All times AEDT (GMT +11). He is passionate in his philosophy that nothing comes easy. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. A JP had to sign the warrant necessary for a raid on suspected illegal gaming premises. If it seems sometimes that he lacks respect for the Commission, its because he does. On that occasion, Bayeh was accused of tearing up a handwritten drug code when he was searched by police outside the same coffee shop. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. Upon his release Staunton took himself to Bali then Amsterdam where he met two mysterious drug traffickers called Bram and Manfred who saw potential in him. Their building also backs onto the street. Then the tapes and video footage played in the Wood Royal Commission effectively put Bayeh away. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. One belongs to John, the other to a friend. Hakim expanded his contacts among police and became a general intermediary between them and the underworld. Like a trash TV junkie he watches the commission on television at every opportunity. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. 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. Not long afterwards John dropped out of school. Sydneys very small. Never speak to me on the street. Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. His rise from such depths was dramatic. I didnt want to be there at one stage.. ST. LOUIS - The city of St. Louis will invest more than $60 million to try to make streets and sidewalks safer. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. How can we protect people no matter how they choose to get around?. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. Follow the action from the third Test between India and Australia in Delhi in our live blog. In July 1993 Bayehs Ermington home, where his children were sleeping, was the subject of a drive-by shooting. Youve got to know whats happening. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. 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. I deserve a second chance it is the Australian way.. Who can deny that his life is often stranger than fiction? You get an education at school but it doesnt help you when youre out dealing with people. It feels good that Im given the chance to just walk anywhere I want, he said. All times AEDT (GMT +11). 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.. 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. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Credit:Nick Moir. 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. He chose to begin business in the Cross because in a different suburb I wouldnt make the same money. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. 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. Another hobby is jetskiing. Bayeh was likewise associated with the strongman Tom Domican. Then you go home, have a shower and sleep very well.. 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. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. He was also accused of being in the company of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. 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. There is not much we can do if he is running a legal business, said a police source. If the police came knocking, the cashiers would pretend they were simply running an innocent entertainment business. Hakim was used by the Gaming Squad to sign warrants for almost every raid it conducted from 1971 to 1979. You cant not be there and see whats going on. I want to be left alone. 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. Followed categories will be added to My News. Together, they form a ruthless gang and set about taking over the King's Cross drug trade. I have gotten what I wanted out of the Cross. S03:E03 - Kingdom Come . 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. After a shooting in a cafe, Trevor strikes a deal with Bill Bayeh to control police raids and competition in King's Cross - Bayeh gets the "Green light" from Trevor to sell drugs, providing he does not sell to minors and there are no more drug-related shootings in the Cross. It was in everyones best interests (that I buy into the club), John says. Asked if his brother would be able to stay out of trouble, he said ''of course''. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. 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. After spending the previous night watching videos with friends, John is in a buoyant mood. I have always stayed away from the drugs and the gambling and prostitution. In Kings Cross because there were so many people there was a bigger majority. Soon after that, Karam was killed by his own gang members. Im going to shove a dildo up your arse, he allegedly said. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. Click on the image above to see a map of Sydney showing famous crime locations. Daily Mail Australia is appealing after a court ruled the online publication had defamed Erin Molan in an article and tweets which falsely portrayed her as racist. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Theyre more important than money, John confides. 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. I bumped into them on the street and we shook hands, he said with a smile. Forget Melrose Place, the Royal Commission is a better soapie, he grins. Police unions have rallied around Missouri Senate Bill 78, which would reinstate a Civil War-era system of state oversight. It is pretty interesting, especially given his history here.. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. I learned how to read, I learned how to write. 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. Speaking outside the hearing, one of Bayeh's other brothers said he was pleased at the result. However, the operation goes awry. Anything else was probably a waste of time. Danny Karam, a nightclub bouncer who later became one of Bayeh's standover men, remembered that Bayeh was so broke in 1991 he was forced to ask him for $50. There he sat ringside with boxing legends Mike Tyson and Jeff Fenech and met future United States president Donald Trump who introduced himself outside Harding's dressing room. All rights reserved. 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. Download it here. 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. We eat at the same places and we go to the same clubs, he says. We were supposed to be there a week but we couldnt stand it so we left after three days. 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?". Yeah, I am the leader in some ways. 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. Its all who you know. The at-times vicious NSW parliament bear pit is headed for extinction, with a victorious Gladys Berejiklian vowing to clean up the chamber and apply higher standards to the states politicians; the Premiers secret campaign weapon; Labor and Liberal campaigns analysed; and, how the NSW result works in the PMs favour. 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. 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. His classroom became the streets of Kings Cross and like any student, some lessons were hard to learn. 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. Later, John hitches up his T-shirt to reveal his smooth, hairless abdomen. Once you find your place you know. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. John is out on the balcony bantering with his female assistant, a longtime friend. "I want to move on with my life. New King's Cross beat constable, Wendy Jones, quickly crosses paths with John Ibrahim and the attraction is mutual. I have one drink and Im all over the place. THE former king of the Kings Cross strip has returned to what he knows best: The strip club business. He was shot three times but survived. Kim Hollingsworth's police friend, Sergeant Dave, abandons her after she "dobs in" to Internal Affairs. In a statement of claim filed last year, the Irish-born former political and building industry figure claims Mr Ibrahim's book implies he "was willing to be hired to kill people other than the Ibrahims"; "is a violent criminal who took part in gang wars"; conducted illegal gambling; and was involved in the supply of heroin. Bill Bayeh has bought a share in iconic strip joint Love Machine, with the refurbished venue set to open again later this month It's a remarkable return to form for the Golden Mile, now run by Bayeh's former driver John Ibrahim. I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. Whilst Fowler denies he is involved in corruption, he is shown covert video footage of him accepting a bribe. I cant sing, I cant dance. Kanaan received life sentences for three murders. 02:50 GMT 23 Jul 2019. 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. Police have attended the home of a 10-month-old baby who appeared in shocking footage sucking on and inhaling the fumes of a vape. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. I know everyone involved in the nightclub industry and they all know me. Even his late nights out are not wild ones, says John. 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 dont need to tell anyone how I got them. On his rise as a businessman in Kings Cross, John is more forthcoming. It's not hard to understand why. While behind bars Staunton secured protection from Canadian bikies through his old friend Felix Lyle and managed to regularly speak on the phone to Bayeh, who was in an Australian prison. Bayeh, 56, was allegedly involved in an argument with Mr Edelsten's ex-wife Leanne Nesbitt, who is a nurse at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. His older brother, Louis Bayeh, was also jailed in 1997 for perverting the course of justice. He pleaded guilty to the hindrance charge earlier this month, while prosecutors dropped a second charge of resisting police. One of his techniques was quite unusual. 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 are no longer accepting comments on this article. Bayeh's method was simple. 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.. 'They did, however, break more laws than any of my friends outside the force.'. With a combination of manipulation, violence and a crude but highly effective business strategy, Bayeh developed a 24-hour-a-day operation that effectively monopolised the Kings Cross drugs market in the early '90s, feeding the red-light district's seemingly insatiable appetite for cocaine and heroin. 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. Akela Lacy. Bill has 1 job listed on their profile. Everyones miserable. John Ibrahim claims Tom Domican was hired to intimidate him. Ibrahim and Staunton saw some 'wonderful tennis' and even enjoyed strawberries and cream. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. Its money thats all accounted for. I lost everything, lost my family, I lost my kids, all my money, everything. 'I'd weighed my options and taken the risk. 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. When gang violence breaks out in King's Cross, John Ibrahim is placed under pressure to clean up the streets. People think police are machines. 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. 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. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. She also said the city was in the early stages of looking at if the city should staff a non-police traffic enforcement unit. While still in the force he met underworld figure Louis Bayeh, his brother Bill, a young John Ibrahim and his older sibling Sam - a 'fearless criminal'. Convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh has been released on parole after 15 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Sydney's Kings Cross. Policing in the 1960s and 1970s: a memoir. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs. 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. Benny Kassab turns to Jim Egan and Trevor Haken for assistance in light of Shaka and Norm shooting at Louis Bayeh's house. Within a year the new leader, Michael Kanaan, and some 50 others associated with the gang had been arrested. He smoked hash, began studying a Bachelor of Arts and converted to hinduism. 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. According to John, the then owner was being stood over by local heavies and ripped off by his managers. It takes time and a lot of thought.. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ''He is going to work for a fruit man,'' he added. According to a defence lodged by Mr Ibrahim in November, Mr Domican - who had an attempted murder conviction overturned by the High Court - was in the "very frequent company" of Bill Bayeh in 1993 and 1994, "when he was eating, drinking, walking around and conducting business in the Kings Cross area". Why not, I grew up here, he said when asked why he had returned to Kings Cross. Tanned, fit and small in stature, John has full lips, sleepy eyes and a subtly engaging persona. 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. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. One night he found a naked woman on the meal room table performing a sex act on herself with a police baton while his fellow officers drank cans of beer. A local bum holds the door open when he sees John, who has been known to sling him a $50 note. Weve got so many favours owing to us weve lost count.. 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From the Earl Place door to the Tunnel nightclub John can wave at the Kings Cross detectives. The band supports a small triangular leather pouch, inside of which is family shit. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. In every station you get two or three corrupt coppers. Were working to restore it. As his drug operation grew, Bayeh and his family indulged in the good life. 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. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. Premier vows to raise standards of states pollies, Liberals used Daley video to their advantage. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. I have worked with some pretty funny people. 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. Successful criminals who were not arrested often died. He paid police to protect at least 24 gaming clubs and often entertained police officers. Closed for two months after a minor liquor licensing violation, John took the opportunity to put a fresh face on the club. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. Ten years ago Kings Cross was the only suburb open late. 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. All the old forces of the King's Cross drug trade have been imprisoned and corrupt police have been cleaned out of the New South Wales police. It took decades to build the infrastructure that we use every single day. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. ', Long-time friend and former Kings Cross nightclub boss John Ibrahim sums up Staunton on the book's cover: 'When Charlie's good he's great. He supplied the drugs to those working on the front desks of his businesses, who would sell them in return for a cut of the profits. 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. "I just want to make a living like everybody else," said Bayeh. SYDNEY nightclub owner John Ibrahim was very young when he gave this first revealing interview. He rose from working the doors of nightclubs to mixing with international music stars and rubbing shoulders with Kerry Packer and Donald Trump. 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. The employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. Mayor Tishaura Jones . 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. Now though, his focus is firmly on Love Machine and the entertainment game. I want to be left alone. 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. 'You Australians are a hard lot,' Trump said to him. 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. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail after serving 15 years for drug trafficking. However, Louis Bayeh uses his own police contacts to successfully oppose bail for the duo, causing Kassab to look like a liar. 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. Theyre only people. The clouds have finally lifted over Kings Cross after days of rain. Please try again later. Having obtained the HSC via correspondence, she enrolls in a detective's course at Goulburn Police Academy. So it would seem, but no, I am not, came Johns cocky reply. 'But the morals that I have, I will not sell or give up on. 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'. We didnt fit in. Once I was in, the club paid for itself. The team stuffed backpacks with meals to tide children over the weekend . Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia Learn More. With a wife and young family to support Staunton soon found work on the door at Baron's, an all-night bar and restaurant in Kings Cross. None of the principals in the Pacific Mariner Cartel was ever arrested. He was accompanied by his brother Louis as he walked past a throng of television cameras and . 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. I want to move on with my life. It was one of the first of what was to become a common form of violence and intimidation by Lebanese gangsters. I went back home for three days (last year) with Charlie Staunton. It wasnt for me. 'We also had several wonderful young ladies who were more than happy to purport to being "backing vocalists",' he writes. John is reticent to discuss the fight that left him hospitalised for three months with a stab wound in the stomach. The weekend accidents, which killed one person at Morgan Ford and Bates, and another which killed four at Forest Park and South Grand, serve as tragic reminders, Jones said, while adding that the city has to do more. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. While there seems to be no shortage of female friends in Johns life, he says he is not prepared for a serious commitment. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. S03:E06 - Women in Uniform. 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. 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. I knew them all and they wouldnt have been standing over my business. I know a lot of people in Sydney. They were abandoned after the Missouri Supreme Court cited constitutional and due process questions. Danny Karam, a nightclub bouncer who later became one of Bayeh's standover men, remembered that Bayeh was so broke in 1991 he was forced to ask him for $50. 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. That was another episode when we said `Arent you glad to be an Australian?, Then we came home and the Royal Commission had just started.. 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