Kickboxer Sam Abdulrahim sues state over decision to revoke his parole

A Ferrari-driving kickboxer jailed for a fatal crash claims he was “unlawfully” thrown back behind bars and bashed with a rock.

Sam Abdulrahim is suing after his parole was “unlawfully” revoked in 2019.

A Ferrari-driving kickboxer jailed over a fatal high-speed crash is suing the state after he was assaulted in prison just weeks after his parole was “unlawfully” revoked.

Suleiman “Sam” Abdulrahim was thrown back behind bars in June 2019 despite completing his minimum prison sentence because authorities believed he posed too great a risk to the community after a series of shooting attempts on his life.

Abdulrahim, dubbed The Punisher, challenged the rare decision by the Adult Parole Board to backflip on his release, but not before he was assaulted in prison by an inmate with a rock.

Abdulrahim is suing over the anxiety and depression his extra 71 days in jail caused.

In a Supreme Court writ obtained by the Herald Sun, Abdulrahim alleges the move designed to keep him and his family safe instead put him in danger.

Abdulrahim, 29, was first taken into custody in January 2017 after he crashed his Ferrari 360 Spider into several cars in a suburban street in Reservoir, killing great-grandmother Muriel Hulett.

The former kickboxer was jailed for a minimum two years for the 88-year-old’s death and was eligible for parole in March 2019 with time served.

But within months of his release, Corrections Victoria applied to cancel his parole citing three separate shootings which they believed Abdulrahim was the intended target of.

These included a drive-by shooting in Brunswick in late March, the attempted shooting of Abdulrahim’s sister in May and a shooting involving his cousins in Campbellfield in June.

Within days of the application, the parole board ordered Abdulrahim be arrested and placed back behind bars in isolation.

Abdulrahim in his fighting days.

Court documents allege the move caused Abdulrahim distress, fear and humiliation.

The decision was later overturned by the Supreme Court who found the board had acted beyond their powers and should not “take responsibility for the actions of third parties which are not connected to any act of a parolee”.

In total, Abdulrahim spent a further 71 days in Loddon Prison during which time he was assaulted, court documents allege.

Mr Abdulrahim claims the decision by the parole board was unlawful and amounted to false imprisonment, given he had not breached any conditions of his parole and his conduct while out in the community was not part of the consideration.

He alleges the threats made by others against him, did not constitute a lawful reason to send him back to jail.

“The conduct of the defendants was with contumelious disregard to the plaintiff’s rights in particular the right to liberty and equal treatment before the law,” law firm Robinson Gill stated in court documents.

Abdulrahim is seeking aggravated and exemplary damages for loss and injury including anxiety and depressive symptoms.

Last year, Abdulrahim launched a separate civil case against Victoria Police over a dramatic courthouse brawl which shut down the third floor of the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court in 2015.

Abdulrahim and his father are suing the state for assault and battery after officers deployed pepper spray to quell the wild brawl.