Bikie Head Seeks Early Jail Release After Almost Dying

The 43-year-old had spent 18 months in solitary confinement restricted to his cell and a small exercise yard.

Police tape is seen at a protest in Sydney, Australia, on July 19, 2015. Mark Kolbe/Getty Images

Tarek Zahed received 10 gunshot wounds and witnessed his brother fatally shot outside a Sydney gymnasium months before being forcefully arrested over a separate murder.

After the May 2022 shooting of the two brothers, medical experts removed the now 43-year-old’s eyeball and inserted plates into one of his wrists and cheek and metal rods into his leg and arm.