Bilal El Rafei Wiki
Bilal El Rafei Biography
His cousin Bilal El Rafei, 22, was sentenced to a vicious driving attempt that resulted in his death in Campbellfield, north of Melbourne, in March 2019.
The deceased’s brother, Fadel El Rafihi, told the court that they wanted to buy cigarettes at a nearby store and that they would rather drive than go.
“You know how brothers fight in the front seat: we fell into the front seat and I got there first,” he said.
Video surveillance was played and Khaled was shown falling backwards as the truck drove away before returning to check on the man.
“We thought it was a joke, so we walked 10 or 15 meters and then we found out it wasn’t,” Fadel said, adding that the Outé was at about 20 km / h.
He said no one saw Khaled climb onto the truck bed.
A police officer who attended the scene, Samuel Field, told Bilal: “Don’t see his cousin chasing after his sandals and trying to grab the back door.”
The accused driver’s attorney, Leighton Gwynn, said the dead man could only have sat on the roof of the truck for “a second or two,” if he had.
Bilal has pleaded not guilty and is expected to appear in Victoria County Court on March 12 for a hearing.
