Charles Hegyalji (6 August 1956 – 22 November 1998) also known as Mad Charlie was a Hungarian-born gangland criminal in Melbourne, Australia.
Hegyalji was a key figure in the amphetamine trade.James Morton and Susanna Lobez (2009), Dangerous to Know. An Australasian Crime Compendium, Victory Books, Carlton, pp.220-221. He was charged with attempted murder in 1997 after a gun battle with another criminal associate and subsequently kept in custody for twelve months. Charges were dropped after witnesses refused to testify.James Morton and Susanna Lobez (2007), Gangland Australia. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, pp.328.
Hegyalji was murdered within months of his release.Killing and culling, The Age He was one of a large number of criminals murdered by other criminals who were killed during the Melbourne gangland killings.John Silvester and Andrew Rule (2005), Underbelly. The Gangland War, Floradale and Sly Ink, Sydney, pp.124-131. A major suspect in Hegyali's murder was fellow criminal Dino Dibra.
Hegyalji was best friend of celebrity criminal and convicted standover man Mark "Chopper" Read, whom he had contacted several days before his murder. Hegyalji is buried in Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
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