There are fears Sydney‘s underworld could erupt in yet more bloodshed after a killer gangster known as ‘Little Crazy’ was released back out on the streets following almost eight years in jail as rumours swirl there is a $2million bounty on his head.
Mohammad ‘Little Crazy’ Hamzy, 37, of the notorious Hamzy clan and a former member of the Brothers 4 Life gang, was released from Macquarie Correctional Centre in Wellington, 360km west of Sydney, on Tuesday morning.
Hamzy, who has been imprisoned since 2015 over the manslaughter of another gangster, is emerging into a vastly different world since he last enjoyed freedom: one in which five of his close relatives have been gunned down.
The brutal slayings have overturned the Hamzy clan’s dominance on the streets, leaving the Alameddine crime clan and the Comanchero bikie gang holding tentative power in the city’s underworld.
About a dozen fatal shootings since August 2020, have been linked to the feud.
There are concerns ‘Little Crazy’ could exact revenge over the alleged murders of his cousins Bilal Hamze, Mejid Hamze, Ghassan Amoun and distant relatives Toufik Hamze and his 18-year-old son, Salim.
Mohammad Hamzy, 37, of the Hamzy clan, was released from Macquarie Correctional Centre in Wellington, 360km west of Sydney, on Tuesday morning. His freedom has sparked fears bloody warfare will be ignited among Western Sydney’s rivals gangs
Hamzy earned his nickname for having a ferocious temper and a penchant for violence.
An underworld source told the Daily Telegraph Hamzy gang members may ‘feel honour-bound to avenge the deaths of Mejid, Bilal and Ghassan’.
‘But he’s (Little Crazy) made so many enemies over the years that everyone from the Comanchero and Hells Angels to the Alameddines want him dead.
‘The big issue for him is that from when he went to jail until now (when he got out), is that there aren’t as many soldiers in the Hamzy camp.’
Underworld rumours are circulating that Little Crazy, also known as LC, has a $2million bounty on his head.
His release comes with strict conditions, including having to wear an electronic tag and a ban on making contact with bikie or crime gangs.
He was denied parole in February for his own protection and to stop the outbreak of a deadly gang war.
A State Parole Authority panel found he presents an ‘unacceptable risk’ to the community, while NSW Police feared his release could spark a spate of gang violence.
Police have been plotting for months how to prevent an eruption of violence being provoked by his release and NSW Police’s Raptor squad, which focusses on bikie gangs, will monitor him closely.
Underworld figure Mejid Hamzy (pictured), who was gunned down outside his southwestern Sydney house in 2020
There are fears ‘Little Crazy’ (pictured) could exact revenge over the alleged murders of his cousins Bilal Hamze, Mejid Hamze, Ghassan Amoun and distant relatives Toufik Hamze and his 18-year-old son, Salim
Brothers 4 Life gang boss Bassam Hamzy (pictured) has been in jail since 1999
He was previously stabbed at John Money corrections centre in October 2020, shortly after the killing of his cousin.
His cousin Bassam Hamzy founded the ‘Brothers 4 Life’ gang in prison after he converted to radical Islam.
He was originally sentenced for the murder of a teenager, Kris Toumazis, outside a Sydney nightclub in 1998.
He is currently locked up in Australia’s toughest prison, Goulbourn Supermax, and has been convicted of trying to run a drug syndicate from his cell.
