Im going to shove a dildo up your arse, he allegedly said. This resulted in the outbreak of a minor ''gang war'', culminating in the 1993 shooting of his brother Louis Bayeh by a rival dealer. 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. Please try again later. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. I dont believe in drugs, he says. 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. Later, John hitches up his T-shirt to reveal his smooth, hairless abdomen. Frank Hakim, who emigrated to Australia at the age of 20 or so, was the first prominent Lebanese criminal. The clouds have finally lifted over Kings Cross after days of rain. 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. 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. Premier vows to raise standards of states pollies, Liberals used Daley video to their advantage. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross and Tevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. He extended his criminal activities and eventually became known as the Lebanese godfather. Under the bond for the Ms Nesbitt incident, Bayeh must continue psychological treatment for a year, Magistrate Graeme Curran told Downing Centre Local Court, noting both matters were at the lower end of seriousness. 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'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. "I just want to make a living like everybody else," said Bayeh. Everybody knows everybody. 'I do not have a thousand morals,' Staunton writes on page one of The Good Bloke. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. 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'. She is preparing a guest list for the opening of the club and is using a computer in an anteroom off Johns bedroom. BAYEH CHARGED FOR RESISTING ARREST AFTER RIPPING UP NOTE Leanne Edelsten is now an intensive care nurse at St Vincent's Hospital. 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. 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. We do the same things every day. Were working to restore it. He is based in London and expects to live until he his 100. I know a lot of people in Sydney. 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. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. From the Earl Place door to the Tunnel nightclub John can wave at the Kings Cross detectives. We eat at the same places and we go to the same clubs, he says. For more information please click here. 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. 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. Mayor Tishaura Jones . John is still smarting from the cuff across the ears doled out by the Commission when he was hauled into the St James Centre in October to answer questions about his Kings Cross connections. Aware that he is being investigated by the Wood Royal Commission, Dennis Kelly dobs in Jim Egan to investigators. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. I am a Muslim. The victim was transported to the . Life after prison looms for King of the Cross. John Ibrahim claims Tom Domican was hired to intimidate him. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. It didnt end well. March 1, 2023, at 7:17 p.m. Missouri Governor Would Control St. Louis Police Under Bill. During the hearing, counsel for the Commissioner, Christopher Lonergan, referred to a pre-release report by Bayeh's probation and parole officer. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. Believe it or not I did very well at school but it just wasnt for me. All around the world, first and second generation immigrants often form a higher proportion of criminals than of the general population. What else am I going to do? he laughs. 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. 'I'd weighed my options and taken the risk. 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. 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. 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. Thats always kept me out of trouble the majority of the time.. Soon after that, Karam was killed by his own gang members. KINGS Cross identity Bill Bayeh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former wife of colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. , updated Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. Ibrahim and Staunton saw some 'wonderful tennis' and even enjoyed strawberries and cream. 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. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. If they dont salute, they are a bastard they no good soldier at all. And when he speaks, the people around him listen. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia 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. He pleaded guilty to the hindrance charge earlier this month, while prosecutors dropped a second charge of resisting police. THE former wife of flamboyant doctor Geoffrey Edelsten had an epic run-in with a notorious Kings Cross identity. Convicted cocaine dealer Bill Bayeh and his brother Louie are old friends of the family. Good cops, bad cops, strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, dreamers and bagmen. 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. 'I've a million acquaintances but I've got a handful of friends. Most often he is alone because, he says, his friends are too impatient for such an unhurried pastime. Learn More. He died in 2005, and over 400 people attended his funeral at Redfern. This will not be work that we can complete overnight. "How is branch stacking relevant to gang wars? Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs. 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. He faces strict parole conditions including counselling and drug testing, and has been ordered to stay away from Kings Cross. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. (Spectrum News/Gregg Palermo). The band supports a small triangular leather pouch, inside of which is family shit. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. 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. As a young constable Charlie Staunton dreamed of one day becoming commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. 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. 2015 Sydney Crime Museum. Upon his release Staunton was deportedand made his way to London. When John changes into a sports singlet for the gym he reveals a worn band which he wears around the top of his arm. They were abandoned after the Missouri Supreme Court cited constitutional and due process questions. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. Like a trash TV junkie he watches the commission on television at every opportunity. Staunton, whose international criminal partners knew him as 'The Prince', has now written about his colourful life in a book called The Good Bloke. Ive never sold drugs. 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. Until last year he was involved with a girl whom he had been dating for 10 years. 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. 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. Tanned, fit and small in stature, John has full lips, sleepy eyes and a subtly engaging persona. I thought "I'm going to save the world - this is great - I can be a superhero here".'. It feels good that Im given the chance to just walk anywhere I want, he said. 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. Trevor Haken wears a wire to a meeting with Bill Bayeh. He neither drinks nor smokes. Policing in the 1960s and 1970s: a memoir. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. 'I'm a happy man,' the grandfather-of-four says. 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. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. In 1983 the Australian Federal Police tapped over 7,000 of Hakims conversations: 26 corruption investigations involving police ensued. We are not on the dole bludging, we want to do this right.. We didnt fit in. 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. ELECTION WRAP. Never speak to me on the street. 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. Weve got so many favours owing to us weve lost count.. A friend embarks on a monologue about the imprudence of talking to the press and John quiets him with a simple Thatll do. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. 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. Bicycle guy is a True Blue Aussie! He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. It was owned by the father of one of his friends and he lied about his age to get the job. 'The money, the travel and the adventure had all been thrilling. 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. In July 1993 Bayehs Ermington home, where his children were sleeping, was the subject of a drive-by shooting. His sentencing was adjourned so psychiatric evidence can be gathered. It was in everyones best interests (that I buy into the club), John says. You have to be where all the action is. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s. ', 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. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. And sorry for the victims Ive caused trouble to.. The expansion of the Bayeh drug empire led to a push to remove small drug dealers off the streets. 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. You just feel it. 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. I just want to make a living like everybody else, said Bayeh. However, he appeared quite street-savvy and capable of verbal manipulation at all levels.''. 'My life has been a bit more interesting than most,' Staunton writes. His classroom became the streets of Kings Cross and like any student, some lessons were hard to learn. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. And that flag should be saluted any time. His rise from such depths was dramatic. '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 is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Nick Moir Mr Ibrahim also alleges Mr Domican opened his coat to display his gun while telling associates he would "take care" of a rival drug dealer on a Saturday night in 1993. Newcomer Benny Kassab starts dealing drugs in competition with the Bayeh brothers. Crime is an essential part of the city's history. He hated it. 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. Walks free from Silverwater prison after minimum 15-year term for drug trafficking expires in July 2011. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to the legislation. 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. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. 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. Thats the business were in. Bill Bayeh has bought a share in iconic strip joint Love Machine, with the refurbished venue set to open again later this month. 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. 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