Ex-bikie boss Hassan 'Sam' Ibrahim to stand trial for kidnapping
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From: AAP
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November 22, 2010 1:41PM
FORMER bikie boss Hassan "Sam" Ibrahim has been committed to stand trial in a Sydney court on a charge of detaining a boy to obtain advantage.
Ibrahim, 44, once linked to the Nomads gang and brother to nightclub identity John Ibrahim, is accused of detaining a 15-year-old on April 1 last year.
Following a committal hearing in the Downing Centre Local Court, Magistrate John Andrews found there was insufficient evidence Mr Ibrahim assaulted the boy.
But, he said, there was a "reasonable prospect" a jury would convict the defendant on a charge of kidnapping.
"I am of the view the evidence is capable of satisfying a jury beyond reasonable doubt the defendant has committed an indictable offence that ... he did detain a young person without consent to obtain advantage, namely, whether he was involved in a break-in," he said.
In his police interview, recorded in May last year, the boy said he got off a bus at Merrylands, in Sydney's west, at 7.30pm when a driver pulled up and "thought I broke into his house".
The driver allegedly then punched the teenager in the mouth and drove him to a park where, police say, they were met by two men, including the accused.
It is alleged the pair escorted him to a house where Ibrahim's wife, Karen Ibrahim, was questioned about the boy's identity.
Police allege Mr Ibrahim asked his wife "is this the guy?" and she replied "no".
The teenager said he was released and given $100 not to go to police.
Asked by Mr Andrews how he would answer to the charge, Mr Ibrahim said: "Not guilty".
Mr Ibrahim was ordered to stand trial in Sydney's Downing Centre District Court on December 3.
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