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.
More than 32 years after one of the most dramatic arrests Australia has ever seen, the man being taken into custody has revealed that all was not as it seemed.
Solicitor Martin Churchill died of blood cancer in a Sydney nursing home on December 29, four years after he was charged was helping Bassam Hamzy run an alleged drug ring from his prison cell.
Martin Churchill had been diagnosed with blood cancer while in prison awaiting trial for taking part in the commercial supply of meth and was living off Centrelink payments before his death.
Gang leader Bassam Hamzy, of Australia s most feared underworld figures, has been attacked with makeshift blade, known as a shiv, while in maximum security prison.