Encased in a gold casket, Sam "The Punisher" Abdulrahim has been farewelled by mourners, as detectives plead for his family and friends to co-operate with their murder investigation.
Abdulrahim, 32, previously survived at least half a dozen attempts on his life, but on Monday his luck ran out and he was slain in broad daylight in a Preston hotel car park in Melbourne's northeast in front of his girlfriend.
