Bassam Hamzy accepts brother Mejid’s murder as ‘will of God’
The lawyer for killer Bassam Hamzy said he learnt about the assassination of his brother Mejid while watching TV in jail and now accepts the murder as “the will of God”. FULL DETAILS
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Notorious killer Bassam Hamzy learnt about the execution of his older brother from a TV news report in jail this week and now accepts the assassination was “the will of God”, his lawyer said.
Mejid Hamzy, 44, was shot dead outside his Condell Park townhouse about 7.30am Monday morning before two men dressed all in black were seen fleeing in a getaway car.
Mejid’s better-known brother is Bassam Hamzy, 41, who is still serving time in Goulburn Supermax for a slew of crimes including the 1998 shooting death of a man outside a Sydney nightclub and the subsequent conspiracy to murder a witness.
A lawyer defending Bassam against 2019 accusations he was running a drug supply ring from jail, today said his client called him after seeing a TV news report about the murder.
“He was just upset … He’s lost his father and brother. He lost them in the same year which is very upsetting for him and the family,” Mr Khan said outside Central Local Court.
“He accepts it as the will of God.”
Mr Khan said Bassam was fighting the latest charges which include commercial supply and dealing with the proceeds of crime.
“He has pleaded not guilty, the crown case is weak but they’re pressing on because of who he is,” Mr Khan said outside court.
Detectives investigating the 2017 murder of 15-year-old Brayden Dillon came across the syndicate Bassam was allegedly running from Supermax.
Bassam’s case has been adjourned to December 11.
Sydney lawyer Ahmed Dib, who was representing Mejid Hamzy in a recent court case, said his slain client’s relatives were distraught at the latest bloodshed.
“Despite what people may have thought about him, people close to him knew who he really was and that can only be characterised as a true gentleman; a loving father and husband,” Mr Dib said.
Mejid’s Condell Park home was repeatedly raided by police who eventually found four ampoules of an Anabolic steroid in April.
Mr Dib said his client had pleaded not guilty and was fighting the allegations on the basis he had been diagnosed with low testosterone, giving him a legitimate reason for having the medications.
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating whether a brawl captured on video showed warring associates of the Hamzy and Alameddine crime families and whether it could be linked to Mejid’s death.
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