AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun

November 9, 2015

Shannon Deery Herald Sun

A VETERAN lawyer accused of pressuring a child sex abuse victim not to help police is facing disciplinary action that could end his career.

Alex Lewenberg has survived a house bombing, a stabbing and a shooting during a colourful legal career as a criminal defence lawyer representing notorious crooks ­including Boris “The Black Diamond’” Beljajev, Tony Mokbel’s brother, Horty, and former bikie gang boss Brendan Peterson.

But the former boxer now faces a possible ­career-ending knockout blow after an investigation by the state’s legal watchdog into comments he made to a victim of child sexual abuse.

The Jewish victim had helped police in their prosecution of notorious Jewish paedophile David Cyprys.

In covertly recorded conversations, Mr Lewenberg, fresh from representing Cyprys, was heard telling the victim Jews shouldn’t help police prosecute fellow Jews.

“I am not exactly delighted that…