A Ferrari-driving kickboxer jailed for causing the death of an elderly woman in a high-speed Melbourne crash will be returned to the community despite the cancellation of his parole after a series of attempts on his life.
Suleiman ‘Sam’ Abdulrahim – who dated MAFS star Jessika Power this year – took Victoria’s adult parole board to the Supreme Court following a decision to re-jail him in June, more than three months after his early release.
The board had argued Abdulrahim had been the intended target of two shootings and a firearm incident since March and his being on parole posed a public safety risk.
But Justice Paul Coghlan on Friday quashed the revocation and ordered his release.
It comes after the board’s lawyers revealed Abdulrahim’s neighbour’s house was shot up in March, his sister was threatened with a gun the following month and his cousin’s house was shot at in June.
Suleiman ‘Sam’ Abdulrahim had just got out of jail on parole when he was reportedly romantically linked with Power (pictured together), and the two were photographed on a number of public outings
Abdulrahim’s car slammed into three others as he spun out of control, smashing into the front of the car great-grandmother of two Muriel Hulett, 88, and her daughter Lynette Vernall
No one was injured in the incidents but barrister Liam Brown said Abdulrahim had been the intended target each time and his freedom put the community at risk.
During a hearing last week, Justice Coghlan said he struggled with the decision to put Abdulrahim back behind bars, adding most people would likely find this unfair.
‘This is unusual … there would be very few cases where the position of the (parole) board is “we accept he hasn’t done anything”,’ the judge said at the time.
Abdulrahim was sentenced last July for causing the death of 88-year-old Muriel Hulett, while speeding through Reservoir in his silver two-door Ferrari Spider in 2015.
Abdulrahim was jailed for culpable driving causing death after killing great-grandmother Muriel Hulett, 88, (pictured) in a horrific collision in 2015
Mrs Hulett suffered severe chest injuries, a severed thumb and a fractured right arm before being put into an induced coma at the hospital and dying eight days later
Ms Hulett’s daughter Lynette Vernall had been driving Muriel back to a retirement home after a family lunch when Abdulrahim lost control of the high-powered Ferrari 360 Spider.
He was driving up to 110 km/h in a 60km/h zone when he lost control and crashed into three cars.
Mrs Vernall survived horrific injuries, but Mrs Hulett died after eight days in a coma suffering from extensive neck and chest injuries.
Abdulrahim has been a boxer and martial artist since age 15 and fought professionally for a number of years but his commercial sponsors severed ties after the crash.
Power went so far as to share a selfie of them on embracing during a facial earlier this year
In February 2015, Abdulrahim made headlines when he was involved in a wild brawl on the third level of the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court building
He was jailed for three years and three months with a two-year non-parole period after pleading guilty to a string of charges including culpable driving causing death.
But with 519 days’ pre-sentence detention, Abdulrahim was released on from jail in March this year.
He had just gotten out of jail on parole when he was reportedly romantically linked with Power, and the two were photographed on a number of public outings.
Power had recently split with MAFS boyfriend Dan Webb when she was spotted with the convicted killer.
She went so far as to share a selfie of them on embracing during a facial.
‘Coffee scrubs with this one,’ she captioned the Instagram story.
Abdulrahim’s barrister, Jo Swiney, earlier told the court her client had done nothing but assist the parole board and the decision to put him back in jail was unreasonable.
Power told Daily Mail Australia that she met Abdulrahim through mutual friends
In February 2015, Abdulrahim made headlines when he was involved in a wild brawl on the third level of the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court building.
The fight erupted after a verbal altercation with another man in court.
Security guards and police used capsicum spray to quell the fight.
In 2017, he was refused bail amid allegations he ran over a bunch of car washers while awaiting trial over the death of Mrs Hulett.
Court documents alleged Abdulrahim used poles, bats, chairs and upright benches as weapons against the workers before jumping back into his car and reversing into them, injuring several of them.
At that hearing, a Supreme Court judge referred to Abdulrahim as being ‘an utter menace on the roads’.
Abdulrahim featured heavily on Power’s Instagram account in May before going their separate ways