Alexandra Mastropetros: Ex-girlfriend of notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf learns her fate for intimidating her former lover and smuggling drugs into prison
The former girlfriend of one of Australia’s worst gang rapists, Mohammed Skaf, clutched her $3,000 purse as she avoided jail for intimidating her former lover and smuggling drugs into prison.
Alexandra Mastropetros faced Bankstown Local Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to stalking and intimidating Skaf and smuggling $100,000 worth of illegal drugs into the prison.
The 32-year-old wore a white tank top, black pants and stiletto heels and carried a $3,000 Yves Saint Laurent handbag as she stood in court with her husband.
Skaf was the ringleader of a wave of notorious gang rapes in Sydney’s south-west in 2000, and was jailed along with his brother Bilal and several others.
When he was released after nearly 22 years behind bars, Skaf and Mastropetros began their short-lived relationship.
Alexandra Mastropetros faced Bankstown District Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to stalking and intimidating her ex-boyfriend and convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf
According to court documents, the 32-year-old began her relationship with Skaf in January 2023, which lasted only a few months.
She has admitted intimidating Skaf in Greenacre last May by calling him during a heated telephone conversation to ‘strongly suggest’ that he retract a statement.
“The suspect and the victim had an intimate relationship between January 2023 and March 2023,” according to court documents.
“On May 16, the victim made a statement to police in connection with extortion for $20,000.”
Court documents revealed that Mastropetros was “well known” to Skaf and well aware of his associates.
After making a statement to police, Skaf received a call from a private number with Mastropetros on the other end.
He recorded the conversation.
“Why are you calling me to retract a statement, it has nothing to do with you,” Skaf said, according to court documents.
Mohammed Skaf was the ringleader of a wave of notorious gang rapes in Sydney’s south-west in 2000, and was jailed along with his brother Bilal and several others.
But Mastropetros said she did not tell him to withdraw from the agreement, only that she “strongly suggested” that he do so.
“That’s betrayal, you’re not going to betray,” she said.
“You spent 21 years in prison. You should know the route.”
Mastropetros told him to stop “barking your hayawem” (which means animal in Arabic).
She then said he was the ‘biggest traitor’ in Sydney.
“If you don’t retract this damn statement, I promise you under oath of Allah that I will ruin your life,” she said.
The phone call ended with Mastropetros telling Skaf to “go f*** yourself.”
Court documents show Skaf feared for his life and believed Mastropetros would send someone to his home to cause serious harm to him or his family.
She also admitted to an unrelated charge of supplying a prohibited drug after being caught with 4.86 grams of methamphetamine, worth a total of about $100,000.
According to court documents, police found drug-filled balloons in her Louis Vuitton handbag when they stopped her rental car as she drove into the Hunter Correctional Center in Cessnock in January.
She was visiting her ex-fiance at the time and told police she had purchased 100 buprenorphine strips at a Punchbowl gas station to help calm her down.
The comics she told police she paid $240 for were later found to be worth $1,000 per comic, a total of $100,000 worth in prison.
Mastropetros told police she had attended the prison for three months.
“When police stated that she needed to be fully aware of the procedures and restrictions for a visit, the suspect did not respond,” according to court documents.
Mastropetros is seen outside the courtroom in November with her husband giving the middle finger to the media
Magistrate Glenn Walsh said there was ‘significant criminality’ in the 33-year-old’s offence.
“It obviously has to be regarded as objectively serious, otherwise ignoring what is relevant would amount to criminality,” he said.
He told the court that using the word “dog” or “traitor” against Skaf would have caused him “real fear”.
The magistrate acknowledged that Mastropetros had suffered from severe PTSD and had been influenced by antisocial peers to engage in criminal behavior.
While he said the perpetrator had crossed the threshold to go to prison, he said Mastropetros was not the right person to take into full-time custody.
She was sentenced to an 18-month intensive corrections order, a prison sentence to be served in the community.
Mr Walsh warned Mastropetros that if she does not comply with orders she will be sent to prison.
There is also a continued violence order against Skaf for a period of two years.