Background
Condello was born in Calabria, Italy and was at one time a lawyer in Melbourne, Australia. He had a criminal record consisting of arson, fraud and drug trafficking and was also suspected by police to have been involved in multiple murders.
In June 2004, an attempt on Condello's life was foiled when two gunmen were caught by police outside Brighton Cemetery near his house.
In 2005, he was charged with plotting to murder crime boss Carl Williams, who also faced charges of scheming to ambush Condello.
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