Almost eight years after Bradley Dillon was stabbed and stabbed in Leichardt, one of his alleged killers has been extradited from Thailand to face a charge of murder.
A 25-year-old father who was allegedly trying to recover money owed to his sister, Dillon was shot three times in the back and stabbed four or five times during an altercation in a mall parking lot in 2014.
Antonio “Tony” Bagnato was extradited from Bangkok by NSW homicide detectives on Saturday morning and taken to Mascot police station, where he was charged over Dillon’s 2014 death.
“Following extensive enquiries, detectives applied for and were granted an arrest warrant for a 33-year-old man,” NSW Police said in a statement.
Bagnato, a kickboxer also known as Tony Bang, had been in Thailand since 2014.
Earlier this year, Bagnato’s co-defendant and cousin, Diego Carbone, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in Dillon’s death.
Antonio “Tony” Bagnato, left, was charged over the death of Bradley Dillon in 2014 Credit: NSW Police
He had previously been convicted of Dillon’s murder, but that conviction was overturned and he was retried and found guilty last year.
Homicide Squad Commander Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty said the extradition had been years in the making.