Closed for two months after a minor liquor licensing violation, John took the opportunity to put a fresh face on the club. Impressed by Ibrahim, Freeman offers him a job as a bouncer. 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. I want to move on with my life. He bought a delicatessen in Cleveland Street Redfern, close to the headquarters of the Gaming Squad and became a Justice of the Peace. It was a gift from his grandparents and it keeps his enemies away. Kim Hollingsworth's colourful past comes back to haunt her. We looked like Martians. 'I'm not running from anything I've done. 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.. 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. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Bill Bayeh was in 1996 sentenced to 15 years jail for heroin and cocaine dealing. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. Bayeh was a major player in the Kings Cross drugs scene during the 1990s. Theyre more important than money, John confides. Having obtained the HSC via correspondence, she enrolls in a detective's course at Goulburn Police Academy. 'You Australians are a hard lot,' Trump said to him. There was not much point in me going to school. I have always stayed away from the drugs and the gambling and prostitution. 2023, Charter Communications, all rights reserved. We do the same things every day. Hit the names to obtain what you want to know. 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. He was also accused of being in the company of Melbourne underworld figure Mick Gatto. Barrister Sue Chrysanthou, acting for Mr Domican, queried how allegations of branch stacking were relevant to the imputations raised before the court. Bill Bayeh arrested after nurse assault . I dont need to tell anyone how I got them. On his rise as a businessman in Kings Cross, John is more forthcoming. He was accompanied by his brother Louis as he walked past a throng of television cameras and . ST. LOUIS - The City of St. Louis is making its largest investment in road and pedestrian safety. According to John, the then owner was being stood over by local heavies and ripped off by his managers. 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. Police were surprised to hear Bayeh was going back into business in the Cross. The Reverend Fred Nile described him in parliament as Mr Fixit, an acknowledgement of the power he had acquired through his vast range of contacts in the Lebanese community, the police force, and elsewhere. It is pretty interesting, especially given his history here.. New South Wales Corrective Services Commissioner Ron Woodham opposed Bayeh's parole, saying he was just presenting a facade as a naive man. Bill Bayeh and John Ibrahim would go on to play major roles in his life. Ive got the best education money could buy. S03:E03 - Kingdom Come . 'I couldn't wait,' he tells Daily Mail Australia. He pleaded guilty to the hindrance charge earlier this month, while prosecutors dropped a second charge of resisting police. He was arrested in 1996 after giving evidence at the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption. In the mid-1960s he obtained the protection of Lennie McPherson and proceeded to provide protection himself to Lebanese and other ethnic gaming clubs. Get the best experience and stay connected to your community with our Spectrum News app. Political staffer Sally Rugg has ramped up her legal fight against teal independent Monique Ryan after an attempt at mediation failed. 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'. Trevor Haken's paranoia reaches an all-new high. They are proof of a violent youth but John says simply: Theyre my scars. But when he's bad he's better!'. Joe Dooley leaves the King's Cross police and enrolls at Goulburn Academy. 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. There is not much we can do if he is running a legal business, said a police source. Theyre only people. 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. 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. Smalltime bouncer Benny Kassab has an audacious plan to become King of the Cross. 'I've a million acquaintances but I've got a handful of friends. 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. 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. Another hobby is jetskiing. It was owned by the father of one of his friends and he lied about his age to get the job. 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.. 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. Like a trash TV junkie he watches the commission on television at every opportunity. It cost me $70,000 to buy 20 per cent. We didnt fit in. Successful criminals who were not arrested often died. It takes time and a lot of thought.. The balcony gives way to a vista encompassing Sydney Heads and a massive expanse of deep blue ocean. It's not hard to understand why. 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. We went to state level.. Now that the parole restrictions are lifted, Kings Cross is where he wants to be. Crime is an essential part of the city's history. Kim Hollingsworth organises a strip show for a police charity. The clubs turned over close to $6m in the six years its been there. 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. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. Everywhere we go we know each other. Neither proved to be true and he launched legal proceedings, suing for up to $750,000 in damages from the state. 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. 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Well, youre the new lifeblood of the drug industry in Kings Cross, arent you? Mr Agius asked John after the tape was played. Although wealthy, good looking and self-assured, John is, in many ways, an ineligible bachelor. 2015 Sydney Crime Museum. They split and she lives overseas, although he still wears her ring on his wedding finger. With another club in Surfers Paradise, also called The Tunnel, he wanted to free up his commitments in Sydney. So it would seem, but no, I am not, came Johns cocky reply. John, it seems, is inclined to oversimplify the details of his existence. Bayeh, who now lives in the Sydney CBD with his 35-year-old fiance Leyla Yavuz, wants it known that he has no grudge against the two men mainly responsible for his very public demise and eventual jailing, Royal Commissioner James Wood and Council Assisting the Royal Commission John Agius. 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''. John is dismissive about the context in which his relationships with colourful Kings Cross identities are viewed. 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. 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. 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. Not long afterwards John dropped out of school. 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. 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. Kim Hollingsworth continues to risk her life to expose Eddie Gould's corruption. My brother Sam and I have always been pretty healthy. I'd know the stakes and reaped the rewards. 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. Within a year the new leader, Michael Kanaan, and some 50 others associated with the gang had been arrested. The hearing has been adjourned to May 14. "I just want to make a living like everybody else," said Bayeh. However, Haken and Egan, along with drug dealer Bill Bayeh, set up an elaborate "sting" for their own profit. Instead of learning how to read books, youve got learn how to read people and see what they want from you. 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. "How is branch stacking relevant to gang wars? 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. More like evidence of a botched Police intimidation and harassment campaign!Subscribe to my Telegram channel - https://t.. Then you go home, have a shower and sleep very well.. It is crisscrossed with scars. Their building also backs onto the street. 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. Friends are very overrated, he says, taking a long gulp of his coffee. 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. Newcomer Benny Kassab starts dealing drugs in competition with the Bayeh brothers. Its all who you know. Ive never sold drugs. Now though, his focus is firmly on Love Machine and the entertainment game. The wars over but the wars still inside the people. 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. 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. She grumbles because she arrived early to work on the list but was unable to get into the room. 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. The expansion of the Bayeh drug empire led to a push to remove small drug dealers off the streets. However, after going on a scuba trip with Ibrahim, Wendy starts to have second thoughts. Bill and Louis Bayeh fight off threats to their drug dealing empire. 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. Tanned, fit and small in stature, John has full lips, sleepy eyes and a subtly engaging persona. Ill show you how to do it, she tells John. Why not, I grew up here, he said when asked why he had returned to Kings Cross. In 1999, he was sentenced to a 15-year minimum term - backdated to 1996 - which expires on July 17. 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. 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. 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?". 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