Gangland widow Roberta Williams’ message to slain drug boss husband
Roberta Williams has reminisced on her life with slain drug kingpin Carl Williams as she faces her first possible stint in jail.
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Gangland widow Roberta Williams has reminisced about her life with slain drug boss Carl Williams as she faces a potential future behind bars.
Ms Williams wrote “there is nothing I wouldn’t do to have you here” in a tribute to the former kingpin to mark what would have been his 49th birthday.
“Today we will all have a shot of ouzo for you, your favourite drink,” she wrote on Instagram on Sunday.
“I smile when I think of the happy memories you left us with cos (sic) you lived life to the fullest and my god did you make us laugh.
“You are now our Forever Angel.”
Ms Williams — who refers to herself as the “godmother” — is currently free on bail over her alleged involvement in a high-profile extortion attempt.
She and four other men are accused of assaulting and threatening to kill Ryan Naumenko, the producer of her crowd-funded reality TV program, in July.
They are each facing seven charges, including false imprisonment, threats to kill and intentionally cause injury.
Each are indictable offences, meaning Ms Williams could be jailed.
It would be her second stint in the clink.
In 2004, she spent six months in prison over her role in a drug-trafficking operation that unwittingly supplied 8000 ecstasy tablets to undercover police.
It was inside the maximum-security Barwon Prison that Carl Williams — known as the “baby faced killer” — was bashed to death by Matthew Charles Johnson with the stem of an exercise bike in April 2010.
Ms Williams posted a cryptic message about “karma” before of her Melbourne Magistrates’ Court appearance last Tuesday.
“Karma has no limits no boundaries and definitely no deadline,” she wrote on Instagram.
Mr Naumenko was helping Ms Williams and her daughter Dhakota produce a reality TV show about their lives when he was allegedly lured to a Collingwood venue and beaten on July 9.
He told police Ms Williams ordered her co-accused to “kill the c---” after forcing him to ask relatives to transfer $17,000 to a bank account in two separate transactions.
During the ordeal, Mr Naumenko said his attackers put a bar fridge cord around his neck and repeatedly punched him in the face.
When he tried to text for help, they threatened to cut off his fingers and break his hands, police allege.
Her co-accused, Daniel DeSilva, Jake Sexton, James Harrison and Hassam Al Zwainy, are also facing jail time over the allegations.
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Mr De Silva works for Cloakroom Media, a video production company which has filmed stars including Carrie Bickmore, Sylvia Jefferies and Shane Crawford.
He had also completed contract work for Victoria Police and Crime Stoppers.
All five accused will return to court for a committal hearing on May 27, 2020.