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More CCTV has been released as police continue to investigate the murder of 34-year-old Bilal Hamze, and the alleged attempted murder of another man in Sydney’s north last year.
Just before 10.30pm on Thursday, June 17, emergency services were called to the intersection of Bridge and Pitt Streets, Sydney, following reports a man had been shot by an unknown person in a black Audi.
The man – who has been formally identified as underworld figure Hamze – was treated at the scene before being taken to St Vincent’s Hospital, where he later died.
A short time later, police located a burnt-out Audi at Fleming Street, Northwood.
Separately, on Saturday, August 14, 2021, police attempted to stop a Mercedes on Walker Street, North Sydney.
The driver failed to stop and following a short pursuit, the Mercedes was located abandoned on Miller Street, Cammeray.
It’s alleged the vehicle’s two occupants then approached a nearby Toyota Camry and threatened the 76-year-old male driver with a firearm, before fleeing the area in that vehicle.
Last September detectives charged two men – aged 31 and 19 – over their alleged roles in that incident, and they remain before the courts.
Since that time, an extensive CCTV canvass by police established that the Mercedes used in the alleged murder attempt at North Sydney had travelled on occasion with the Audi used in the shooting murder of Bilal Hamze in the weeks leading up to his death.
Those two cars – as well as a second grey Mercedes station wagon and a white Honda Odyssey – have since been recovered and forensically examined.
A fifth car – a silver Ford Territory with registration AQ 58 ES – remains outstanding. The Ford was captured on CCTV on multiple occasions with the Honda and Mercedes at an apartment block in Sydney’s north last year.
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said police are exploring several links between each vehicle depicted in the CCTV.
“The images we have released today are taken from an address in North Sydney and show several vehicles of interest visiting the location multiple times between July 25 and August 14, 2021,” Doherty said.
“On each occasion, we believe the people inside these cars intended to murder their target, who was residing in that building at the time. He has since been charged over his alleged involvement in a separate public place shooting, which we allege is related to the same conflict.
“The Honda and Ford were fraudulently registered, and we ask anyone who may’ve received information from the RMS that any vehicle they do not own has been registered in their name, to report it to police.
“This is a shift in the MO used by these types of criminal syndicates, and as the Ford Territory has yet to be located, I would urge anyone with relevant information to come forward.”
Anybody with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
Source: 9News
