A second man has been charged over his alleged role in the killing of underworld boss Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad in south-west Sydney earlier this year.
Key Points:
- Ahmad was shot dead after leaving a friend’s house in July
- Two men have now been charged for their alleged role in the shooting
- Police still don’t know who fired the shots
Ahmad, 39, was leaving a friend’s house in Greenacre when he was riddled with bullets before his killers fled on April 27.
A 49-year-old man was charged over his alleged involvement in the killing last month and now NSW Police have also charged a 37-year-old man over his alleged role in planning the murder.
The man was arrested at a house on Loftus Street in Fairfield East at around 5.30pm yesterday and later charged with a range of offenses including accessory after the fact to murder, willfully or recklessly driving a criminal group and participate in the supply of a prohibited drug.
He was refused bail to appear at Fairfield Local Court today.
Although two men have now been charged with planning Ahmad’s murder, police have yet to determine who shot him.
Investigators have claimed that Ahmad, formerly known as “Mr Big”, knew he had a target on his back but continued to go about his life as normal.
His murder investigation is part of Task Force Erebus’ ongoing investigations into several fatal shootings and criminal activity by organized crime networks in Sydney.
There has been a major escalation in Sydney’s gang wars this year and months ago the head of Task Force Erebus, Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett, vowed to “break the back” of the violent crime wave .
Ahmad was a prominent figure in the Sydney underworld and had a long list of enemies.
Police at the scene after Ahmad’s fatal shooting in April. (ABC News: Jake Lapham)
He previously served five years for the 2016 murder of rival Safwan Charbaji.
“His life was always in danger,” the head of the NSW Homicide Squad, Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty, said earlier.
“I was going to end up on a slab in the morgue or I was going to end up back in prison in a cell.”
The police had warned Ahmad numerous times that his life was in danger and there were many people who wanted to hurt him.
He was locked in a feud with the Alameddine crime network, one side of a bloody gang war with rivals the Hamzys, and the Alameddines are believed to have planned to ambush Ahmad in Rushcutters Bay Park last year.