Hamzy was arrested by NSW Police Strike Force Raptor detectives inside Goulburn Supermax Prison.
Crime by Josh Hanrahan and Mark Morri 1st Apr 2021 12:13 PM
Premium Content
Subscriber only Notorious criminal Bassam Hamzy will today be charged with offences relating to the murder of teenager Brayden Dillon. Hamzy was arrested by NSW Police Strike Force Raptor detectives on Wednesday morning at his cell in Goulburn s Supermax Prison. The Brother s 4 Life gang founder is expected to be handed a future court attendance notice. Dillon, 15, was sleeping at his home on Good Friday in 2017 when gunman Conrad Craig burst in and shot him in the head.
00:47 EDT, 1 April 2021
Infamous Brothers 4 Life founder Bassam Hamzy has been charged over the murder of a 15-year-old boy.
The convicted killer, 42, was arrested by NSW Police Strike Force Raptor detectives in his jail cell at the Goulburn s Supermax Prison on Wednesday morning.
Brayden Dillon was shot in an execution-style killing while sleeping in his home in Glenfield, in Sydney s south-west, on Good Friday 2017.
Brayden Dillon (pictured) was shot in an execution-style killing while sleeping in his Glenfield home, in Sydney s southwest on Good Friday in 2017
Police were called to the home at 6.10am on April 14 after intruders forced their way into the teenager s bedroom room and shot him in the head.
Bassam Hamzy charged in relation to Brayden Dillon execution smh.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from smh.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
NSW Police believe drive-by attack in Guildford is linked to Sydney gangland war
FriFriday 12
MarMarch 2021 at 12:53am
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Watch
2
Share
Print text only
Cancel
Police believe a gangland war between two rival crime families in Sydney s west is escalating, after a house in Guildford was sprayed with bullets early this morning.
Key points:
Officers raided the home earlier in the week
It s believed the shooting could be linked to a feud between the Hamzy and Alameddine families
Seven shots were fired into a home on Woodstock Street in a targeted drive-by attack about 1:00am the second shooting on the street in less than a year.
Mejid Hamzy s mother says her son was only good
The mother of Brothers for Life founder Bassam Hamzy braces each time she answers the door of her Auburn home.
It s here Lola Hamzy has been shot at, collapsed at the news of her murdered son, and learned about the arrests of her other two sons.
This week Ms Hamzy bravely answered the door and was again reduced to tears after learning of news she didn t expect; but this time is was welcomed.
READ MORE:
Lola Hamzy, the mother of Mejid Hamzy (pictured) says her son was only good .(Supplied)
Ms Hamzy said she was told police were turning up the heat on the killers responsible for her son s execution through a public appeal for information.