Saddik was granted conditional bail to appear in Parramatta Local Court on June 11.
It is illegal in NSW to publish any information that identifies complainants for prescribed sexual offences except with permission from a court or the alleged victim.
Saddik and his notorious clients
Sydney’s lucrative drug war has centred on two names, the Hamzys and the Alemaddines. The latter family has kept Saddik busy in the city’s courts in recent years.
Saddik has represented alleged Alameddine clan kingpin Rafat Alameddine, his brother Talal, their cousin Hamdi, and fellow alleged associates Trent Jeske and Asaad Alahmad — Rafat’s brother-in-law and accused drug boss.
Another regular client has been rapper Ali “Ay Huncho” Younes.
When Younes recently walked free on bail a day after being picked up by NSW Police’s Strike Force Raptor, he took to Instagram to post a photo of his solicitor with the praising caption, “The fkn goat Abdul Saddik”.
Born and raised in Merrylands — one of the hot spots of the gang war — Saddik earlier told the Australian Associated Press he knew at a young age that law was what he wanted to do, but the past two years had been the busiest of his career.
“I always wanted to do law, I did my Year 10 work experience at a law firm,” Saddik said.
“But this has been the busiest, and I would say as well, probably the hardest and most stressful time of my life, particularly considering the types of cases I take on.
“So much community attention, police attention (and) media attention, but it comes with the job and I understand that.”
Saddik has been contacted for comment.
More to come.
with AAP
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