With another club in Surfers Paradise, also called The Tunnel, he wanted to free up his commitments in Sydney. Bill Bayeh - a major character in last year's Underbelly TV series - will start a new career as a fruit and vegetable seller. 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. 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. You have to be where all the action is. What they do for their living and what they do for their business is none of my business. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s. 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. Although wealthy, good looking and self-assured, John is, in many ways, an ineligible bachelor. 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. He rose from working the doors of nightclubs to mixing with international music stars and rubbing shoulders with Kerry Packer and Donald Trump. Sydney was founded by criminals who for years formed a majority of its population. Debbie Webb leaves King's Cross police and allies herself with her husband Greg Locke and politician John Hatton. 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. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. This is my opinion, sir, believe me on my babys life. But the relationship went through a rocky patch in 1985 when Hakim gave permission for certain men to put gaming machines into an ethnic club. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. 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. But its not only police. The 1990s saw the rise of many other powerful and violent Lebanese figures, including Louis Bayehs brother Bill. With help from drug king Bill Bayeh and his crew, Det. So it would seem, but no, I am not, came Johns cocky reply. The victim was transported to the . I bumped into them on the street and we shook hands, he said with a smile. Id like to think (Im a good judge of character) but then everybody thinks they know something about something. 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. 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. 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. "I want to move on with my life. See more at www.tennews.com.au California Consumer Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information, California Consumer Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. You cant not have a relationship with coppers and own a business. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. Benny Kassab suspects that he has a rat in his ranks. I want to move on with my life. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. He is at pains, however, to portray himself as a normal working businessman who is at a loose end during the renovation of his club. And when he speaks, the people around him listen. BAYEH CHARGED FOR RESISTING ARREST AFTER RIPPING UP NOTE Leanne Edelsten is now an intensive care nurse at St Vincent's Hospital. 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. In return for the bribes, the police would tip off Bayeh about raids on his premises. 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. Debbie Webb joins the fraud squad, but is snubbed due to her whistleblower reputation. 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. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. 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. An old, sloping billiard table is the living rooms centrepiece, closed in on two sides by leather couches. Erin Molan defamation claim back in court, Bombshell for MP accused of child sex abuse. 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. Yeah, I am the leader in some ways. A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. John has only been to his parents country of birth, Lebanon, once. 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. Police were surprised to hear Bayeh was going back into business in the Cross. Its all who you know. Download it here. FORMER Kings Cross underworld identity Bill Bayeh has walked out of Sydney's Silverwater jail . Life after prison looms for King of the Cross. 2015 Sydney Crime Museum. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. 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. One of those cases of stolen whisky was subsequently planted in Staunton's own car and he left the force rather than implicate anyone else. It is pretty interesting, especially given his history here.. (Spectrum News/Gregg Palermo). Some nights John goes fishing off the rocks. We flew from Amsterdam straight to Lebanon. We know that some of these education and enforcement mechanisms can be implemented sooner. Kim Hollingsworth continues to risk her life to expose Eddie Gould's corruption. Jones hopes the end result of that work will resemble what has unfolded on a corridor not far from the site of the bill signing on the 3100 block of North Grand. '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. He asks Haken to do something about it because I aint making nothing. Everybody knows everybody. Youve got to know whats happening. On Wednesday, Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the St. Louis Safer Street bill (BB120), utilizing $40 . Theyve got everything you and I have.. 'I've accepted everything I've done in life. 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. Bill has 1 job listed on their profile. Narrowly escaping a shooting in Bayeh's gaming room, John receives some advice from George Freeman. Smart and casual, he exudes a faint air of wealth. 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. I have always stayed away from the drugs and the gambling and prostitution. Asked if his brother would be able to stay out of trouble, he said ''of course''. 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. 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. 'I'm not running from anything I've done. Sergeant Jim Egan and Trevor Haken devise a plan to swindle money from the federal police. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. His rise from such depths was dramatic. ', 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. 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. I deserve a second chance it is the Australian way.. Bill Bayeh was in 1996 sentenced to 15 years jail for heroin and cocaine dealing. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. Theyre more important than money, John confides. We went to state level.. Hakim expanded his contacts among police and became a general intermediary between them and the underworld. 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. View Bill Bayeh's profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. Don't miss out on the headlines from NSW. 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. We were supposed to be there a week but we couldnt stand it so we left after three days. Benny Kassab, a nightclub bouncer, quells a street brawl and earns the attention of Bill Bayeh. Dressed in beige jeans and a blue and white checked shirt, John is the quintessential young eastern suburbs entrepreneur. I learned how to read, I learned how to write. 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?. After leaving school John began working in Kings Cross at the Tunnel Cabaret nightclub. In 1999 Bayeh was the subject of an attempted assassination outside a restaurant in Narwee. I came in there and cut it all out. 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. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 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. 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. 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. He bought a $525,000 house in Gladesville, spent tens of thousands of dollars on luxury goods and showered his wife, Tanya Michael, with overseas trips and expensive gifts. 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. You just feel it. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. Thats where you belong, John says. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. I want to be left alone. Every job I got was eventually going to lead me to where I am now. Whilst Fowler denies he is involved in corruption, he is shown covert video footage of him accepting a bribe. When it reopens on Thursday it will have a new image and a new name: Earl Place 1. Walks free from Silverwater prison after minimum 15-year term for drug trafficking expires in July 2011. 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. 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. Staunton was adept at solving legal problems for his associates and became well-known on the Sydney nightclub and music scene. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. KINGS Cross identity Bill Bayeh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former wife of colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. Everyones miserable. 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. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Bicycle guy is a True Blue Aussie! This had hardly ever happened before there was an unwritten law among Sydneys criminals that family was to be kept out of business disputes. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. The employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. However, he appeared quite street-savvy and capable of verbal manipulation at all levels.''. 'I do not have a thousand morals,' Staunton writes on page one of The Good Bloke. 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. It was owned by the father of one of his friends and he lied about his age to get the job. Then click on any blue marker to find out more. It was at Baron's that Staunton impressed billionaire television mogul Kerry Packer with the hospitality he extended one evening to his visiting polo team. Once you find your place you know. Later, John hitches up his T-shirt to reveal his smooth, hairless abdomen. Trevor Haken's alcoholism takes a toll on his marriage and his ability to manage police corruption. The Police Royal Commission and the substantial reforms that followed it stopped most corruption, making police more effective against organised criminals than in the past. 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. Theres nothing about alcohol that does anything for me. ''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. Soon after that, Karam was killed by his own gang members. If Mr Domican is found to be entitled to any damages, Mr Ibrahim argues they should be minimised by his "bad reputation", among other factors. 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. John Ibrahim's book, Last King of the Cross. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. 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. Kanaan received life sentences for three murders. Kim Hollingsworth's police friend, Sergeant Dave, abandons her after she "dobs in" to Internal Affairs. Various prohibitions have caused many citizens to engage in criminal behaviour over the subsequent years, most commonly illegal gambling and drinking. You cant not be there and see whats going on. 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. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. 'But the morals that I have, I will not sell or give up on. 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