The very personal reason Enzo Condello defaced this inner-city Melbourne mural of notorious gangland hit man Rodney ‘The Duke’ Collins

A mural of a feared Melbourne gangster has been painted over by the brother of one of his murder victims.

The likeness of hitman Rodney ‘The Duke’ Collins, who died in prison in 2018 at the age of 72 while serving two life sentences for the 1987 murder of a couple, was spray-painted on an inner-city street in Melbourne.

Enzo Condello, whose brother Mario was also killed by Collins, according to police, was forced to walk past the “disturbing” mural because he lived nearby.

But the grieving brother has now taken matters into his own hands by painting over the offending black and white mural with red and gold paint.

“It was 100 meters from my house in a lane … it was very disturbing so I had it rubbed out,” Mr Condello told the Herald Sun.

The likeness of hitman Rodney ‘The Duke’ Collins, who died in prison in 2018 at the age of 72 while serving two life sentences for the 1987 murder of a couple, was spray-painted on an inner-city street in Melbourne (pictured )

Collins, who had a parrot that he trained to say “I hate buyers” and “Not guilty,” was believed to have been responsible for at least nine murders over the past four decades.

Police said they believed Collins was responsible for Mr Condello’s death after he was shot in his own home in 2006.

Mr Condello, once a lawyer, was part of the criminal ‘Carlton Crew’.

He was portrayed as a loan shark in the critically acclaimed television series Underbelly.

Collins, who had a parrot that he trained to say “I hate buyers” and “Not guilty,” was believed to be responsible for at least nine murders over the past four decades.

He was also a prime suspect in the 2004 murder of police witness Terence Hodson.

Enzo Condello, whose brother Mario was also killed by Collins, according to police, painted over the offending black and white mural with red and gold paint (pictured)