The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. Please try again later. Wanting more from life than a nine to five job he joined the NSW Police Force in 1978 when he was 19. 'The money, the travel and the adventure had all been thrilling. Ive done my time many times over for my charges. 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. It is a rental property, the owner a widow and friend of the family. Please try again later. Get hyperlocal forecasts, radar and weather alerts. It's being paid for with the American Rescue Plan Fund. 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. An old, sloping billiard table is the living rooms centrepiece, closed in on two sides by leather couches. John believes the shockwaves caused by the Commission have only just begun. ST. LOUIS - The city of St. Louis will invest more than $60 million to try to make streets and sidewalks safer. Mr Ibrahim claims he took over the "business of protecting businesses" from the Bayehs, prompting the Cosmopolitan Cafe meeting at which Mr Domican was present. A cafe lifestyle by day and at night, entry into any Sydney club he chooses to visit. In Kings Cross because there were so many people there was a bigger majority. Former nightclub boss John Ibrahim claims that Tom Domican, the man he is accused of defaming as a "violent criminal", was hired to intimidate him during the late 1990s by the brother of former Kings Cross drug kingpin Bill Bayeh. Anything else was probably a waste of time. Later John confides: All these people, weve been together since we had nothing. Former Kings Cross underworld boss Bill Bayeh has walked free from prison after 15 years behind bars. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Neither proved to be true and he launched legal proceedings, suing for up to $750,000 in damages from the state. February 24 2023, 9:21 a.m. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones . I have worked with some pretty funny people. Staunton was first stationed at inner-city Redfern where he witnessed policing practices which quickly made him question his choice of employment. Yet in his own surroundings, the streets of Kings Cross, John is charming. I just want to make a living like everybody else, said Bayeh. 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. But now Bill Bayeh - whose 15-year stretch behind bars may end within weeks - could be banned from setting foot on Sydney's Golden Mile. 'I just wanted to get straight into it. The comments below have not been moderated, By My brother Sam and I have always been pretty healthy. Why not, I grew up here, he said when asked why he had returned to Kings Cross. Everyones miserable. I want to be left alone. "The fatal flaw in this legislation is that it disenfranchises voters in St. Louis," Hudson said. At 15 John was stabbed during a brawl in the Cross. When it reopens on Thursday it will have a new image and a new name: Earl Place 1. If you're a friend of mine you're there forever.'. When Bill's business suffers as a result, tensions rise between Bill and his brother, Louis Bayeh. 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. KINGS Cross identity Bill Bayeh has pleaded not guilty to assaulting the former wife of colourful businessman Geoffrey Edelsten. Bill Bayeh arrested after nurse assault . Although wealthy, good looking and self-assured, John is, in many ways, an ineligible bachelor. To an outsider, the life of John Ibrahim is surreal. 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. 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. 'I'm not running from anything I've done. The next night Packer sent a minion to reward Staunton with an envelope full of $100 notes. Bayeh was in court for sentencing on another matter, for allegedly hindering police in a separate incident three days before the February 2015 assault. The employees would be responsible for any charges the police laid. The 1990s saw the rise of many other powerful and violent Lebanese figures, including Louis Bayehs brother Bill. 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'. 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. John is still smarting from the cuff across the ears doled out by the Commission when he was hauled into the St James Centre in October to answer questions about his Kings Cross connections. Once I was in, the club paid for itself. Until last year he was involved with a girl whom he had been dating for 10 years. 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. Jones said the city was working on a plan that would safeguard the privacy of the images, address due process, and where they would be placed. 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. By Bayeh initially claimed ignorance over the recordings and tried to explain his considerable assets by claiming they were the proceeds of gambling wins. However, Haken and Egan, along with drug dealer Bill Bayeh, set up an elaborate "sting" for their own profit. 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. Speaking outside the hearing, one of Bayeh's other brothers said he was pleased at the result. John was 16 when he first started working on the door of Images nightclub at Parramatta. Youve got a tape going, havent ya? Bayeh then jumped from his seat, according to the facts presented at the court. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. In every station you get two or three corrupt coppers. Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia 'We also had several wonderful young ladies who were more than happy to purport to being "backing vocalists",' he writes. Pleaded guilty to conspiring to supply commercial quantities of cocaine and heroin in 1995 and 1996. Convicted cocaine dealer Bill Bayeh and his brother Louie are old friends of the family. I just want to get on with my life, he said. 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. In 1988 they were all to be found on the Golden Mile. 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. After being released from jail, Bayeh initially indicated he was interested in opening a fruit shop. More than once he was cut by the teachers cane. 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. Russell Townsend, described in Royal Commission evidence as an alleged drug dealer, is a friend and gym partner. 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. Bill Bayeh was in 1996 sentenced to 15 years jail for heroin and cocaine dealing. Ive got the best education money could buy. Forget Melrose Place, the Royal Commission is a better soapie, he grins. 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. 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. Taken into custody in 1996 on leaving the witness box at the Wood royal commission into police corruption. But eventually he saw the writing on the wall, pleading guilty in November 1998 to charges of conspiring to supply commercial quantities of heroin and cocaine between December 1, 1995, and July 24, 1996. Cigarettes make me dizzy, he admits. All rights reserved. But on his release from prison his power was much weakened. It would be easy for Bill to go the wrong way but he is doing the right thing, she said. He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. I bluffed well for a long time when I was 18. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. 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. Convicted cocaine dealer Bill Bayeh and his brother Louie are old friends of the family. 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''. We have already seen with Robert Trimbole an example of how the Italian mafia came to Australia. Now though, his focus is firmly on Love Machine and the entertainment game. Yeah, I am the leader in some ways. But when he's bad he's better!'. Various prohibitions have caused many citizens to engage in criminal behaviour over the subsequent years, most commonly illegal gambling and drinking. New South Wales Corrective Services Commissioner Ron Woodham opposed Bayeh's parole, saying he was just presenting a facade as a naive man. There he sat ringside with boxing legends Mike Tyson and Jeff Fenech and met future United States president Donald Trump who introduced himself outside Harding's dressing room. ', 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. 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. His first job after school was in the clearing department with the Commonwealth Bank where he fantasised about stealing pallets of cash. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Staunton had witnessed police corruption since his earliest days on the force and it was internal treachery which. 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. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. Its not money thats been laundered. 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. I knew them all and they wouldnt have been standing over my business. We used to do taekwondo together. Kim Hollingsworth continues to risk her life to expose Eddie Gould's corruption. 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. 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. Sydney was founded by criminals who for years formed a majority of its population. Within a year the new leader, Michael Kanaan, and some 50 others associated with the gang had been arrested. That way you can train whoevers in your room to do it, she responds with a smile. Were working to restore it. 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. Download it here. If they dont salute, they are a bastard they no good soldier at all. Bill Bayeh - a major character in last year's Underbelly TV series - will start a new career as a fruit and vegetable seller. Louis Bayeh Managing Director & Founder at Hills Auto Centre Toongabbie, New South Wales, Australia 40 followers 39 connections Join to connect Hills Auto Centre Marist Brother's Parramatta. His only regret is the time he spent away from his two sons, Danial and Timothy. In July 1993 Bayehs Ermington home, where his children were sleeping, was the subject of a drive-by shooting. It primarily depicts the organized crimes in Kings Cross and the police corruption leading up to the 1995 Wood Royal Commission. Its money thats all accounted for. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. He rose from working the doors of nightclubs to mixing with international music stars and rubbing shoulders with Kerry Packer and Donald Trump. We eat at the same places and we go to the same clubs, he says. FORMER king of the Kings Cross strip, convicted drug dealer Bill Bayeh, has returned to what he knows best strip clubs. In it Bayeh alleges that Russell (Townsend), Sam Ibrahim and John: They got the whole street. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. 'The corrections staff had no idea at all, not a clue, and the frustrations of many a long-serving inmate were relieved.'. It is a thirteen-part series loosely based on real events that stemmed from the mile-long nightclub/ red light district in the Sydney suburb of Kings Cross, also known as the "Golden Mile", between 1988 and 1999. The clouds have finally lifted over Kings Cross after days of rain. One reason is that energetic and ambitious men who have difficulty obtaining legitimate opportunities turn to illegal ones. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. We didnt fit in. They should never have let you out, youre a criminal.. It was one of the first of what was to become a common form of violence and intimidation by Lebanese gangsters. The balcony gives way to a vista encompassing Sydney Heads and a massive expanse of deep blue ocean. None of the principals in the Pacific Mariner Cartel was ever arrested. Successful criminals who were not arrested often died. Traffic violence tears families and communities apart and to those who say that they feel scared on our roads: I hear you, Jones said. Bill Bayeh was jailed for 15 years for drug trafficking in the 1990s.Credit:Nick Moir. While there seems to be no shortage of female friends in Johns life, he says he is not prepared for a serious commitment. More like evidence of a botched Police intimidation and harassment campaign!Subscribe to my Telegram channel - https://t.. Of his now-shelved fruit shop plans, he said: It didnt happen. Smart and casual, he exudes a faint air of wealth. If you dont own a business there (Kings Cross) you could not understand how much its affected it, he says. 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. 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. I have one drink and Im all over the place. In the course of them doing their job theyve got to stickybeak everywhere, he says. 'I do not have a thousand morals,' Staunton writes on page one of The Good Bloke. It took decades to build the infrastructure that we use every single day. Bananas, they go off very quick.. There is not much we can do if he is running a legal business, said a police source. 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. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Bayeh was given a minimum sentence of 15 years in jail for cocaine and heroin trafficking. He hated it. His garage houses two jet skis. California Consumer Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information, California Consumer Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Bill Bayeh leaving the Wood Royal Commission after his arrest for supplying drugs.Credit:Nick Moir. His rise from such depths was dramatic. 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. In the TAB John is asking around after his friend when he gestures to a tall skinny man and says quietly: The worst thing you can be in the Cross is a KX (a protected Commission witness) because everyone knows who you are.. As his drug operation grew, Bayeh and his family indulged in the good life. Mayor Tishaura Jones . I thought "I'm going to save the world - this is great - I can be a superhero here".'. And when he speaks, the people around him listen. Debbie Webb joins the fraud squad, but is snubbed due to her whistleblower reputation. This resulted in the outbreak of a minor ''gang war'', culminating in the 1993 shooting of his brother Louis Bayeh by a rival dealer. Called to give evidence about his relationship with police and criminals including Bayeh, Staunton refused to speak and was jailed for contempt. 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. Bayeh was arrested in 1996 for dealing heroin and cocaine from the once-notorious Cosmopolitan Cafe in Kings Cross. S03:E03 - Kingdom Come . 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. "How is branch stacking relevant to gang wars? Bayeh is also keen to point out there will be a zero tolerance to drugs at the venue. In a recorded interview, Bayeh admitted to a confrontation but denied pushing her or saying anything about a vibrator or dildo. He faced a parole board hearing for the first time today and the board heard Bayeh has been a model prisoner. The expansion of the Bayeh drug empire led to a push to remove small drug dealers off the streets. I want to be left alone. 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. Id like to think (Im a good judge of character) but then everybody thinks they know something about something. I want to move on with my life. "I want to move on with my life. Life after prison looms for King of the Cross. 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". Together, they form a ruthless gang and set about taking over the King's Cross drug trade. In 1983 the Australian Federal Police tapped over 7,000 of Hakims conversations: 26 corruption investigations involving police ensued. Between those opposite ends of the law Staunton found himself somewhere in the middle as a private investigator and problem-solver for Sydney's underworld. It didnt end well. 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. 'I've accepted everything I've done in life. They were described by a police officer at the time as the biggest drug dealers in Kings Cross. In 2001, he was sentenced to another three years after pleading guilty to demanding money with menaces from two brothel keepers and for supplying cocaine and heroin. He died in 2005, and over 400 people attended his funeral at Redfern. Tax has been paid on it.. 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?". It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. What they do for their living and what they do for their business is none of my business. I put everything we made back into the club. A fruit vendor gives him two nectarines for free. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. 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