It is crisscrossed with scars. 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. Believe it or not I did very well at school but it just wasnt for me. she said. Mr Agius persisted: Isnt it the case that you and your brother have filled the gap to the extent to which Mr Bill Bayehs industry has contracted?. Judge Christie noted the Commissioner's opposition, but said the Probation and Parole Service and the Serious Offenders Review Council supported Bayeh's release. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. If you're a friend of mine you're there forever.'. The Reverend Fred Nile described him in parliament as Mr Fixit, an acknowledgement of the power he had acquired through his vast range of contacts in the Lebanese community, the police force, and elsewhere. Our contributors include the great investigators Bob Bottom and Al McCoy, and the wonderfully insightful Sydney artist Michael Fitzjames. Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. We looked like Martians. How is branch stacking relevant to heroin supply?" 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. What else am I going to do? he laughs. On his first night at Long Bay jail Staunton, who was considered at risk due to his years as a policeman, was moved from his original cell. 'I just wanted to get straight into it. His principal once told him he would wind up dead or very rich. Not content with his position, Kassab begins distributing drugs secretly. 'I've met the good, the bad, and the ugly, the famous and the infamous, and for what it's worth, there's good and bad in all of them. John was 19 when he became part-owner of the Tunnel but he had already armed himself with a formidable collection of contacts and friends. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. Mr Domican is suing Mr Ibrahim and his publisher Pan Macmillan Australia for damages in the Federal Court over his best-selling 2017 memoir, Last King of the Cross, claiming the tell-all book wrongly paints him as a hitman, violent criminal and a drug dealer. 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. And this is the top priority of the Board of Aldermen and Im committed to working with both the new board when it is sworn in in April and the Mayors office to find the funding for these programs, Green said. However, he appeared quite street-savvy and capable of verbal manipulation at all levels.''. 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. Sergeant Jim Egan and Trevor Haken devise a plan to swindle money from the federal police. Former policeman and private detective Charlie Staunton, jailed by the Royal Commission for refusing to answer questions about his relationship with Bill Bayeh, is another close friend with whom he has travelled. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. New South Wales Corrective Services Commissioner Ron Woodham opposed Bayeh's parole, saying he was just presenting a facade as a naive man. You get an education at school but it doesnt help you when youre out dealing with people. 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. Please try again later. Never speak to me on the street. 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. He is at pains, however, to portray himself as a normal working businessman who is at a loose end during the renovation of his club. Having obtained the HSC via correspondence, she enrolls in a detective's course at Goulburn Police Academy. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. Convicted cocaine dealer Bill Bayeh and his brother Louie are old friends of the family. Because of the urgings of his friend to co-operate with the investigation, John is faced with the unenviable choice of "dobbing in" Townsend and losing the respect of Sydney's criminal underworld. Then the tapes and video footage played in the Wood Royal Commission effectively put Bayeh away. John Ibrahim's book, Last King of the Cross. Police were surprised to hear Bayeh was going back into business in the Cross. Youve got a tape going, havent ya? Bayeh then jumped from his seat, according to the facts presented at the court. Staunton later worked inthe Modus Operandi Unit of the Criminal Investigation Branch, with the Highway Patrol and the Tactical Response Group (TRG). Today the War on Drugs continues to affect many lives in ways ranging from the trivial to the profound. In Kings Cross because there were so many people there was a bigger majority. THE former king of the Kings Cross strip has returned to what he knows best: The strip club business. His establishments included the Lasers amusement parlour, Porky's strip club, the Penthouse snooker room and the Cosmopolitan cafe - most of which were used as drug distribution centres - as well as brothels and shops across the western suburbs. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. Bill Bayeh pleaded guilty to assaulting intensive care nurse Leanne Nesbitt The Kings Cross identity got into a heated argument with her early last year Bayeh allegedly made a threat. It's not hard to understand why. I have worked with some pretty funny people. 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. He faces strict parole conditions including counselling and drug testing, and has been ordered to stay away from Kings Cross. "How is branch stacking relevant to gang wars? Staunton was born in the back of a taxi on London's Fulham Palace Road in 1958 and moved to Australia with his Irish Catholic family when he was seven. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. Missouri's governor would once again have control over St. Louis police under a bill advancing in the state House. In custody from 1996, Bayeh was sentenced to 20 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 15 years, a sentence which the panel at yesterday's parole hearing agreed was at the higher end of the sentencing options. Bram and Manfred had never told Staunton the details of their business but US and Canandian authorities alleged they had trafficked 25 tonnes of Pakistani hashish worth about $1billion. The 1990s saw the rise of many other powerful and violent Lebanese figures, including Louis Bayehs brother Bill. He is vehement when he says he does not deal drugs. Bayeh didnt react as he was also given a $400 fine for hindering police. 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I paid the majority of it later. Then you go home, have a shower and sleep very well.. He smoked hash, began studying a Bachelor of Arts and converted to hinduism. Not all of the target areas will receive funding, Board of Public Service President Rich Bradley said, adding that work will be prioritized on available funding. The green tracksuited figure then stood, turned and was led back to his cell to serve the remaining 19 days before he was officially eligible for release. The next night Packer sent a minion to reward Staunton with an envelope full of $100 notes. 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. Click on the image above to see a map of Sydney showing famous crime locations. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. Former nightclub boss John Ibrahim claims that Tom Domican, the man he is accused of defaming as a "violent criminal", was hired to intimidate him during the late 1990s by the brother of former Kings Cross drug kingpin Bill Bayeh. They were abandoned after the Missouri Supreme Court cited constitutional and due process questions. Im going to shove a dildo up your arse, he allegedly said. 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. Later that year Detective Inspector Tony Lauer led a raid on Hakims Redfern office and found just over a gram of heroin on Hakims person. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail . She is preparing a guest list for the opening of the club and is using a computer in an anteroom off Johns bedroom. Of his now-shelved fruit shop plans, he said: It didnt happen. Spoils of crime Bayeh's Gladesville home. I came in there and cut it all out. A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. Corrupt King's Cross detectives Trevor Haken and Jim Egan go too far when arresting a pack of drunks, sparking calls for a royal commission into the NSW Police. A JP had to sign the warrant necessary for a raid on suspected illegal gaming premises. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. Theyre more important than money, John confides. I want to move on with my life. The parole authority believed Bayeh had served a lengthy prison sentence compared to other sentences for crimes of a similar nature. These new "customers" (cops) are a bunch of noobs!To support the channel and my legal fund check out these options below:1. ELECTION WRAP. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. Bayeh pleaded guilty in March in the Downing Centre Local Court to one count of common assault over the February 2015 incident, allowing the full facts in the case to be revealed for the first time, and he appeared back in court Thursday for sentencing. See more at www.tennews.com.au His defence claims that, in about 1997, following Bill Bayeh's arrest on drug charges, for which he was ultimately jailed for 15 years, Louis Bayeh continued to take payments for "protecting" strip clubs and other businesses in the area. 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. ST. LOUISOn the heels of one of the most deadly years for traffic in the history of the city of St. Louis and a weekend that saw five people killed in a pair of traffic accidents, Mayor Tishaura Jones on Wednesday signed a board bill that commits to spending at least $40 million in federal funds on traffic calming and street redesign measures. We didnt fit in. 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. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. Mr Ibrahim claims Mr Domican sometimes carried a gun when he accompanied Mr Bayeh in the precinct in the evenings, and that he was paid up to $5000 a week at the same time that people involved in Mr Bayeh's drug empire were receiving cash payments. Theres nothing about alcohol that does anything for me. We went to state level.. There has been a surprising development in the trial of a disgraced former NSW Minister facing more than two dozen child sex abuse allegations. Taken into custody in 1996 on leaving the witness box at the Wood royal commission into police corruption. But for all his street savviness, Bayeh had pushed things too far. Accused of being part of a syndicate which virtually monopolised the drug trade in Sydneys red-light district and regularly bribed police. The years have taken a toll on Bill Bayeh. Ms Nesbitt feared for her safety and called police. Within a day of arriving in the city he found himself in the Ifield Hotel in Fulham where the first person he met was Howard Marks, one of the most notorious drug smugglers in the world. Bayeh initially claimed ignorance over the recordings and tried to explain his considerable assets by claiming they were the proceeds of gambling wins. All rights reserved. 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