falk wrote in the judgment.

It appears to be a reference to the NSW Supreme Court “spat” that The Daily Telegraph reported on in 2022.

The report said TAG, on behalf of Robyn, sued Richard and daughter Evie in the Supreme Court.

Robyn suffered serious health issues prior to her 2024 death and the report said TAG had stepped in to manage her money.

Prior to Friday’s loss, Richard, who served nine years in jail for drug supply, had already launched another freedom of information case against TAG in 2023 over the issue.

In that case, the Tribunal was told the Supreme Court case had been settled in 2022 in a manner that was “consistent with Mrs Buttrose’s interests”.

It was also told there was a “Double Bay Property issue” in the mix.

Stay tuned.

FROM THE OFFICE OF HAMZY

In further evidence that crime boss Bassam Hamzy is trying to run his own legal office from his Supermax cell, we’ve been made aware that he has his own letterhead.

Anyone who receives written correspondence from Hamzy can expect to see a logo featuring “Truth Justice Equality” on the top right.

Crime boss Bassam Hamzy.

Hamzy’s letterhead. Picture: Supplied

The convicted murderer also has a computer in his cell, and has previously waged a legal battle with the prisons to allow him to see the evidence in other inmates’ cases to help them with their defences.

Written missives are a far cry from Hamzy’s previous methods of correspondence.

His 2011 court case was told he used a smuggled phone to order his goons to kidnap and bash his victims.

In one kidnapping, Hamzy told a goon to relay the message: “Next time I’ll take his ears and make them into a necklace.”

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