I want to move on with my life. If the police came knocking, the cashiers would pretend they were simply running an innocent entertainment business. Hakim got him a job as debt collector with Lennie McPherson, and Bayeh went on to open a gaming club at West Ryde with Hakims approval and then became a major standover man and Kings Cross drug dealer for many years. We used to kick box together. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. she said. 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. Having obtained the HSC via correspondence, she enrolls in a detective's course at Goulburn Police Academy. Hakim expanded his contacts among police and became a general intermediary between them and the underworld. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. I lost everything, lost my family, I lost my kids, all my money, everything. 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. I knew them all and they wouldnt have been standing over my business. 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. If it seems sometimes that he lacks respect for the Commission, its because he does. With another club in Surfers Paradise, also called The Tunnel, he wanted to free up his commitments in Sydney. 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. The 60-year-old is the 'good bloke' of the title and says he lives by two simple rules: Loyalty is everything, and what is morally right and what is legal are not always the same thing. It was one of the first of what was to become a common form of violence and intimidation by Lebanese gangsters. It would be easy for Bill to go the wrong way but he is doing the right thing, she said. Everywhere we go we know each other. The document also alleges Mr Domican threatened an illegal poker machine supplier with violence in 1990 if he wasn't given money and access to the machines; and was sentenced to two months' hard labour in 1988 for possessing an unlicensed pistol. Sergeant Jim Egan and Trevor Haken devise a plan to swindle money from the federal police. 'The Ten Commandments are a reference point, and thus my life is not complicated, no matter how hard I have tried to make it so. The Missouri House already passed a similar bill. Sydney's Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh, 58, has been fined $1,500 He was unaware of the ban from Star Casino when he entered the venue His lawyer on Wednesday told court the businessman was. 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. By When John changes into a sports singlet for the gym he reveals a worn band which he wears around the top of his arm. When Bill's business suffers as a result, tensions rise between Bill and his brother, Louis Bayeh. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. But I still go home once a week to have a cup of tea with my mum, he says. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Bayeh was in court for sentencing on another matter, for allegedly hindering police in a separate incident three days before the February 2015 assault. I think this place is like every other place, I dont see any difference., Of his time in prison, he said: I wasnt treated very human 15 years in jail. 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. John has only been to his parents country of birth, Lebanon, once. According to John, the then owner was being stood over by local heavies and ripped off by his managers. John is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. His garage houses two jet skis. By then Staunton had bought his first Porsche and with a private investigator's licence work from major criminals and prominent law firms kept rolling in. He smoked hash, began studying a Bachelor of Arts and converted to hinduism. An angry Kim Hollingsworth returns to Sydney from Adelaide, intending on suing the NSW Police. Aldermanic Board President Megan Green said traffic education and enforcement would be a priority for the next session of the Board when new members are seated after the April elections. I went back home for three days (last year) with Charlie Staunton. I couldnt wait to get out of there and get amongst it. 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. John, it seems, is inclined to oversimplify the details of his existence. He was also filmed on 12 occasions preparing some 1500 caps of cocaine, valued at $90,000. I have always stayed away from the drugs and the gambling and prostitution. And that flag should be saluted any time. BACK in 1995, John Ibrahim was a brash young nightclub owner who had just come to the attention of the media when he was called before the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service. It was a gift from his grandparents and it keeps his enemies away. (AP) Missouri 's governor would control St. Louis police under a bill advanced . He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. The view from Johns Dover Heights home is breathtaking. 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. As John cruises up and down Darlinghurst Rd looking for a friend, he is greeted with casual waves. Chief Inspector Dennis Kelly applies to enter the National Crime Authority in order to improve his resume in the race for police commissioner. We went to state level.. John believes the shockwaves caused by the Commission have only just begun. Within a year the new leader, Michael Kanaan, and some 50 others associated with the gang had been arrested. 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Not content with his position, Kassab begins distributing drugs secretly. 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. Former Sydney drug kingpin Bill Bayeh has been granted parole after more than a decade in jail. But its not only police. 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. Good cops, bad cops, strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, dreamers and bagmen. They split and she lives overseas, although he still wears her ring on his wedding finger. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. Later, John hitches up his T-shirt to reveal his smooth, hairless abdomen. A few blocks north on Natural Bridge, a corridor that was the scene of multiple high-speed fatalities in recent years has seen speeds reduced by 9 miles an hour, Jones said citing Missouri Department of Transportation data and noting that more data was needed to see established trends. Youve got to know whats happening. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. The years have taken a toll on Bill Bayeh. Johns older brother Hassam, known as Sam, told the Royal Commission he had been helping people out, including protecting drug dealers, around the Cross for years. We will abide by every single rule here and will be running a 100 per cent clean establishment, he said. Benny Kassab turns to Jim Egan and Trevor Haken for assistance in light of Shaka and Norm shooting at Louis Bayeh's house. Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. 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. A friend embarks on a monologue about the imprudence of talking to the press and John quiets him with a simple Thatll do. 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. ST. LOUIS-On 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. I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. 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'. 'They did, however, break more laws than any of my friends outside the force.'. You cant not have a relationship with coppers and own a business. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. He was also accused of being in the company of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto. He chose to begin business in the Cross because in a different suburb I wouldnt make the same money. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. 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. 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. It didnt end well. The argument erupted after intensive care nurse Leanne Nesbitt passed Bayeh on her way to work at St Vincents Hospital about 6.40pm on a Sunday in February 2015. 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. Former Kings Cross underworld figure and convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh is to be released on parole. Judge Terrance Christie says it was significant that the Serious Offenders Review Council supported Bayeh's release, and that it was not common for a first-time hearing. Even as he was driven away in the back of a police car in 1995, the smooth-faced 40-year-old retained a certain arrogance - holding his manacled hands up to the camera for all to see. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. Sometimes when we finish work at three or four in the morning and weve still got too much energy to burn we bring a change of clothes, get changed and we come down to the gym and have a workout, he says. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Credit:Nick Moir. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail . John Agius, counsel assisting the inquiry, went so far as to allege that John was the new driving force of the Kings Cross drug trade. Ibrahim and Staunton saw some 'wonderful tennis' and even enjoyed strawberries and cream. Mr Ibrahim alleges Mr Domican has a reputation among "members of the Australian general public over the age of 35", NSW Police and the legal community, the building industry, and the pubs and clubs industry as a violent criminal, a standover man, and an associate of underworld figures. The band supports a small triangular leather pouch, inside of which is family shit. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. 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. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. Taken into custody in 1996 on leaving the witness box at the Wood royal commission into police corruption. What Bill did was illegal and unacceptable but he has apologised and served his time and now the fact of the matter is, the two of us know the streets and this is the industry we know. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. Mr Lonergan said the remark dovetailed with comments made in 1999 by Bayeh's sentencing judge, Judge Joseph Gibson, who said he did not believe Bayeh was remorseful for his crimes. All times AEDT (GMT +11). The team stuffed backpacks with meals to tide children over the weekend . Bayeh, 56, who was portrayed in Underbelly: The Golden Mile, spent 15 years in prison for cocaine and heroin trafficking. On both levels of the house the curtains are drawn across the windows. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. We were supposed to be there a week but we couldnt stand it so we left after three days. Bayeh was likewise associated with the strongman Tom Domican. I put everything we made back into the club. Bayeh also paid off a number of corrupt Kings Cross detectives, including the former detective Trevor Haken, who later rolled over and gave evidence in the Wood Royal Commission. We do the same things every day. I dont believe in drugs, he says. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. As a young constable Charlie Staunton dreamed of one day becoming commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. Not long afterwards John dropped out of school. Theyre only people. I did what I did and I accept what I did. 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. One of the tensest moments of the hearing came when Redditt Hudson, a former St. Louis police officer working on diversion and alternative sentencing in Gardner's office, repeated accusations that the bill is a racist attack. What they do for their living and what they do for their business is none of my business. Billy Bayeh was talking to Trevor Haken because he knows I have the respect in the Cross to wipe them out. Respect and a cache of favours awaiting repayment. Kanaan received life sentences for three murders. As his drug operation grew, Bayeh and his family indulged in the good life. A local bum holds the door open when he sees John, who has been known to sling him a $50 note. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Another hobby is jetskiing. 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?". Staunton writes of visits to Sha Tin races in Hong Kong, Royal Ascot in England and regular Sunday night card games with identities including then rugby league coach Phil Gould. 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. He asks Haken to do something about it because I aint making nothing. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. Bananas, they go off very quick.. This was surprising because Hakim had had advance knowledge of the raid from his police sources; he later complained the drugs had been planted by Lauer. But a group always has a dominant personality.. Now though, his focus is firmly on Love Machine and the entertainment game. The inmate who took his place was severely bashed by three other prisoners because Staunton's name card had been left on the outer door. 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. In seeming retaliation, Johns attitude on the witness stand remained one degree short of insolence. The Kings Cross detectives get into a confrontation with some thugs and illegally rough them up. 'I'd weighed my options and taken the risk. ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis is making its largest investment in road and pedestrian safety. Then the tapes and video footage played in the Wood Royal Commission effectively put Bayeh away. His first job after school was in the clearing department with the Commonwealth Bank where he fantasised about stealing pallets of cash. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. The legislation authorizes more than $40 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for traffic calming and street redesign. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. Were working to restore it. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to the legislation. Ten years ago Kings Cross was the only suburb open late. Debbie Webb joins the fraud squad, but is snubbed due to her whistleblower reputation. On that occasion, Bayeh was accused of tearing up a handwritten drug code when he was searched by police outside the same coffee shop. 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. Bill Bayeh - a major character in last year's Underbelly TV series - will start a new career as a fruit and vegetable seller. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia Staunton had witnessed police corruption since his earliest days on the force and it was internal treachery which brought his career undone one night in 1987. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Nick Moir The court heard Mr Domican accompanied Mr Bayeh, who has since served 15 years in prison for drug trafficking, around the area and "regularly stood outside" the premises where Bayeh's business dealings took place. It feels good that Im given the chance to just walk anywhere I want, he said. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. At a nearby table comedian Vince Sorrenti is shouting to a group of workmen performing noisy roadwork. Joe Dooley leaves the King's Cross police and enrolls at Goulburn Academy. 'I'm a happy man,' the grandfather-of-four says. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. Theres nothing about alcohol that does anything for me. Among Staunton's close friends was John Ibrahim, with whom he travelled to England, Austria and Lebanon on one trip. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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. Staunton was adept at solving legal problems for his associates and became well-known on the Sydney nightclub and music scene. 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. It is a thirteen-part series loosely based on real events that stemmed from the mile-long nightclub/ red light district in the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross, also known as the "Golden Mile", between 1988 and 1999. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. Click on the image above to see a map of Sydney showing famous crime locations. Thats the business were in. March 1, 2023, at 7:17 p.m. Missouri Governor Would Control St. Louis Police Under Bill. I have one drink and Im all over the place. It's not hard to understand why. It's being paid for with the American Rescue Plan Fund. What else am I going to do? he laughs. Sydneys very small. The next night Packer sent a minion to reward Staunton with an envelope full of $100 notes. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. Louis Bayeh was himself sentenced in 1997 to four years jail for perverting the course of justice. Accused of being part of a syndicate which virtually monopolised the drug trade in Sydneys red-light district and regularly bribed police. 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. The parole authority believed Bayeh had served a lengthy prison sentence compared to other sentences for crimes of a similar nature. 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. However, he appeared quite street-savvy and capable of verbal manipulation at all levels.''. In 1998, after disposing of Danny Karam, drug dealer Michael Kanaan devises a plan to murder John Ibrahim and his bodyguard, Kiwi Steve, in order to divert attention. Ill show you how to do it, she tells John. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Street bill (BB120), utilizing $40 . Board Bill 120 funds the design and implementation of traffic calming and road improvements for completed traffic studies in the city, funds traffic calming and ADA improvements for the Grand, Union, Goodfellow, Jefferson and Kingshighway corridors, and addresses safety improvements at the top 10 city crash locations. But eventually he saw the writing on the wall, pleading guilty in November 1998 to charges of conspiring to supply commercial quantities of heroin and cocaine between December 1, 1995, and July 24, 1996. Premier vows to raise standards of states pollies, Liberals used Daley video to their advantage. He was recorded instructing one of his standover men to tell a fellow drug dealer, Russell Townsend, that he ''cannot sell the nose thing any more and if he will not he will get a beating'' and warning another that there would be ''big bang bang soon''. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Streets bill Wednesday. 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. While at John Morony jail near Windsor Staunton and another inmate used their music industry contacts to organise a concert for the prisoners. He bought a $525,000 house in Gladesville, spent tens of thousands of dollars on luxury goods and showered his wife, Tanya Michael, with overseas trips and expensive gifts. 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. It wasnt for me. How is branch stacking relevant to heroin supply?" Bayeh, who now lives in the Sydney CBD with his 35-year-old fiance Leyla Yavuz, wants it known that he has no grudge against the two men mainly responsible for his very public demise and eventual jailing, Royal Commissioner James Wood and Council Assisting the Royal Commission John Agius. Ms Nesbitt said nothing as Bayeh, now 57, greeted her from his outdoor table at the Five Boroughs coffee shop on Darlinghurst Road. After spending the previous night watching videos with friends, John is in a buoyant mood. '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. If Mr Domican is found to be entitled to any damages, Mr Ibrahim argues they should be minimised by his "bad reputation", among other factors. Well, youre the new lifeblood of the drug industry in Kings Cross, arent you? Mr Agius asked John after the tape was played. The claims are intended to support an argument for the defence of "contextual truth" in the event the book is found to have defamed Mr Domican, which Mr Ibrahim denies. 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. We have already seen with Robert Trimbole an example of how the Italian mafia came to Australia. I am a Muslim. It typifies Johns blithe attitude to life. The Independent Commission Against Corruption rejected the claim, and Bob Bottom pointed out at the time that the detectives accused by Hakim were in the vanguard of anti-corruption efforts. However, after going on a scuba trip with Ibrahim, Wendy starts to have second thoughts. 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. Drawn to the Cross from Sydney's western suburbs in the late 1980s, Bayeh developed a serious gambling problem that left him drowning in debt. The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. Staunton, whose international criminal partners knew him as 'The Prince', has now written about his colourful life in a book called The Good Bloke. Staunton was again brought unstuck by an undercover cop and was arrested in January 1997 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Our contributors include the great investigators Bob Bottom and Al McCoy, and the wonderfully insightful Sydney artist Michael Fitzjames. Why not, I grew up here, he said when asked why he had returned to Kings Cross. The Police Royal Commission and the substantial reforms that followed it stopped most corruption, making police more effective against organised criminals than in the past. 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. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. You just feel it. While construction of those projects wont start until sometime in 2024, city officials confirmed that theyre separately looking at bringing back red light traffic camera enforcement in the nearer term and are in the early stages of exploring a non-police unit to address traffic enforcement. Clive Small and Tom Gilling note in their book Blood Money: Back in prison Bayeh sought special treatment due to the dozen or so medications he was taking for his heart, hypertension, claustrophobia, stomach problems, hernia, sleep apnoea, memory loss, and the stress he claimed to be suffering from the number of contracts said to be out on his life.. Most often he is alone because, he says, his friends are too impatient for such an unhurried pastime. The balcony gives way to a vista encompassing Sydney Heads and a massive expanse of deep blue ocean. These new "customers" (cops) are a bunch of noobs!To support the channel and my legal fund check out these options below:1. Convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh has been released on parole after 15 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Sydney's Kings Cross. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. After almost a decade working in Kings Cross, the startling revelations of graft, corruption, drug dealing and prostitution are like office gossip to John. FORMER Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh has been given a bond for making a threat involving a sex toy to Geoffrey Edelstens ex-wife during an ugly verbal spat recorded on a smart phone. None of the principals in the Pacific Mariner Cartel was ever arrested. 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