By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Between May 2014 and January 2015, Tylar John Carter, along with his three co-offenders Jarrod Foley, Corey McLean and Matthew Murray, participated in a criminal group that broke into schools in the middle of the night and stole electronic goods. The group focused on Catholic schools in unpopulated areas… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 22 February 2013, Mr Anthony Elkerton of Dean Willcocks Insolvency Solutions was appointed liquidator of SM Project Developments, which was forced into liquidation by the Australian Tax Office in the month prior due to unpaid bills. The company was co-owned by then Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer, who was recently… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim At around 9pm on 13 May 2012, Miguel Silva secretly called the police to report that a man was yelling, screaming and kicking items on Livingstone Road in Marrickville, NSW. Mr Silva didn’t give his name to police, and nor did he mention the man was his sister’s ex-partner…. Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Mr Crittenden, a resident of the Newcastle suburb of Merewether, was watching television with his wife on the evening of 1 December 2005, when he noticed the light in his kitchen, which he’d recently switched off, had been turned on. On entering the kitchen to investigate, the 62-year-old found… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim At around 11:55am on 19 November 2005, Ashley Ronald Legge approached a man withdrawing money from an automatic teller machine in a shopping mall at Castle Hill. Mr Legge placed his arm around the man’s shoulder, leant in and demanded the cash. When the man refused, Legge reached into… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim After receiving information that one Aaron Edward Hutchinson was involved in the supply of prohibited drugs in the Penrith local area command, police began an investigation in early 2010. An undercover operation was arranged and, in April, Mr Hutchinson supplied an undercover officer with cocaine on three separate occasions…. Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Damon Ehrlich was arrested on 15 November 2009, in relation to 261.6 grams of methamphetamine that NSW police found in the possession of Lasalo Paeu at Sydney airport. Mr Paeu and Brent Taylor were about to board a plane to Perth, in order to supply the drugs for on… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 24 August 2006, a NSW police undercover operative spoke to Bilal Mansour on his mobile phone and arranged to purchase 3.5 grams of cocaine from him for $1,250. Mansour then drove from his place to his parent’s home, where the deal took place on the veranda. The undercover… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 30 April 2003, Campsie tiler Gil Bum Yun was celebrating his thirtieth birthday at his Beaumont Street unit, when the men present decided to take the party to a local karaoke bar. Mr Yun lived at the apartment with his mother and an older man, Sun Chun Zie,… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim In late 2007, investment banker and Sydney Swans chairman Andrew Pridham bought the painting Blue Lavender Bay for $2.5 million. The purchase was made on the understanding that the artwork had been painted by renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley. The late artist’s wife, Wendy Whiteley, paid a visit to Mr… Read more »
