December 20th 2024.
A man who was able to evade execution for the murder of a biker in Thailand has now been imprisoned in Australia for the killing of a cafe owner ten years ago. The victim, Bradley Dillon, was brutally attacked in the car park of the Leichhardt Marketplace in Sydney's inner west in 2014. He was stabbed four times in the back and then shot three times while trying to escape the assailants. The 25-year-old, who owned a cafe in the upscale suburb of Balmain, had been trying to collect $2300 that was owed to his sister. This debt was owed by a member of the Saint Michael Fight Club.
CCTV footage captured Dillon's final moments as he staggered out of the car park after the attack and collapsed on the grass outside. Despite the efforts of emergency services, he was pronounced dead at the scene. After a thorough investigation, it was revealed that the murder had been carried out by cousins Antonio Bagnato and Diego Carbone. On Friday, Bagnato was sentenced to 17 years and three months in prison for the murder, with a minimum of 12 years before he is eligible for parole.
During the trial, Bagnato denied being the one who pulled the trigger or held the knife, but he did admit to planning the attack with Carbone in order to cause serious harm to Dillon. Bagnato, who was a fan of muay thai, fled to Thailand just two days after the murder in the car park. He was later arrested by local police and charged with the murder of Wayne Schneider, the Australian head of the Hells Angels. Schneider had been beaten to death and buried in a shallow grave in Pattaya, Thailand, in what was believed to be a drug-related dispute.
Originally, Bagnato had been sentenced to death in Thailand for Schneider's murder, but his sentence was eventually reduced before he was released and extradited back to Australia in 2022. During his sentencing for Dillon's murder, Justice Richard Cavanagh acknowledged the harsh conditions that Bagnato had endured in a Thai prison, where he was crammed into a cell with 150 other inmates, had to deal with unsanitary conditions and lack of basic necessities. However, the judge stated that these conditions would not lessen the sentence for the murder of Dillon, as they were a direct result of Bagnato's decision to flee to Thailand.
According to Justice Cavanagh, Dillon's murder was a heinous crime that involved a high level of violence and planning, as seen by the use of a burner phone. The attack also showed a complete disregard for public safety, as it took place in a public car park where bystanders could have been harmed. The judge also expressed his sympathies to Dillon's family, who had previously shared the devastating impact that the murder had on their lives.
During the trial, it was revealed that Bagnato had shown some remorse for his actions, although it came much later, after his escape from Australia. The judge also took into consideration Bagnato's PTSD from his time in a Thai jail, which would make his prison sentence even more challenging. Meanwhile, Carbone, who had also been involved in the murder, was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years in prison after two separate trials. His minimum term was set at 18 years.
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