A mural of a feared Melbourne gangster has been painted over by the brother of one of his murder victims.
The likeness of hitman Rodney ‘The Duke’ Collins, who died in jail in 2018 aged 72 while serving two life sentences for murdering a couple in 1987, was sprayed on an inner-city laneway in Melbourne.
Enzo Condello, whose brother Mario police believe was also killed by Collins, was forced to walk past the ‘distressing’ wall painting as he lived nearby.
But the bereaved brother has now taken the law into his own hands by painting over the offensive black and white mural with red and gold paint.
‘It was 100m from my home in a laneway … it was very upsetting so I had him rubbed out,’ Mr Condello told the Herald Sun.
The likeness of hitman Rodney ‘The Duke’ Collins, who died in jail in 2018 aged 72 while serving two life sentences for murdering a couple in 1987, was sprayed on an inner-city laneway in Melbourne (pictured)
Collins, who had a pet parrot he had trained to say ‘I hate coppers’ and ‘Not guilty’, was believed to have been responsible for at least nine murders across four decades
Police said they believed Collins was responsible for Mr Condello’s death after he was discovered gunned down in his own home in 2006.
Mr Condello, once a lawyer, was part of the criminal ‘Carlton Crew’.
He was portrayed as a loan shark in the acclaimed television series Underbelly.
Collins, who had a pet parrot he had trained to say ‘I hate coppers’ and ‘Not guilty’, was believed to have been responsible for at least nine murders across four decades.
He was also a prime suspect in the 2004 murder of police witness Terence Hodson.
Enzo Condello, whose brother Mario police believe was also killed by Collins, painted over the offensive black and white mural with red and gold paint (pictured)
