Goulburn Supermax fight sees Brothers 4 Life boss Farhad Qaumi charged

The former boss of the notorious Brothers 4 Life crime gang has been charged over a violent prison assault in which he allegedly used a shiv to attack a fellow hardcore inmate.

Farhad Qaumi, 37, and Abuzar Sultani, 31, were in an exercise yard within Australia’s most secure prison – Goulburn Supermax – on May 20 when the older man attacked.

Qaumi allegedly slashed his fellow prisoner across the face and neck with the blade. 

The former leader of the Blacktown chapter of Brothers 4 Life is serving a 60-year jail sentence for a string of violent crimes, including the 2013 murder of Sydney dad Joe Antoun. 

Daily Mail Australia understands prison officers rushed to the exercise area and were able to separate the men, before allegedly finding two gaol-made weapons nearby.

Sultani (pictured) suffered cuts to his neck and face during the alleged assault in an exercise yard at Goulburn Supermax – Australia’s highest security prison – on the morning of May 20

After investigating the incident for two weeks, NSW Police charged Qaumi with four offences on Thursday.

A NSW Police spokesperson said Qaumi had now been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, reckless grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and armed with intent commit indictable offence.

‘It’s alleged the fight between the men – aged 31 and 37 – occurred in a multi-purpose room about 9.15am on Wednesday 20 May 2020,’ a NSW Police spokeswoman said.

‘The pair were separated by Correctives Services officers and during a subsequent search of the men, two gaol-made weapons were located and seized.

‘The younger man sustained lacerations to his face and neck, while they older man was not injured.

‘Both were treated by on-site medical staff.’

Sultani is a former MBA student turned Rebels OMCG bikie.

Qaumi was jailed for at least 43 years for a ‘violent underworld rampage’ throughout Sydney’s west in 2013 involving his two brothers and Brothers 4 Life gang members.

Those crimes included the murder of Antoun – who was shot five times after opening the front door to his home, with his daughters just inside – and the manslaughter of Mumtaz Qaumi, 32. 

It is understood Qaumi allegedly attacked in a yard like this one, which is attached to a cell in the Supermax prison

Supermax presents a sterile environment which more resembles a secure mental hospital than a typical Australian jail. Since it opened in September 2001 there have been no escapes

The High Risk Management Correctional Centre sits within the Goulburn prison complex. It may be the country’s most secure prison but it is on the doorstep of houses and farming land

Describing the violence as ‘outlandish and lawless’, Justice Peter Hamill also jailed his brothers Mumtaz, 32, for at least 36 years and Jamil, 25, for at least 21 years for their role in some of the crimes. 

Corrective Services NSW said Qaumi and Sultani were the only two inmates inside the multi-purpose room at the time, as is procedure.  

Qaumi will face Goulburn Local Court on Wednesday, August 12.

The violent fight comes less than two years after a similar brawl between Brothers 4 Life founder Bassam Hamzy and convicted terrorist Talal Alameddine in an exercise yard of the high-security wing. 

The heritage-listed main entrance to Goulburn Correctional Centre, formerly known as Goulburn Gaol, Goulburn Reformatory and Goulburn Training Centre. It opened in 1884