Shock twist after Bentley driver was bashed with milk crates in wild brawl
A man at the centre of a wild brawl at a Sydney petrol station last week almost lost his life in an attempted underworld two years earlier.
William Siale, 33, barely escaped with his life when a masked gunman allegedly ran into a Marrickville barber shop and fired at him and his brother Eric in July 2023.
Both brothers were hit - one in the chest and the other in the lower back.
Daily Mail Australia was told at the time they were regular customers at the barber.
Siale was also one of the men involved in a violent brawl at the Metro Petroleum on Belmore Road, in Sydney 's south-west, last Thursday.
CCTV from the petrol station showed Siale and Habib Alameddine talking inside the service station, before things quickly soured between the pair.
Two of Siale's friends came to help him throw Alameddine to the ground before they beat him with milk crates and a concrete bollard.
One of the men then threw the bollard through the back window of Alameddine's Bentley Bentayga. The latest model starts at $396,500.
Alameddine was heard crying out in pain as the trio fled the scene.
NSW Police said in a statement that Alameddine was taken to hospital and was treated for facial injuries and a broken arm.
A manhunt has been launched for the two other men involved in the brawl described as being of Pacific Islander/Maori appearance and aged in their 30s.
It comes as police charged a man they allege was responsible for shooting at Siale and his brother in 2023.
There is no suggestion the brawl and the 2023 shooting are linked in any way.
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