Hamze, the cousin of Brothers 4 Life gang leader and murderer Bassam Hamzy, was gunned down in a hail of bullets on Bridge St in Sydney’s CBD by a man in a black Audi in June last year.
The 34-year-old gangster was treated at the scene before being taken to St Vincent’s Hospital, where he later died.
The Audi was later found burned-out at Northwood, on Sydney’s North Shore.
Following extensive enquiries by the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, Samuel John Rokomaqisa, 32, was arrested at Silverwater jail on Tuesday and charged with murder.
Samuel John Rokomaqisa (pictured during an arrest for an unrelated matter last year), 32, was arrested in prison on Tuesday and charged with murder
Bilal Hamze was shot dead on Bridge St in Sydney’s CBD last June after exiting a Japanese restaurant with a young woman. Scene shot above
Police allege Rokomaqisa was inside a black Audi before 10.30pm on June 17, 2021, from which gunshots were fired – striking and killing Hamze, who had just walked out of Kid Kyoto restaurant.
Rokomaqisa was remanded in custody on unrelated charges.
He will appear at Downing Centre Local Court later on Tuesday for the fresh murder charge.
Last week, police released CCTV footage of a Ford Territory, Mercedes sedan, and a Honda Odyssey they believe were linked to Hamze’s alleged murder, and the attempted murder of his brother Ibrahem.
Rokomaqisa (pictured during another arrest last year) was remanded in custody on unrelated charges
They released CCTV showing the black Audi with driving alongside a top-end Mercedes, which they allege was later used in the botched murder attempt on Ibrahem.
The cars were also seen together under Ibrahem’s apartment, and were allegedly registered in the names of random Sydneysiders.
Officers urged people to get in touch with Crime Stoppers if their name was registered on a vehicle they did not own.
Family members and friends of Bilal Hamze carried his coffin (pictured) in the same month police kicked off their mammoth investigation into his alleged murder
Homicide Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty, said last week that police believe those inside the cars had ‘intentions to kill’ on the day of Ibrahem’s alleged near-miss.
‘The images we have released are taken from an address in North Sydney and show several vehicles of interest visiting the location multiple times between 25 July and 14 August 2021,’ Det Supt Doherty said.
‘On each occasion, we believe the people inside these cars intended to murder their target, who was residing in that building at the time.’