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Lawyer charged for alleged role in murder of teenager
A Sydney-based solicitor has been charged as an accessory after the fact to murder, among other charges, over his alleged role in the murder of a teenager from the city’s south-west last year.
Jerome Doraisamy
In April 2017, 15-year-old Brayden Dillon was found in bed with a gunshot wound to his head by police, who had been called to a home in Glenfield.
An investigation was launched by detectives from the New South Wales State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, who were assisted by the NSW Crime Commission and South West Metropolitan Region, under the name Strike Force Wongala.
Following further investigations, Strike Force Wongala investigators attended a home at Monterey about 2pm yesterday and approached a 38-year-old male resident as he arrived, who proceeded to drive from the location.
“A short time later, strike force investigators executed search warrants at the Monterey home, an office in Sydney CBD, and a storage unit at Bexley,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“During the searches, investigators seized electronic stun devices, more than $30,000 cash, mobile phones, laptops and computers, documentation, and other items relevant to the investigation.”
Following further inquiries, the man - whom the ABC has named as solicitor Ali Abbas - was arrested at Surry Hills Police Station just after 6:00am today.
Mr Abbas has been charged with accessory after the fact to murder, knowingly participate in criminal group assist crime, and do act with intent to pervert the course of justice.
“Police will allege in court that [Mr Abbas] coordinated and facilitated of the provision of false affidavits on behalf of others and passed information relating to the murder between various people.”
“Strike Force Raptor also charged [him] with unlawfully bring anything into place of detention. It will be alleged [Mr Abbas] took a mobile phone into a correctional facility to be used by an inmate.”
Six people have previously been charged by investigators, all of whom remain before the courts.
Investigations under Strike Force Wongala are ongoing, NSW Police said. Anyone who has information that may assist the Strike Force is being urged to call Crime Stoppers.
MORE TO COME.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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