He asked them to force out smaller operators, including Sam Ibrahim and Russell Townsend, although it is unclear exactly how much of a role the police played in this. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. Louis Bayeh swears revenge on Benny Kassab's boys Shaka and Norm Korbage for shooting up his house. Staunton, who was in the Parramatta and NSW police rugby league teams, knew most of the Bandidos and some of the Comanchero from playing football against them. How is branch stacking relevant to heroin supply?" Released in 2011, Bayehs parole restrictions were such that he was not able to be in the vicinity of Kings Cross and other suburbs, including Woolloomooloo, for three years until restrictions were lifted on July 17, 2014. No one really knew that I didnt know what I was doing, except me.. Their building also backs onto the street. Jones hopes the end result of that work will resemble what has unfolded on a corridor not far from the site of the bill signing on the 3100 block of North Grand. Theres nothing about alcohol that does anything for me. Many of those who came after Louis Bayeh did not last so long. Policing in the 1960s and 1970s: a memoir. Jones said the city was working on a plan that would safeguard the privacy of the images, address due process, and where they would be placed. In the TAB John is asking around after his friend when he gestures to a tall skinny man and says quietly: The worst thing you can be in the Cross is a KX (a protected Commission witness) because everyone knows who you are.. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Theres corruption going on in every section where you could do somebody a good turn or a bad turn. Soon Staunton was moving millions of dollars in cash across continents for the Pacific Mariner Cartel in which he was known by the nickname 'The Prince'. Today the War on Drugs continues to affect many lives in ways ranging from the trivial to the profound. John lives here with the Tunnels restaurant manager, who was first employed as a kitchen hand at the club after moving from China to Australia six years ago. He and a colleague had recovered a BMW stolen from television host Kerri-Anne Kennerley and then used to steal six dozen bottles of Scotch which were hidden in the boot. The 55-year-old sat, seemingly impassive, as his fate was decided, mumbling a barely audible ''thank you, God bless you'' as Judge Terence Christie of the NSW Parole Authority granted him parole after 15 years behind bars. I deserve a second chance it is the Australian way.. And sorry for the victims Ive caused trouble to.. How can we protect people no matter how they choose to get around?. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. But a group always has a dominant personality.. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Street bill (BB120), utilizing $40 . In 1988, a young, skinny boy named John Ibrahim from the outer-suburbs arrives in King's Cross to seek his fortune after being expelled from school, which results in a chance meeting with Sydney crime boss George Freeman. 'I'm a happy man,' the grandfather-of-four says. All you need to do is get your foot in the door, John says. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. Bayehs business partner and the venues licensee Tania Eve, who he has known for more than 30 years, was equally as vigilant on illegal behaviour, describing Love Machine as a cabaret and burlesque gentlemans club. Ive never sold drugs. In 1988, a young, skinny boy named John Ibrahim from the outer-suburbs arrives in King's Cross to seek his fortune after being expelled from school, which results in a chance meeting with Sydney crime boss George Freeman. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Premier vows to raise standards of states pollies, Liberals used Daley video to their advantage. I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Trevor Haken wears a wire to a meeting with Bill Bayeh. Staunton was again brought unstuck by an undercover cop and was arrested in January 1997 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ms Nesbitt said nothing as Bayeh, now 57, greeted her from his outdoor table at the Five Boroughs coffee shop on Darlinghurst Road. All times AEDT (GMT +11). A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. The Liberal candidate in Kogarah says he capitalised on Opposition Leader Michael Daleys anti-migrant remarks to secure an 8.4 per swing in the primary vote in the Labor stronghold; Mr Daley takes the family to lunch; Bill Shorten says lessons must be learned; and, Labor women praise the Premier. Two video games stand idly on opposite sides of the room. I dont need to tell anyone how I got them. On his rise as a businessman in Kings Cross, John is more forthcoming. THE former wife of flamboyant doctor Geoffrey Edelsten had an epic run-in with a notorious Kings Cross identity. In seeming retaliation, Johns attitude on the witness stand remained one degree short of insolence. Staunton's playboy lifestyle came to a halt with his defiant appearance before the Wood Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service in June 1995. It was difficult to believe that the greying, gaunt-faced man staring out from the audio-visual room at Silverwater Prison yesterday was the same one who once treated the streets of Kings Cross as his personal domain. Sydney Crime Museum is an online history of crime in Sydney, which has often affected the lives of ordinary people and popular culture as well as corrupting the processes of policing, justice and government. Soon afterwards he spoke with news.com.aus Editor-in-Chief Kate de Brito, revealing an ambitious young man who wanted to rule Kings Cross. Bayeh didnt react as he was also given a $400 fine for hindering police. ''He is going to work for a fruit man,'' he added. But the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner still argued against Bayeh's release yesterday. Bill Bayeh - a major character in last year's Underbelly TV series - will start a new career as a fruit and vegetable seller. It feels good that Im given the chance to just walk anywhere I want, he said. St. Louis police gather at the scene of a shooting in the 1800 block of Cass Avenue on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, where police say a man was shot in the chest. Were working to restore it. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. Crime is an essential part of the city's history. Former Kings Cross underworld figure and convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh is to be released on parole. He is vehement when he says he does not deal drugs. I want to be left alone. The employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. 'You Australians are a hard lot,' Trump said to him. Not long afterwards John dropped out of school. In effect he was saying the detectives had engaged in noble corruption the use of illegal means by otherwise honest police to convict known criminals. Tanned, fit and small in stature, John has full lips, sleepy eyes and a subtly engaging persona. Staunton had been secretly recorded handing money to the corrupt cop Trevor Haken on behalf of Bayeh and spent the next 11 and a half months in prison. Ten years ago Kings Cross was the only suburb open late. The 55-year-old emerged with a tuft of white hair at the front of an otherwise black head of hair and was wearing a black hooded top and jeans as he walked through the gates at 9.14am (AEST) today. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. Bill has 1 job listed on their profile. Of his now-shelved fruit shop plans, he said: It didnt happen. Coles has announced it has scrapped a major Covid-19 requirement for all its staff. Staunton writes of helping solve problems for drug dealers Bill Bayeh, who distributed cocaine and heroin in Kings Cross, and international trafficker Bruce 'Snapper' Cornwell. 'There was no point in complaining about my sentence. One of his bouncer colleagues there was Felix Lyle, who would later become a Bandidos and Hells Angels boss. It was a gift from his grandparents and it keeps his enemies away. One reason is that energetic and ambitious men who have difficulty obtaining legitimate opportunities turn to illegal ones. John is reticent to discuss the fight that left him hospitalised for three months with a stab wound in the stomach. 'I'd weighed my options and taken the risk. 23:42 GMT 22 Jul 2019 Once you find your place you know. He will be under as much scrutiny as anyone who runs that type of business in the Cross., Another Kings Cross detective added: We have been waiting for him to come up here when his parole conditions finished maybe for a coffee or something. They should never have let you out, youre a criminal.. Debbie Webb leaves King's Cross police and allies herself with her husband Greg Locke and politician John Hatton. Bayeh was wrongfully jailed for two weeks in 2012 when authorities mistakenly believed he breached parole by travelling to north Queensland. As John cruises up and down Darlinghurst Rd looking for a friend, he is greeted with casual waves. Within a year the new leader, Michael Kanaan, and some 50 others associated with the gang had been arrested. Debbie Webb joins the fraud squad, but is snubbed due to her whistleblower reputation. But she then stopped and turned to confront him about comments hed made some weeks earlier, sparking an argument that was recorded on her phone. The claims are the subject of Mr Domican's part-heard interlocutory application before Justice Michael Wigney to have parts of Mr Ibrahim's and Pan Macmillan's defences struck out. I knew I wanted to be in the nightclub and restaurant industry.. Infrastructure work is very complicated. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. He is based in London and expects to live until he his 100. Commission investigator Gerry Lloyd hires Shaka, a former lieutenant to Benny Kassab, to wear a wire to expose the corrupt police working with Bill Bayeh. However, Haken and Egan, along with drug dealer Bill Bayeh, set up an elaborate "sting" for their own profit. BAYEH CHARGED FOR RESISTING ARREST AFTER RIPPING UP NOTE Leanne Edelsten is now an intensive care nurse at St Vincent's Hospital. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. John is out on the balcony bantering with his female assistant, a longtime friend. Back before the Ibrahims had seriously staked their claim and the Wood Royal Commission exposed the corruption riddling the King Cross police command, Bill Bayeh was ''Billy the Boss''. I came in there and cut it all out. Tax has been paid on it.. Mr Ibrahim claims he took over the "business of protecting businesses" from the Bayehs, prompting the Cosmopolitan Cafe meeting at which Mr Domican was present. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. You just feel it. This is my opinion, sir, believe me on my babys life. But the relationship went through a rocky patch in 1985 when Hakim gave permission for certain men to put gaming machines into an ethnic club. The view from Johns Dover Heights home is breathtaking. 'My life has been a bit more interesting than most,' Staunton writes. Sydney was founded by criminals who for years formed a majority of its population. Later that shift Staunton was told to drive several drunk constables to nearby Moore Park where his colleagues stormed into a toilet block wielding their truncheons at 'poofters'. He must also undergo regular drug and alcohol testing and psychological assessment. Cleverly avoiding direct involvement in violence himself, Bayeh hired a number of standover men, including Karam, a former Lebanese commando, and a group of Tongan martial arts experts to intimidate the other dealers in the Cross into leaving or agreeing to be on Bayeh's payroll. It was in everyones best interests (that I buy into the club), John says. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. We didnt fit in. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. KINGS Cross identity Bill Bayeh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former wife of colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten. Perhaps the best known gang of the late 1990s was the extremely vicious Dannys Boys, led by Danny Karam, who engaged in knee-cappings and drive-by shootings, including one of Lakemba Police Station in 1998. Spoils of crime Bayeh's Gladesville home. It was at Baron's that Staunton impressed billionaire television mogul Kerry Packer with the hospitality he extended one evening to his visiting polo team. He is passionate in his philosophy that nothing comes easy. Upon his release Staunton was deportedand made his way to London. Trevor Haken's paranoia reaches an all-new high. So it would seem, but no, I am not, came Johns cocky reply. Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs. Benny Kassab suspects that he has a rat in his ranks. I know everyone involved in the nightclub industry and they all know me. Even his late nights out are not wild ones, says John. Former Kings Cross underworld boss Bill Bayeh has walked free from prison after 15 years behind bars. One of those cases of stolen whisky was subsequently planted in Staunton's own car and he left the force rather than implicate anyone else. 9NEWS reports the 56-year-old reportedly became involved in a heated argument with Leanne Nesbitt, now an intensive care nurse, outside St Vincent's Hospital last night at about 6.30pm. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. I did what I did and I accept what I did. Click on the image above to see a map of Sydney showing famous crime locations. Its not money thats been laundered. Closed for two months after a minor liquor licensing violation, John took the opportunity to put a fresh face on the club. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. Thats what I think. We went to state level.. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. Sydneys very small. Smart and casual, he exudes a faint air of wealth. Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Theyre only people. In 1987 Hakim was gaoled for six and a half years for his involvement in bribing Corrective Services Minister Rex Jackson to release prisoners early. He paid police to protect at least 24 gaming clubs and often entertained police officers. Kanaan received life sentences for three murders. He drove a prison van to and from court for a year when the Bandido and Comanchero gangs faced trial for the 1984 Milperra massacre, at which six bikies and a teenage girl were killed. S03:E06 - Women in Uniform. Marks, known as 'Mr Nice', asked Staunton to join him at a table with Freddie Foreman, an old crook sometimes called the godfather of British crime. He describes winning almost $100,000 at Randwick one day and how he and Bill Bayeh turned over millions of dollars a year with a bookmaker. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. In 2001 he was back in gaol for supplying heroin and cocaine and taking $180,000 - which he split with police - from brothel owners for "protection". I cant sing, I cant dance. It's not hard to understand why. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia, The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. John is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. Staunton travelled to Atlantic City in 1989 as part of boxer Jeff 'Hitman' Harding's entourage when Harding defeated Dennis Andries for the WBC light heavyweight title. In 2001 he was back in gaol for supplying heroin and cocaine and taking $180,000 which he split with police from brothel owners for protection. They were assisted in this by new laws, such as those enabling them to seize assets that were the proceeds of crime, and institutions, such as the New South Wales Crime Commission (which had been created in 1986), which unlike the police can force people to give evidence. When gang violence breaks out in King's Cross, John Ibrahim is placed under pressure to clean up the streets. John was 16 when he first started working on the door of Images nightclub at Parramatta. SYDNEY nightclub owner John Ibrahim was very young when he gave this first revealing interview. Well, youre the new lifeblood of the drug industry in Kings Cross, arent you? Mr Agius asked John after the tape was played. I dont think anyone expected he, would be involved in a business here. When John changes into a sports singlet for the gym he reveals a worn band which he wears around the top of his arm. I have gotten what I wanted out of the Cross. Between those opposite ends of the law Staunton found himself somewhere in the middle as a private investigator and problem-solver for Sydney's underworld. We do the same things every day. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. The years have taken a toll on Bill Bayeh. Kim Hollingsworth is expelled from the Goulburn Academy for failing to disclose her work as a prostitute. But now Bill Bayeh - whose 15-year stretch behind bars may end within weeks - could be banned from setting foot on Sydney's Golden Mile. It's being paid for with the American Rescue Plan Fund. Along the way he was called upon to keep Paul McCartney and his wife company for an evening and once shared a prison van with backpacker killer Ivan Milat. "It is to be inferred that [Mr Domican] had been retained by Louis Bayeh to intimidate [Ibrahim] in order to protect Mr Bayeh's share of the protection market in Kings Cross," documents filed by lawyers for Mr Ibrahim claim. ''It is clear from a number of remarks made by the sentencing judge that the sentence was intended to be punitive rather than rehabilitative,'' Judge Christie said. 'On the whole, I loved most of my decade in the New South Wales Police Force,' he writes. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. If the police came knocking, the cashiers would pretend they were simply running an innocent entertainment business. Not content with his position, Kassab begins distributing drugs secretly. In 1983 the Australian Federal Police tapped over 7,000 of Hakims conversations: 26 corruption investigations involving police ensued. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Pan Macmillan's defence claims it could also be inferred Mr Domican was a violent criminal from a 2002 conviction in Western Australia after he pleaded guilty to threatening to break the neck of a police officer. 'I've a million acquaintances but I've got a handful of friends. Together, they form a ruthless gang and set about taking over the King's Cross drug trade. I lost everything, lost my family, I lost my kids, all my money, everything. John, it seems, is inclined to oversimplify the details of his existence. With another club in Surfers Paradise, also called The Tunnel, he wanted to free up his commitments in Sydney. And when he speaks, the people around him listen. The relationship with Bill Bayeh was severed on the day John appeared before the Commission and heard a conversation between supergrass Trevor Haken and Bayeh, taped at Birkenhead Point Tavern in December 1994. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. We eat at the same places and we go to the same clubs, he says. Mr Ibrahim's lawyers claim in court documents that Mr Domican, a former ALP figure, accompanied Louis Bayeh to a meeting at the Cosmopolitan Cafe in Kings Cross, where the latter allegedly told Mr Ibrahim, "Who do you think you are, trying to take over the Cross?". He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. However, he appeared quite street-savvy and capable of verbal manipulation at all levels.''. 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