https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-03/ ... t/11274024Goulburn supermax prisoner Bassam Hamzy has told a court police are out to get him after he was charged over an alleged drug supply ring uncovered during an investigation into the murder of a 15-year-old.
Homicide detectives involved in the ongoing investigation into the execution-style killing of Brayden Dillon on Good Friday in 2017 allege Hamzy ran the drug operation from his prison cell.
Detective Acting Superintendent Mark Henney said police would allege Hamzy was directing the operation through confidential communications with his solicitor Martin Churchill.
"This investigation has uncovered the abuse of the client-solicitor communication in order to organise criminal activities," he said.
"Particularly the supply of drugs outside the prison complex."
Hamzy, 40, denied the allegations when he briefly appeared in Goulburn Local Court via videolink on charges of directing a criminal group, commercial supply of methamphetamine, dealing with proceeds of crime, and hindering the apprehension of another.
Dressed in orange prison overalls, Hamzy told the court he had been charged because the police were out to get him.
He said the charges were an abuse of process and he intended to sue for malicious prosecution.
He was formally denied bail and will return to court in September.
Another scumbag from the pool of usual suspects in south western Sydney. How can he be denied bail when he is already in prison?
Suing for malicious prosecution? Good luck with that.
