An alleged associate of the Alameddine criminal network is accused of roles in planned hits on two high-ranking members of the Hamze family in as many months, a court has heard.Brothers Bilal and Ibrahem Hamze were the alleged targets, a court has heardSamuel John Rokomaqisa, 32, faces charges including murder and conspiracy to murder after strike force investigations into two separate alleged gangland assignation plots.
It can be revealed Mr Rokomaqisa has been charged over both alleged murder plots after the cases were mentioned together for the first time in court today.Mr Rokomaqisa's lawyer, Asem Taleb, today told the court that his client's other matters that are before the court "are somewhat related" to the fresh murder charge.
Police allege Mr Rokomaqisa was in a stolen Mercedes when it was intercepted en route to the property where Ibrahem Hamze was living at the time. Forensic investigations allegedly located traces of Mr Rokomaqisa's DNA in the Mercedes and Toyota, the court has previously heard.The court also heard police claims he was linked to the Alameddine clan, a group alleged to be an underworld rival of the Hamze — sometimes spelt as Hamzy — network.
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