Simon gittany biography

More details are emerging about the criminal past of Simon Gittany, who was found guilty yesterday of murdering his fiancée Lisa Harnum.

Justice Lucy McCallum reached the verdict yesterday, finding the year-old threw Ms Harnum to her death from their 15th floor inner Sydney apartment in July

It took the judge four-and-a-half hours to finish reading her lengthy judgment.

The ABC has now confirmed that Gittany was no stranger to the courts when the trial began.

He was first arrested in

In October , just over a week after turning 18, Gittany was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Gittany was confronted by the employer of an ex-girlfriend and told to stop harassing her in a western Sydney shopping centre.

Police facts in the case said Gittany returned an hour later with up to 12 other men.

The victim was then held while Gittany punched him in the face several times.

Gittany was then caught