Bassam Hamzy, 45, the founder and crime boss of the infamous Brothers 4 Life gang, was punched in the head and momentarily knocked unconscious in the alleged attack on Saturday afternoon.
One of Australia s most high-profile killers is trying to shut down New South Wales toughest prison on grounds it has exposed inmates to cruel and inhumane punishment.
Latia Henderson, 18, who allegedly helped her friend stab and kidnap a woman during a horrific 12-hour ordeal could soon be let free from prison to give birth.
A message scrolled onto the side of slain crime boss Bilal Hamze s coffin could be seen as a warning to those that gunned him down in a hail of bullets.
The words Every soul shall taste death were seen painted on the side of the green box carrying Hamze s body during his funeral service on Wednesday at Lakemba Mosque, in south-west Sydney.
The 34-year-old was killed in a brazen drive-by execution on Bridge Street, near Sydney s Circular Quay, at about 10.25pm on Thursday last week after a huge underworld contract was placed on his head by a rival criminal group.
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