Mick Hawi murder accused Ahmad Doudar has bail refused again
A second multimillion-dollar bail bid has been refused for the man police allege was behind the underworld slaying of bikie boss Mick Hawi. Ahmad “Adam” Doudar applied for bail for a second time after he went into a coma in prison.
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The man police allege planned Mick Hawi’s execution has been denied bail despite pleading that a newly diagnosed medical condition was putting his life at risk behind bars.
Ahmad “Adam” Doudar has denied having a central role in the murder of the former Comanchero bikie boss in February 2018.
Hawi, 37, was shot multiple times and his luxury 4WD was peppered with bullets as he sat in the vehicle outside a Rockdale gym, in Sydney's south.
Doudar’s legal team last week told the NSW Supreme Court he had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes earlier this year while behind bars awaiting trial.
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But the Lone Wolf bikie and alleged hitman had nearly lost his own life in the process — doctors hadn’t made the diagnosis until he slipped into a coma, his lawyers said.
That was after, the court heard, Doudar complained about constant thirst and urination as well as rapid weight loss.
Barrister Grant Brady SC last week told the court Doudar’s “anxiety levels” about his new condition were compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic because he was more susceptible to infection.
“This is a man who is fighting to comprehend what is happening to him and … doing so in exceptionally difficult circumstances,” Mr Brady said.
“The onerous conditions this man is suffering are, again, exacerbated by this pandemic.”
Doudar was denied release on bail one year ago exactly after offering $2 million in surety.
His associates all pitched in for his second bail bid this year, upping the ante to $3.25 million in surety. It was mostly made up of real estate holdings.
But Justice Garling this week was again not convinced it was wise to release Doudar.
The reasons for his decision remain unknown, however, with the pandemic making it unsafe for open courts to convene.
Doudar’s legal team previously said CCTV footage which police allege shows Doudar driving between where he lived in Sydney’s CBD and Kogarah was not clear and “doesn’t rise to the height in proving he was the principal at arranging the assassination”.
Doudar’s efforts to conceal and repair a car used in the murder are among other pieces of evidence tying him to the killing, prosecutors allege.
He is expected to face trial in late July.