Sayed Mohammed Moosawi: Former bikie boss faces fresh charge over alleged Sydney firebombings
A former bikie boss, alleged to have organised arson attacks on two businesses in Sydney’s eastern suburbs amid a wave of anti-Semitic incidents, has been hit with a fresh charge.
Sayed Mohammed Moosawi was not present in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Tuesday as his matter was mentioned a week after police laid a new charge.
It’s alleged that Moosawi directed the attacks on Curly Lewis Brewery and Lewis’ Continental Kitchen which were damaged in firebombings in October last year.
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Mr Moosawi has been charged with knowingly directing the activities of a criminal group, being an accessory before the fact to destroying property using fire and being an accessory before the fact to damaging property by fire.
He pleaded not guilty to the three charges in March.
Last week he was charged with an additional count of knowingly/recklessly directing a criminal group.
He was one of 14 people swept up and arrested in city-wide raids following a series of alleged anti-Semitic attacks across Sydney.
Police have alleged that Mr Moosawi, a former chapter president of the Nomads, used the handle “James Bond” on an encrypted app to communicate with his co-accused and direct the attacks on the two businesses.
Moosawi was last month released on bail by the NSW Supreme Court after offering a $2m surety.
Bantoft and Finnegan both pleaded guilty over their roles in the attacks on the brewery.
The pair pleaded guilty to destroy/damage property in the company, and Finnegan was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Two other men, Wayne Dean Ogden and Juon Majok Mali Amuoi, have been charged over their alleged involvement in the attack on Lewis’ Continental Kitchen.
Their matters were also mentioned in the same court on Tuesday.
Mr Ogden has been charged with nine offences including damaging property by fire, participating in a criminal group and face blackened/disguised with intention to commit an indictable offence.
Mr Amuoi has been charged with being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, failing to comply with a digital evidence access order, participating in a criminal group and being an accessory before fact to destroying property using fire.
Neither have entered pleas.
Mr Moosawi, Mr Ogden and Mr Amuoi will all return to court in October.
Originally published as Development for man accused of directing Bondi arson attacks
