George Marrogi was due to face the Supreme Court of Victoria via a video link on Wednesday over a confiscation order being sought by the Australian Federal Police.
When the case was called on,a jailhouse supervisor told the court Marrogi was refusing to comply with safety requirements put in place to protect prison officers who have been subjected to his abusive and aggressive behaviour.
“We had difficulties with the prisoner coming in to[appear before] the courtroom. He kicked me in the side. I’ve had him taken back to his cell,” the officer said.
The court heard that the last time Marrogi,the founder of the Notorious Crime Family,was in the prison’s video link room he kicked an officer so hard it fractured the man’s ribs.
Marrogi also attacked staff several days ago during a meeting.
The supervisor on Wednesday said that because of the past incidents Marrogi was now on a handcuff regime with a special security restraint belt,and must kneel in the video room to ensure the safety of staff.
Co-offender and former girlfriend,who is serving a sentence at Dame Phyllis Frost Centre,also failed to appear before the court on Wednesday,as prison staff said she didn’t believe she was needed.
The hearing related to ongoing AFP confiscations and forfeiture applications on a string of properties in NSW and Victoria and artworks seized as part of proceeds of crime legislation following.
Mannella is currently serving a for drug-related offences.
Marrogi had spent nearly his entire adult life behind bars and is housed as a high-risk inmate. He is currently serving a non-parole period of 32 years for drug charges and for murdering rival Kadir Ors in 2016.
A number of people and privately owned companies are seeking to be excluded from the AFP proceeds of crime confiscation and forfeiture applications.
Some of the properties were in the name of Marrogi’s late sister,Meshlin Marrogi,before she died during the COVID pandemic. Her as part of a revenge plot devised by the Marrogis’ rivals.
Justice James Gorton ordered the matter return to court in May.
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