John Ibrahim's book, Last King of the Cross. Speaking outside the hearing, one of Bayeh's other brothers said he was pleased at the result. If it seems sometimes that he lacks respect for the Commission, its because he does. It was a very different image of Bayeh from that of his heyday. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. I think this place is like every other place, I dont see any difference., Of his time in prison, he said: I wasnt treated very human 15 years in jail. You cant not have a relationship with coppers and own a business. 'I couldn't wait,' he tells Daily Mail Australia. Bill Bayeh arrested after nurse assault . It didnt end well. It typifies Johns blithe attitude to life. 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?. 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. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. There was not much point in me going to school. Accused of being part of a syndicate which virtually monopolised the drug trade in Sydneys red-light district and regularly bribed police. Our contributors include the great investigators Bob Bottom and Al McCoy, and the wonderfully insightful Sydney artist Michael Fitzjames. 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. Sergeant Jim Egan and Trevor Haken devise a plan to swindle money from the federal police. 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. In order to stake his claim to power in King's Cross, Danny "DK" Karam hires a group of young thugs. 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. After being released from jail, Bayeh initially indicated he was interested in opening a fruit shop. The green tracksuited figure then stood, turned and was led back to his cell to serve the remaining 19 days before he was officially eligible for release. 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. 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. Former Kings Cross underworld figure and convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh is to be released on parole. 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.. Bayeh's method was simple. 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. 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. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail . Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs.Credit:Nick Moir. Ran the Cosmopolitan coffee lounge in Darlinghurst Road, as well as an amusement parlour, strip club and snooker room. Later, John hitches up his T-shirt to reveal his smooth, hairless abdomen. 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. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. Im going to shove a dildo up your arse, he allegedly said. One of his bouncer colleagues there was Felix Lyle, who would later become a Bandidos and Hells Angels boss. Then click on any blue marker to find out more. People think police are machines. 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. He received compensation for his injuries but will not say how much, just that it wasnt a lot. When Bill's business suffers as a result, tensions rise between Bill and his brother, Louis Bayeh. His friends (and there are many) call him the most wonderful person in the world. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. I just want to get on with my life, he said. Download it here. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia
Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. 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. BACK in 1995, John Ibrahim was a brash young nightclub owner who had just come to the attention of the media when he was called before the Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service. 6.9K views, 21 likes, 1 loves, 10 comments, 12 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from 7NEWS Sydney: Former Kings Cross kingpin Bill Bayeh has been charged. In it Bayeh alleges that Russell (Townsend), Sam Ibrahim and John: They got the whole street. 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Soon after that, Karam was killed by his own gang members. She grumbles because she arrived early to work on the list but was unable to get into the room. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. 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''. 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. Its money thats all accounted for. 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. Upon his release Staunton was deportedand made his way to London. Thats where you belong, John says. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. Bayeh was arrested in 1996 for dealing heroin and cocaine from the once-notorious Cosmopolitan Cafe in Kings Cross. The document also alleges Mr Domican threatened an illegal poker machine supplier with violence in 1990 if he wasn't given money and access to the machines; and was sentenced to two months' hard labour in 1988 for possessing an unlicensed pistol. John is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. I just had to waste time and plod along until I got there. Forget Melrose Place, the Royal Commission is a better soapie, he grins. ELECTION WRAP. Everywhere we go we know each other. He was accompanied by his brother Louis as he walked past a throng of television cameras and . He was once asked by a music industry friend to entertain Paul and Linda McCartney for a night at the Park Hyatt Hotel when the former Beatle and his then wife Linda wanted to meet 'real people'. Mr Domican is suing Mr Ibrahim and his publisher Pan Macmillan Australia for damages in the Federal Court over his best-selling 2017 memoir, Last King of the Cross, claiming the tell-all book wrongly paints him as a hitman, violent criminal and a drug dealer. It takes time and a lot of thought.. 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". Another hobby is jetskiing. My brother Sam and I have always been pretty healthy. A telescope is trained on the water. Ms Nesbitt feared for her safety and called police. 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. ''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. Parents in our city, like myself, are asking ourselves, how can we teach our teenagers how to drive in a city where the rules of the road can feel more like suggestions. According to John, the then owner was being stood over by local heavies and ripped off by his managers. Concerned, the NSW Police form Strike Force Lancer to stop him. On that occasion, Bayeh was accused of tearing up a handwritten drug code when he was searched by police outside the same coffee shop. He must also undergo regular drug and alcohol testing and psychological assessment. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia, The Good Bloke by Charles Staunton is published by Pan Macmillan and is available from Tuesday, July 23, for $32.99. Trevor Haken's paranoia reaches an all-new high. Former Sydney drug kingpin Bill Bayeh has been granted parole after more than a decade in jail. He asks Haken to do something about it because I aint making nothing. Board Bill 120 funds the design and implementation of traffic calming and road improvements for completed traffic studies in the city, funds traffic calming and ADA improvements for the Grand, Union, Goodfellow, Jefferson and Kingshighway corridors, and addresses safety improvements at the top 10 city crash locations. The next night Packer sent a minion to reward Staunton with an envelope full of $100 notes. While supporting Bayeh's release, the officer said: ''Mr Bayeh attempted to present a facade of a naive man, eager to charm and please. 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. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Were working to restore it. The view from Johns Dover Heights home is breathtaking. 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". But the NSW Corrective Services Commissioner still argued against Bayeh's release yesterday. It took decades to build the infrastructure that we use every single day. However, Haken and Egan, along with drug dealer Bill Bayeh, set up an elaborate "sting" for their own profit. 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. S03:E03 - Kingdom Come . Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. In every station you get two or three corrupt coppers. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. 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. We know that some of these education and enforcement mechanisms can be implemented sooner. He was also filmed on 12 occasions preparing some 1500 caps of cocaine, valued at $90,000. 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. Missouri's governor would once again have control over St. Louis police under a bill advancing in the state House. 'There was no point in complaining about my sentence. Joe Dooley leaves the King's Cross police and enrolls at Goulburn Academy. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. 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. ''He is going to work for a fruit man,'' he added. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. Everyones miserable. However, the operation goes awry. 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?". Here is an entire list of people with the Last Name El undefined. His older brother, Louis Bayeh, was also jailed in 1997 for perverting the course of justice. This will not be work that we can complete overnight. 'They did, however, break more laws than any of my friends outside the force.'. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. Mayor Tishaura Jones . Everybody knows everybody. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. It is crisscrossed with scars. I am just trying to get my life back., Kings Cross underworld identity previously known as the King of the Cross. The Republican-led House on Wednesday gave initial approval to the legislation. I lost everything, lost my family, I lost my kids, all my money, everything. ', Staunton says loyalty means everything to him. Ibrahim and Staunton saw some 'wonderful tennis' and even enjoyed strawberries and cream. They go home, theyve got social lives, they go out. They should never have let you out, youre a criminal.. It feels good that Im given the chance to just walk anywhere I want, he said. 23:42 GMT 22 Jul 2019 'But the morals that I have, I will not sell or give up on. Hakim expanded his contacts among police and became a general intermediary between them and the underworld. Bayeh is also keen to point out there will be a zero tolerance to drugs at the venue. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. Ive done my time many times over for my charges. Tom Domican, left, is suing John Ibrahim for defamation. 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. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. As a young constable Charlie Staunton dreamed of one day becoming commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. When gang violence breaks out in King's Cross, John Ibrahim is placed under pressure to clean up the streets. It was a gift from his grandparents and it keeps his enemies away. We do the same things every day. The hearing has been adjourned to May 14. King's Cross detectives Graham "Chook" Fowler and Neville "Scully" Scullion are called to testify to the Wood Royal Commission. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. Its a remarkable return to form for the Golden Mile, now run by Bayehs former driver John Ibrahim. Frank Hakim, who emigrated to Australia at the age of 20 or so, was the first prominent Lebanese criminal. While there seems to be no shortage of female friends in Johns life, he says he is not prepared for a serious commitment. 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 was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. 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. 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. 2015 Sydney Crime Museum. He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. Kim Hollingsworth continues to risk her life to expose Eddie Gould's corruption. I didnt want to be there at one stage.. Staunton had been secretly recorded handing money to the corrupt cop Trevor Haken on behalf of Bayeh and spent the next 11 and a half months in prison. Asked if his brother would be able to stay out of trouble, he said ''of course''. Later that shift Staunton was told to drive several drunk constables to nearby Moore Park where his colleagues stormed into a toilet block wielding their truncheons at 'poofters'. He faces strict parole conditions including counselling and drug testing, and has been ordered to stay away from Kings Cross. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. Id like to think (Im a good judge of character) but then everybody thinks they know something about something. Police were surprised to hear Bayeh was going back into business in the Cross. I learned how to read, I learned how to write. Thats always kept me out of trouble the majority of the time.. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. Long-time observers of the Cross say it was typical of the shameless bravado Bayeh then projected as he cruised the famous red-light district. 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. Young waitress Kim Hollingsworth turns to prostitution after she discovers her abusive boyfriend Trent has stolen money from her. While the club is being renovated John keeps up a fitness regimen, working out at the City Gym on Crown St more than four times a week. Theres corruption going on in every section where you could do somebody a good turn or a bad turn. 02:50 GMT 23 Jul 2019. 'The money, the travel and the adventure had all been thrilling. We went to state level.. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. So it would seem, but no, I am not, came Johns cocky reply. His classroom became the streets of Kings Cross and like any student, some lessons were hard to learn. 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. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 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. 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. I have worked with some pretty funny people. His sentencing was adjourned so psychiatric evidence can be gathered. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. '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. While at John Morony jail near Windsor Staunton and another inmate used their music industry contacts to organise a concert for the prisoners. 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. 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