Four men are expected to appear before Bankstown Local Court today (10 November, 2026) over their alleged roles in a kidnapping and serious assault at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
The AFP will allege the men – aged 28, 30, 33 and 40 – detained the victim – a 33-year-old man – in a bedroom and assaulted him yesterday (9 November, 2026). The men are all detainees at Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.
The victim was taken to Liverpool Hospital for treatment for facial fractures, a broken collarbone, and multiple abrasions and bruises.
AFP investigators, with the assistance of NSW Police officers, attended the detention centre yesterday afternoon and seized a number of items for forensic examination.
The four men were subsequently arrested and each charged with take/detain in company with intent to commit a serious indictable offence of occasioning actual bodily harm, contrary to section 86(3) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).
The offence carries a maximum penalty of 25 years’ imprisonment.
