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. They go home, theyve got social lives, they go out. 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. She is preparing a guest list for the opening of the club and is using a computer in an anteroom off Johns bedroom. I know everyone involved in the nightclub industry and they all know me. Even his late nights out are not wild ones, says John. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. You need a vibrator up your arse, Bayeh responded. But a group always has a dominant personality.. 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. 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. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. ''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. One belongs to John, the other to a friend. Neither proved to be true and he launched legal proceedings, suing for up to $750,000 in damages from the state. They were abandoned after the Missouri Supreme Court cited constitutional and due process questions. John is reticent to discuss the fight that left him hospitalised for three months with a stab wound in the stomach. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. I'd know the stakes and reaped the rewards. It was in everyones best interests (that I buy into the club), John says. '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 parole authority believed Bayeh had served a lengthy prison sentence compared to other sentences for crimes of a similar nature. KINGS Cross identity Bill Bayeh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former wife of colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten. As John cruises up and down Darlinghurst Rd looking for a friend, he is greeted with casual waves. 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. 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. I just want to make a living like everybody else, said Bayeh. 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. 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. The band supports a small triangular leather pouch, inside of which is family shit. ', Staunton says loyalty means everything to him. 'I just wanted to get straight into it. One of his bouncer colleagues there was Felix Lyle, who would later become a Bandidos and Hells Angels boss. New South Wales Corrective Services Commissioner Ron Woodham opposed Bayeh's parole, saying he was just presenting a facade as a naive man. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Bill's connections and jobs at similar companies. We will abide by every single rule here and will be running a 100 per cent clean establishment, he said. 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. ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis is making its largest investment in road and pedestrian safety. My brother Sam and I have always been pretty healthy. I lost everything, lost my family, I lost my kids, all my money, everything. Staunton was adept at solving legal problems for his associates and became well-known on the Sydney nightclub and music scene. Today the War on Drugs continues to affect many lives in ways ranging from the trivial to the profound. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. She grumbles because she arrived early to work on the list but was unable to get into the room. Kim Hollingsworth is expelled from the Goulburn Academy for failing to disclose her work as a prostitute. "I just want to make a living like everybody else," said Bayeh. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. I learned how to read, I learned how to write. We are not on the dole bludging, we want to do this right.. This will not be work that we can complete overnight. THE former king of the Kings Cross strip has returned to what he knows best: The strip club business. 'Before I'd taken the job with Bram, I'd investigated the possible penalties,' he writes. 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. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. 'They did, however, break more laws than any of my friends outside the force.'. The 1990s saw the rise of many other powerful and violent Lebanese figures, including Louis Bayehs brother Bill. 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. Debbie Webb leaves King's Cross police and allies herself with her husband Greg Locke and politician John Hatton. An old, sloping billiard table is the living rooms centrepiece, closed in on two sides by leather couches. 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. ELECTION WRAP. He faces strict parole conditions including counselling and drug testing, and has been ordered to stay away from Kings Cross. I bumped into them on the street and we shook hands, he said with a smile. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. I just had to waste time and plod along until I got there. 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. 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. All rights reserved. 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. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Street bill (BB120), utilizing $40 . 'The money, the travel and the adventure had all been thrilling. 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. Former Sydney drug kingpin Bill Bayeh has been granted parole after more than a decade in jail. February 24 2023, 9:21 a.m. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones . He was shot three times but survived. 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.. 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. His period of dominance in Kings Cross was the inspiration for the third series of the TV drama Underbelly. Believe it or not I did very well at school but it just wasnt for me. New King's Cross beat constable, Wendy Jones, quickly crosses paths with John Ibrahim and the attraction is mutual. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. 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 employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. Good cops, bad cops, strippers, gamblers, gunmen, dealers, bouncers, dreamers and bagmen. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. 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. S03:E06 - Women in Uniform. While at John Morony jail near Windsor Staunton and another inmate used their music industry contacts to organise a concert for the prisoners. I'm not ashamed of anything I've done. However, Louis Bayeh uses his own police contacts to successfully oppose bail for the duo, causing Kassab to look like a liar. I have worked with some pretty funny people. Former Sydney drug kingpin Bill Bayeh has been granted parole after more than a decade in jail. Akela Lacy. In it Bayeh alleges that Russell (Townsend), Sam Ibrahim and John: They got the whole street. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. Soon, Kassab becomes Bayeh's "fall guy", holding the money and drugs from Bill's deals. John is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. S03:E03 - Kingdom Come . 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. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. 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. 'I do not have a thousand morals,' Staunton writes on page one of The Good Bloke. 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. How can we protect people no matter how they choose to get around?. Walks free from Silverwater prison after minimum 15-year term for drug trafficking expires in July 2011. Spoils of crime Bayeh's Gladesville home. Louis Bayeh swears revenge on Benny Kassab's boys Shaka and Norm Korbage for shooting up his house. 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. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. "The fatal flaw in this legislation is that it disenfranchises voters in St. Louis," Hudson said. It was one of the first of what was to become a common form of violence and intimidation by Lebanese gangsters. While there seems to be no shortage of female friends in Johns life, he says he is not prepared for a serious commitment. 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. This had hardly ever happened before there was an unwritten law among Sydneys criminals that family was to be kept out of business disputes. Accused of being part of a syndicate which virtually monopolised the drug trade in Sydneys red-light district and regularly bribed police. Trevor Haken's paranoia reaches an all-new high. Everywhere we go we know each other. Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. 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. He is vehement when he says he does not deal drugs. After leaving school John began working in Kings Cross at the Tunnel Cabaret nightclub. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. 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 turned out McPherson already had a direct relationship with the club, and sent a group of men to throw the new machines into the street. Its money thats all accounted for. 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. 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. Bayeh didnt react as he was also given a $400 fine for hindering police. There was not much point in me going to school. 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. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to the legislation. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. At a nearby table comedian Vince Sorrenti is shouting to a group of workmen performing noisy roadwork. Ms Nesbitt feared for her safety and called police. 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?". We know that some of these education and enforcement mechanisms can be implemented sooner. 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. 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'. I couldnt wait to get out of there and get amongst it. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Credit:Nick Moir. But the parole authority agreed to release him anyway, saying his 15-year sentence was lengthy compared to crimes of a similar nature. Instead of learning how to read books, youve got learn how to read people and see what they want from you. 2023's Most Anticipated Sequels, Prequels, and Spin-offs. The lounge room, covered in thick white carpet, is clean but untidy, giving the impression of an archetypal boys house. If they dont salute, they are a bastard they no good soldier at all. Staunton, whose international criminal partners knew him as 'The Prince', has now written about his colourful life in a book called The Good Bloke. Hed been cruising its streets since he was a schoolboy, piling into a car with a group of friends looking for action. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. On that occasion, Bayeh was accused of tearing up a handwritten drug code when he was searched by police outside the same coffee shop. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. 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". We were supposed to be there a week but we couldnt stand it so we left after three days. Bicycle guy is a True Blue Aussie! Thats always kept me out of trouble the majority of the time.. The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. If the police came knocking, the cashiers would pretend they were simply running an innocent entertainment business. 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. Although wealthy, good looking and self-assured, John is, in many ways, an ineligible bachelor. His rise from such depths was dramatic. You need to be in jail, Ms Nesbitt said, according to a NSW Police statement of facts. The legislation authorizes more than $40 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to pay for traffic calming and street redesign. John, it seems, is inclined to oversimplify the details of his existence. Then click on any blue marker to find out more. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. 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. Ive got the best education money could buy. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. 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. FORMER king of the Kings Cross strip, convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh, has returned to what he knows best strip clubs. Bananas, they go off very quick.. 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. Violence increased partly because of the nature of the drug trade, and partly because the degree of stability once provided in the underworld by the involvement of corrupt police largely disappeared. We eat at the same places and we go to the same clubs, he says. The team stuffed backpacks with meals to tide children over the weekend . He received compensation for his injuries but will not say how much, just that it wasnt a lot. As his drug operation grew, Bayeh and his family indulged in the good life. Trevor Haken wears a wire to a meeting with Bill Bayeh. In the course of them doing their job theyve got to stickybeak everywhere, he says. (AP) Missouri 's governor would control St. Louis police under a bill advanced . 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. Can you turn it up a little, he jokes above the laughter of his friends. If you're a friend of mine you're there forever.'. 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. 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. Ive done my time many times over for my charges. In July 1993 Bayehs Ermington home, where his children were sleeping, was the subject of a drive-by shooting. 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. We used to do taekwondo together. In seeming retaliation, Johns attitude on the witness stand remained one degree short of insolence. He is passionate in his philosophy that nothing comes easy. 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 am a Muslim. Upon his release Staunton was deportedand made his way to London. Staunton was again brought unstuck by an undercover cop and was arrested in January 1997 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I've never hurt anyone.'. 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. Theres corruption going on in every section where you could do somebody a good turn or a bad turn. Bill Bayeh - a major character in last year's Underbelly TV series - will start a new career as a fruit and vegetable seller. After being released from jail, Bayeh initially indicated he was interested in opening a fruit shop. Mr Agius persisted: Isnt it the case that you and your brother have filled the gap to the extent to which Mr Bill Bayehs industry has contracted?. 2023, Charter Communications, all rights reserved. We used to kick box together. The Kings Cross detectives get into a confrontation with some thugs and illegally rough them up. '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. 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Former policeman and private detective Charlie Staunton, jailed by the Royal Commission for refusing to answer questions about his relationship with Bill Bayeh, is another close friend with whom he has travelled. Bill has 1 job listed on their profile. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. However, after going on a scuba trip with Ibrahim, Wendy starts to have second thoughts. 'You Australians are a hard lot,' Trump said to him. 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. It would be easy for Bill to go the wrong way but he is doing the right thing, she said. For more information please click here. 02:50 GMT 23 Jul 2019. 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. 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. However, his paranoia is justified as he discovers the Commission has a lot of incriminating evidence against him. Well, youre the new lifeblood of the drug industry in Kings Cross, arent you? Mr Agius asked John after the tape was played. MAIN SOURCE: Blood Money by Clive Small and Tom Gilling; The Prince and the Premier by David Hickie. 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. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. Together, they form a ruthless gang and set about taking over the King's Cross drug trade. 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. SYDNEY nightclub owner John Ibrahim was very young when he gave this first revealing interview. 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. At 15 John was stabbed during a brawl in the Cross. The view from Johns Dover Heights home is breathtaking. This resulted in the outbreak of a minor ''gang war'', culminating in the 1993 shooting of his brother Louis Bayeh by a rival dealer. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. In return for the bribes, the police would tip off Bayeh about raids on his premises. One reason is that energetic and ambitious men who have difficulty obtaining legitimate opportunities turn to illegal ones. The 55-year-old emerged with a tuft of white hair at the front of an otherwise black head of hair and was wearing a black hooded top and jeans as he walked through the gates at 9.14am (AEST) today. Ill show you how to do it, she tells John. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. An angry Kim Hollingsworth returns to Sydney from Adelaide, intending on suing the NSW Police. On Monday, Missouri senators held a hearing on a bill to remove some of Gardner's authority. Then you go home, have a shower and sleep very well.. "How is branch stacking relevant to gang wars? 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. I went back home for three days (last year) with Charlie Staunton. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Theyve got everything you and I have.. Wrongfully jailed for two weeks in 2012 when authorities mistakenly believed he breached parole by travelling to north Queensland. Please try again later. His classroom became the streets of Kings Cross and like any student, some lessons were hard to learn. Our Spectrum News app is the most convenient way to get the stories that matter to you. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. Staunton still works in security, hospitality and logistics and as a bodyguard to A-list celebrities. 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. Police unions have rallied around Missouri Senate Bill 78, which would reinstate a Civil War-era system of state oversight. 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. From the Earl Place door to the Tunnel nightclub John can wave at the Kings Cross detectives. He chose to begin business in the Cross because in a different suburb I wouldnt make the same money. Staunton travelled to Atlantic City in 1989 as part of boxer Jeff 'Hitman' Harding's entourage when Harding defeated Dennis Andries for the WBC light heavyweight title. 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