2017 Brighton siege: Burak Diler jailed for suppling weapon to terrorist gunman Yaqui Khayre

The middleman in a deal to supply the gun used in a deadly Brighton siege could be released from jail in a week, despite his shocking record dealing drugs and firearms.

Police help remove a body from the scene of the 2017 Brighton siege.

A Gladstone Park drug dealer who supplied a high-powered double-barrel shotgun to 2017 Brighton siege gunman Yacqub Khayre could be back on the streets in less than a week.

Burak Diler, 27, was sentenced in the County Court on September 6 to a minimum of two years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges including dealing firearms without a licence.

However, the meth and GHB dealer with a long history of drugs and weapons offences has served most of his minimum term with 723 days of pre-sentence detention.

Diler and co-offender George Matte-Hado arranged to sell an unregistered 12-gauge sawn-off shotgun to Khayre.

The pair met Khayre in the car park of a Greenvale housing estate on May 19, 2017 and sold him the weapon for $2000.

Khayre was on parole when he shot dead hotel clerk Kai Hao, 36, during the June 5 siege at Buckingham Serviced Apartments on Bay St.

The Islamic State-inspired gunman also took a female escort hostage before he was killed in a shootout with police.

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Diler and Matte-Hado were arrested during the subsequent police investigation.

Police searched Diler’s home on June 9 and found a .22 ammunition and knuckledusters.

Diler wasn’t present during the search as he was on remand for unrelated matters.

Mobile phone records linked Diler to the sale.

Diler was serving a community corrections order and on bail for further drugs charges when he supplied the gun to Khayre.

Kai Hao, 36, was killed by Brighton siege gunman Yacqub Khayre. Source: 7 News.

Judge Irene Lawson said Diler was a “middleman” who was “trafficking meth and GHB on a regular basis”.

“This is serious offending Mr Diler … your moral culpability is high,” she said.

“You played an integral part in enabling Mr Khayre to obtain possession of a firearm which then led to very tragic consequences.

“Your sole motivation was to obtain money.”

George Matte-Hado will face court next month.

Judge Lawson also said “very real risks” can occur when criminals are in possession of firearms which can lead to “very serious consequences”.

“That was the risk that materialised here when you provided Khayre the gun,” she said

Diler was sentenced to a maximum four years and six months in period with a non-parole period of two years.

Matte-Hado pleaded guilty to dealing the siege weapon and will face a plea hearing at the County Court on October 1.

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