He extended his criminal activities and eventually became known as the Lebanese godfather. Like a prince in plain clothes John, 25, is slouched in a chair at a Victoria Rd cafe talking to three friends about his club, The Tunnel, which is undergoing renovations. He was shot three times but survived. 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. Theres nothing about alcohol that does anything for me. I paid the majority of it later. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s. Follow the action from the third Test between India and Australia in Delhi in our live blog. All times AEDT (GMT +11). After spending the previous night watching videos with friends, John is in a buoyant mood. 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After almost a decade working in Kings Cross, the startling revelations of graft, corruption, drug dealing and prostitution are like office gossip to John. Please try again later. However, after going on a scuba trip with Ibrahim, Wendy starts to have second thoughts. Its a remarkable return to form for the Golden Mile, now run by Bayehs former driver John Ibrahim. He faced a parole board hearing for the first time today and the board heard Bayeh has been a model prisoner. 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. 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. (AP) Missouri 's governor would control St. Louis police under a bill advanced . He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Bicycle guy is a True Blue Aussie! , updated 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. Its not money thats been laundered. Its money thats all accounted for. 'You Australians are a hard lot,' Trump said to him. I bumped into them on the street and we shook hands, he said with a smile. 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. A major player in last year's Underbelly TV series, Bill Bayeh was jailed for dealing heroin and cocaine from the once-notorious Cosmopolitan Cafe in Kings Cross. A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. 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. Who can deny that his life is often stranger than fiction? 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 put everything we made back into the club. 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. As John cruises up and down Darlinghurst Rd looking for a friend, he is greeted with casual waves. Erin Molan defamation claim back in court, Bombshell for MP accused of child sex abuse. His older brother, Louis Bayeh, was also jailed in 1997 for perverting the course of justice. It would allow the governor to appoint "a special . Convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh has been released on parole after 15 years in prison for heroin trafficking in Sydney's Kings Cross. Twenty years later Staunton was locked up in a Canadian prison for his role in an international drug cartel which moved 25 tonnes of cannabis resin worth $1billion. I didnt want to be there at one stage.. 'On the whole, I loved most of my decade in the New South Wales Police Force,' he writes. My brother Sam and I have always been pretty healthy. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail . I have gotten what I wanted out of the Cross. Hakim expanded his contacts among police and became a general intermediary between them and the underworld. 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. ST. LOUIS (KMOV) - St. Louis City SC spent Wednesday afternoon packing up more than 1,600 meals for Operation Food Search. The clouds have finally lifted over Kings Cross after days of rain. How can we protect people no matter how they choose to get around?. His friends (and there are many) call him the most wonderful person in the world. He rose from working the doors of nightclubs to mixing with international music stars and rubbing shoulders with Kerry Packer and Donald Trump. Its all who you know. John was 16 when he first started working on the door of Images nightclub at Parramatta. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Political staffer Sally Rugg has ramped up her legal fight against teal independent Monique Ryan after an attempt at mediation failed. He chose to begin business in the Cross because in a different suburb I wouldnt make the same money. In the first part of the interlocutory hearing, barrister Dauid Sibtain, acting for Mr Ibrahim and Pan Macmillan, said Mr Domican's answers to questions about ALP branch stacking in a 1984 BBC interview supported the inferences of criminality in his clients' book. Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs.Credit:Nick Moir. Egan and Haken organise a deal with Kassab that if Shaka and Norm turn themselves in at the Bankstown Police Station, they will get off lightly. As a member of the TRG he sustained permanent injury during a pitched battle with louts during the so-called Bathurst Riots at the 1985 Motorcycle Grand Prix. I'd know the stakes and reaped the rewards. I have worked with some pretty funny people. 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. It is pretty interesting, especially given his history here.. 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. I deserve a second chance it is the Australian way.. Kim Hollingsworth is expelled from the Goulburn Academy for failing to disclose her work as a prostitute. 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. Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. 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. He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. In it Bayeh alleges that Russell (Townsend), Sam Ibrahim and John: They got the whole street. All rights reserved. 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. People think police are machines. 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. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. I am a Muslim. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. He is also talking about the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service and the heavy toll it has exacted from Sydneys red light district. Closed for two months after a minor liquor licensing violation, John took the opportunity to put a fresh face on the club. "I want to move on with my life. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. The hearing has been adjourned to May 14. 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. But when he's bad he's better!'. 'But the morals that I have, I will not sell or give up on. But I still go home once a week to have a cup of tea with my mum, he says. The city can now start the design work on the already-completed traffic studies, get that work done by the first quarter of 2024, with construction to follow. Theres corruption going on in every section where you could do somebody a good turn or a bad turn. ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis is making its largest investment in road and pedestrian safety. She is preparing a guest list for the opening of the club and is using a computer in an anteroom off Johns bedroom. 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. ''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. An angry Kim Hollingsworth returns to Sydney from Adelaide, intending on suing the NSW Police. Soon, Kassab becomes Bayeh's "fall guy", holding the money and drugs from Bill's deals. 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. John moved out of the Parramatta home he shared with his mother, his brothers and his sisters four years ago. Frank Hakim, who emigrated to Australia at the age of 20 or so, was the first prominent Lebanese criminal. Id like to think (Im a good judge of character) but then everybody thinks they know something about something. Then click on any blue marker to find out more. People just dont want to go there. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. These new "customers" (cops) are a bunch of noobs!To support the channel and my legal fund check out these options below:1. 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. Like most organised criminals in the modern era, they focussed on selling drugs, although standing over other drug dealers and car re-birthing were also popular. The view from Johns Dover Heights home is breathtaking. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. 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. He died in 2005, and over 400 people attended his funeral at Redfern. Bayeh was given a minimum sentence of 15 years in jail for cocaine and heroin trafficking. Spoils of crime Bayeh's Gladesville home. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. A telescope is trained on the water. The next night Packer sent a minion to reward Staunton with an envelope full of $100 notes. 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. 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. Taken into custody in 1996 on leaving the witness box at the Wood royal commission into police corruption. If they dont salute, they are a bastard they no good soldier at all. Upon his release Staunton was deportedand made his way to London. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. A friend embarks on a monologue about the imprudence of talking to the press and John quiets him with a simple Thatll do. It typifies Johns blithe attitude to life. Once you find your place you know. John believes the shockwaves caused by the Commission have only just begun. 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. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. 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. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Credit:Nick Moir. You need a vibrator up your arse, Bayeh responded. 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. But for all his street savviness, Bayeh had pushed things too far. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. They are proof of a violent youth but John says simply: Theyre my scars. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. 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?". Bananas, they go off very quick.. After being released from jail, Bayeh initially indicated he was interested in opening a fruit shop. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. Ill show you how to do it, she tells John. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. Crime is an essential part of the city's history. It didnt end well. Then you go home, have a shower and sleep very well.. You just feel it. While there seems to be no shortage of female friends in Johns life, he says he is not prepared for a serious commitment. It was one of the first of what was to become a common form of violence and intimidation by Lebanese gangsters. One belongs to John, the other to a friend. 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'. However, Louis Bayeh uses his own police contacts to successfully oppose bail for the duo, causing Kassab to look like a liar. And sorry for the victims Ive caused trouble to.. Not long afterwards John dropped out of school. 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. 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. I bluffed well for a long time when I was 18. 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. Their building also backs onto the street. /news/article/bill-bayeh-arrested-after-nurse-assault/l48mi2g48 Coles has announced it has scrapped a major Covid-19 requirement for all its staff. 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. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. 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 local bum holds the door open when he sees John, who has been known to sling him a $50 note. Click on the image above to see a map of Sydney showing famous crime locations. The sun is shining and John is sparkling with good humour. 'I just wanted to get straight into it. Former Kings Cross underworld figure and convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh is to be released on parole. They should never have let you out, youre a criminal.. It's being paid for with the American Rescue Plan Fund. With another club in Surfers Paradise, also called The Tunnel, he wanted to free up his commitments in Sydney. 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. 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. All times AEDT (GMT +11). 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. 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. The victim was transported to the . However, his paranoia is justified as he discovers the Commission has a lot of incriminating evidence against him. 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. Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. 'Before I'd taken the job with Bram, I'd investigated the possible penalties,' he writes. 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. Louis Bayeh swears revenge on Benny Kassab's boys Shaka and Norm Korbage for shooting up his house. Youll find we are very boring. The band supports a small triangular leather pouch, inside of which is family shit. 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. This will not be work that we can complete overnight. Kim Hollingsworth continues to risk her life to expose Eddie Gould's corruption. Judge Christie noted the Commissioner's opposition, but said the Probation and Parole Service and the Serious Offenders Review Council supported Bayeh's release. It would be easy for Bill to go the wrong way but he is doing the right thing, she said. 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". 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. Download it here. The years have taken a toll on Bill Bayeh. Debbie Webb leaves King's Cross police and allies herself with her husband Greg Locke and politician John Hatton. One reason is that energetic and ambitious men who have difficulty obtaining legitimate opportunities turn to illegal ones. Joe Dooley leaves the King's Cross police and enrolls at Goulburn Academy. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. By No one really knew that I didnt know what I was doing, except me.. 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. 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''. The balcony gives way to a vista encompassing Sydney Heads and a massive expanse of deep blue ocean. 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. Bayeh was arrested in 1996 for dealing heroin and cocaine from the once-notorious Cosmopolitan Cafe in Kings Cross. He took charge of $23million in Montreal and ferried $1million through Turkey into Pakistan wearing spray tan and a dark wig. In July 1993 Bayehs Ermington home, where his children were sleeping, was the subject of a drive-by shooting. Dennis Kelly fights off competition from Gerry lloyd and Sid Hillier for the role of Police Commissioner. Akela Lacy. Tax has been paid on it.. Thats what I think. His sentencing was adjourned so psychiatric evidence can be gathered. FORMER Kings Cross identity Bill Bayeh has been given a bond for making a threat involving a sex toy to Geoffrey Edelsten's ex-wife during an ugly verbal spat recorded on a smart phone. 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. He smoked hash, began studying a Bachelor of Arts and converted to hinduism. Mayor Jones said the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department wrote more than 8,000 speeding tickets and 2,700 for signal violations, but said the city had to do more to hold reckless drivers accountable, which is why the city is looking to bring back red light cameras. But the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner still argued against Bayeh's release yesterday. It was owned by the father of one of his friends and he lied about his age to get the job. 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. 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. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. Good cops, bad cops, strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, dreamers and bagmen. Our contributors include the great investigators Bob Bottom and Al McCoy, and the wonderfully insightful Sydney artist Michael Fitzjames. 'We also had several wonderful young ladies who were more than happy to purport to being "backing vocalists",' he writes. 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. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. What they do for their living and what they do for their business is none of my business. The expansion of the Bayeh drug empire led to a push to remove small drug dealers off the streets. 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. His period of dominance in Kings Cross was the inspiration for the third series of the TV drama Underbelly. 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. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. 'I'm a happy man,' the grandfather-of-four says. Theyre more important than money, John confides. I have always stayed away from the drugs and the gambling and prostitution. We are not on the dole bludging, we want to do this right.. 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. 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. An old, sloping billiard table is the living rooms centrepiece, closed in on two sides by leather couches. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. While supporting Bayeh's release, the officer said: ''Mr Bayeh attempted to present a facade of a naive man, eager to charm and please. 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. With help from drug king Bill Bayeh and his crew, Det. I learned how to read, I learned how to write. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. Why not, I grew up here, he said when asked why he had returned to Kings Cross. In Kings Cross because there were so many people there was a bigger majority. 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. Successful criminals who were not arrested often died. The Missouri House already passed a similar bill. Whilst Fowler denies he is involved in corruption, he is shown covert video footage of him accepting a bribe. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. Sydney was founded by criminals who for years formed a majority of its population. Bill has 1 job listed on their profile. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. (Spectrum News/Gregg Palermo). He received compensation for his injuries but will not say how much, just that it wasnt a lot. 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