Wednesday 2 July 2014

Kings Cross Licensed Premises 1996

From Parliament House NSW

Kings Cross Licensed Premises

KINGS CROSS LICENSED PREMISES

Mr ROGAN: Mr Speaker -

Mr SPEAKER: Order! The House will come to order. The Premier and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting across the Chamber. The member for East Hills has the call.

Mr ROGAN: My question is directed to the Minister for Gaming and Racing, and Minister Assisting the Premier on Hunter Development. What action has the Government taken to clean up Kings Cross strip clubs following evidence at the police royal commission?

Mr FACE: The longstanding interest of the honourable member for East Hills in the problems caused by licensing breaches is well known. He was also chairman of the prostitution select committee, which identified many of the problems relating to licensed premises at Kings Cross. If those problems had been addressed, I might not be answering this question in the House today. I intend to inform the House of actions taken by the Government to address the crime and corrupt activity at licensed premises in Kings Cross. I also intend to disclose the results of several months of covert operations in Kings Cross by special inspectors of a task force established last year in the Department of Gaming and Racing. Frankly, the results of the operations are shocking to say the least. The other day somebody asked how bad the situation is and I said, "Think the worst and double it." The results back up the Wood royal commission revelations about crime and corruption in Kings Cross and they are serious enough to warrant immediate action. I intend reporting to the House on the new tough measures proposed by the Government to clean up premises in Kings Cross.

In September last year the Government established a covert liquor and gaming task force to examine illegal activities being conducted in licensed premises in the Kings Cross area and adjacent areas. This occurred following revelations at the Wood royal commission of criminal activities concerning such premises. The findings of the task force reinforce disclosures made at the Wood royal commission, namely, that unfit operators and criminals, in breach of licensing laws, are in control of licensed premises. Such persons have effectively taken over the businesses conducted under many liquor licenses to the exclusion of licensees, and run the businesses in a manner to encourage drug sales and prostitution. In effect, the licensee is a front man or a "clean skin".

The task force uncovered more than 300 breaches of the licensing laws. Action is being taken now to bring these matters before the Licensing Court. Charges and objections to the licensees have been laid against a number of persons including Bill Bayeh, Chook Fowler, Charles Staunton, Steve Hardas and Abe Saffron. At present a number of night clubs, as distinct from registered clubs, are facing possible formal action in
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the Licensing Court for breaches of the Liquor Act. They include: Playbirds on-licence theatre, Porky's on-licence theatre, Love Machine on-licence theatre, Stripperama on-licence theatre, Test Tube Factory restaurant, Dancers Cabaret restaurant, Pink Pussy Cat on-licence theatre, Pink Panther on-licence theatre and Illusions at Night on-licence theatre. Let me go through some of the task force's findings. Activities detected include widespread drug dealing and prostitution as well as live sex shows and audience participation in sexual acts. All of these activities are in breach of the Liquor Act. The task force found that strip clubs licensed under the Liquor Act had bedrooms for sex with customers and drug shooting galleries on the premises and adjacent thereto. Again, these are breaches of the Act. Inspectors also collected information indicating that some restaurants are operated solely as bars.

Mr SPEAKER: Order! I call the honourable member for Murrumbidgee to order.

Mr FACE: In several restaurants there was not a single morsel of food on the site but the premises were classified as restaurants. I am advised that more than 90 per cent of the revenue of one so-called restaurant came from liquor sales. However, on the opposite end of the scale many premises received about 5 per cent of their income from liquor and 95 per cent from prostitution, gambling and drugs. You name it, and whatever it is some of the premises at Kings Cross are doing it. They have continued to operate outside the law - in the past with immunity - and outside the conditions of their licences, despite the commission and despite targeted enforcement action. Despite my officers gathering information, the clubs believe that they are immune. I am told that the most recalcitrant and recidivist of the operators have told the authorities that they have no intention whatsoever of changing the way they do business. The only effective solutions to problems such as these is to close the premises down once and for all - and in my view that will not overcome the problem because there will be a possible infiltration of such premises into the suburbs and country centres - or to ensure that the present operators are shown there is no future for them in the industry with the new measures the Government will take.

The Government's priorities for action lie in tough new legislative measures. As a result of my department's investigations and the work of the task force I can today announce a tough new enforcement package containing extensive amendments to the Liquor Act and the Registered Clubs Act. The enforcement package will ensure more responsible and lawful management of licensed premises by overcoming a number of serious deficiencies in the current legislation and enabling more effective enforcement of licensing laws. A key change will enable objections and complaints to be taken directly against a newly defined category of close associate, and allow the court to exclude a particular person from being involved as a close associate in any licensed premises. The new definition of close associate will include landlords and the other people who are entitled to receive payments from the business holding the licence. Licensed premises in identified high-risk areas such as Kings Cross will be required to have designated managers who must be approved by the court. This will allow the Director of Liquor and Gaming to investigate the backgrounds of all managers in those high-risk areas, and to object to their approval if it is considered that they are not of good repute.

A serious anomaly exists where a person with a serious criminal history can obtain, normally within 48 hours, a provisional transfer of a licence for up to three months. That has happened regularly. The law will therefore be amended to require that such applications cannot be granted unless a report from the director has been received by the court. The powers of liquor and gaming inspectors of the Department of Gaming and Racing are presently limited in comparison with members of the Police Service. That is what led to the task force and the audit undertaken by my department. The legislation will address this problem, and the Minister for Police is to be thanked for his cooperation. Accordingly, it is proposed to amend the liquor laws to allow special inspectors to issue infringement notices, to enter licensed premises at any time, and to seize records, documents and liquor in certain circumstances.

The enforcement package will also allow for the closure of premises on a short-term basis upon an order by a magistrate where there are reasonable grounds to believe that serious breaches of the law will occur, or are occurring, and that the public interest would be placed at significant risk if the premises were to remain open. Without reflecting on what is likely to happen in the inquest into the death of Anna Wood, or the problems that occur at certain premises that I have tried to remedy, the present problems demonstrate the inadequacy of the present law. The package will provide for automatic cancellation of liquor licences when a number of serious offences have been committed in a 12-month period. This cancellation will be subject to review by the Licensing Court.

The legislation will also require the Licensing Court to take into account the findings of inquiries such as the Wood royal commission. The package will also make significant changes to the focus and objectives of the Licensing Court's jurisdiction. The court will be able to impose deterrent penalties and will no longer be constrained by case law when exercising its disciplinary or protective powers. This will enable the court to send a clear message to the industry that where serious grounds of complaint are established, or where breaches of the legislation occur, they will not be tolerated and will be met with real and substantial penalties. Other amendments in the package relate to controls over conduct on licensed premises. These controls will be strengthened in relation to the use of licensed premises for the sale of illicit drugs and stolen goods.

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The investigations and the Government's tough new approach will help remove to a great degree the criminal elements from licensed premises in Kings Cross. The legislation will ensure that the criminal element does not filter off into other parts of New South Wales. The officers associated with the task force and the personnel from the Department of Gaming and Racing are to be congratulated. They have not been able to conduct their investigations without a degree of risk to their own personal safety. The investigation has vindicated me, the Premier and the Director-General of the Department of Gaming and Racing. We went ahead with this task force without a great deal of support. In fact, the task force received little support from the Police Service because it did not regard it as necessary. Despite that, we pursued the investigation and we have shown what needs to be done. The legislative package will go a long way towards ensuring that the activities of licensed premises are conducted in accordance with the relevant laws and, most importantly, in accordance with community expectations.

Tuesday 1 July 2014

Kings Cross history, World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers.

Breaking News Police Search

The Kings Cross Sting:

Breaking NEWS……Search for Juanita Nielsen

Why did the Police not search the Original Pink Pussycat Club from 1958 for Juanita Nielsen, it's just across the road from the Carousel Club?

Now the answer the police are giving is under 141(a) of the Police Act no further investigation. Allegedly named a Police informant, however if the police informant has been utilising this part of the law to stay out of gaol, than the law needs to be changed.

The Original Pink Pussycat Club, 36A Darlinghurst Road, Madame Tilly Devine’s and then Abe Saffron’s how they ruled Kings Cross. Allegedly Abe Saffron was The Hells Angels Ltd. This is the business arm of Kings Cross, the business dealings that allegedly Abe Saffron had going.

Why protect, this guy allegedly named in the Juanita Nielsen case?

Juanita Nielsen’s bones need recovering. Why do the police leave them their when they do know this has been the longest unsolved murder with the Beaumont Children and Donald Mackay all which had an affect on the life of Abe Saffron.

Search warrant, to be executed……

I would like to ask John Ibrahim, with consideration to the information in respect to the brothel 36a Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross with links and alleged associations join with me, to ask for the Government to search the brothel for human remains. This question was asked months ago, again it has been asked Why hasn't John Ibrahim pushed for this search too?

I will also make mention in November 2011, there was information supplied to the government to re-open the Juanita Nielsen disappearance case.

I am aware, that John Ibrahim in relationship to the unsolved murders of the Beaumont Children, Juanita Nielsen, Donald Mackay was just a young boy and I will further allege had nothing to do with these unsolved murders.

Through my research that I have attached, I will allegedly explain some of the links and more details have been forwarded to Parliament and Police for consideration. When the Minister of Police Gallagher’s last response, I have been calling for a Royal Commission on the alleged evidence I have passed onto the police which is in more detail than here. Where ever heavy intimidation has happened emails have sent to the police and politicians, to even USA the President’s personal attorney.

Please, join me, what has happened to me in the last eighteen months that in history shows this same brothel has been mentioned in the Wood’s Royal Commission and reported with bribing police.

I have been petitioning the government to search the brothel:

Timeline for the Brothel World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers with the extortion and intimidation with the lead up to the alleged setup against Jennifer Weatherstone and the motive allegedly for the brothel to be closed that relates to unsolved murders of Juanita Nielsen, Donald Mackay, Beaumont Children, plus a gun hidden inside the brothel allegedly utilised on Howard Twyrell. With the report attached for Phuong Ngo I allege was setup to open the drug network into Cabramatta area at the time of the Wood’s Royal Commission.

John Ibrahim….. Born August 1970, I will alleged no association of these unsolved murders and relationship to the suspicion of Abe Saffron association with the premises known as Sparkling Chandeliers.

1958 Pink Pussycat Club was started by Abe Saffron who arrived back in Australia in 1948 from the Merchant Navy

1958 The image I have attached about the Pink Pussycat Club you will look at the stairs and the reception desk as to the cutout of the wall and the area of the door at the rear of this area of the reception that is allegedly the same as within the brothel of World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers.

By newspaper reports I will allege Louie Bayeh was in charge of the security from Love Machine to the Pink Pussycat Club. Now if you relate the Pink Pussycat Club to 38A Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross it was the Golden Mile that Louie Controlled at one time. Look on Bobbi Sykes and note the Pink Pussycat Club addresshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobbi_Sykes There was always a hidden brothel, it was via the fire exit, and a perfect place for the alleged gambling and prostitutes that Abe Saffron was famous for.

1966 26 January, Beaumont Children disappeared. I will allege that the children, was brought to Kings Cross. The girl I will allege living down on the Cnr of William Street with other girls that became child prostitutes. Allegedly, the brother were murdered and their remains will be found within the brothel 36A Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross under the ladies toilet sub floor area as this is the oldest part of the brothel where no renovations have occurred. I will alleged, that the Beaumont Children were picked up by a man, that looks like the identikit in reports about the Beaumont Children that came to the brothel, during the period of July 20 2011 and continued to come to the brothel or contact till January 2012.

I will alleged, that this man of similar appearance with identikit utilised at that time, is known to me as Kell. This man introduced himself as a ex-President of the Nomads of Gold Coast Chapter, living on the Central Coast. His footage is on tape held by the Police force of NSW from the brothel Sparkling Chandeliers.

I will allege that this man, brought the children to Kings Cross allegedly for the purposes of child prostitution. During a period of time, the girl was kept for her ability to work in the industry and tragedy of the boys still to this day remains a mystery however they could be in the brothel, due to the problems this same brothel encountered 1971 by Shirley Briffman. Allegedly, the daughter of this lady came to the brothel during end of February 2012 and March 2012 with further contact since with Mother and daughter. The mother wrote messages to me. These messages alleged that she was living on the Corner of William Street, and terrified of the criminals then and now. During this period of knowing this working girl Ashlea she told me things. Ashlea told me about being a child, playing at the park and having a man being nice to her. This man would push you into a back of a car where they would give you things to take. These things, made you go to sleep and off your brain. When you woke up you would find yourself at a house where you were fed more drugs. People like allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges would be at this house Ashlea told me. You would be fed more drugs, you would be used by these people. Treated terribly, yet you were continually fed drugs till you had no control.

I will further allege, that Ashlea was telling me a story, a story of what happened within her mother’s life. On researching the mother, could be the right age to be one of the Beaumont Children and her messages to me seem to show some fear and awareness of allegedly criminal activity.

1970’s Pink Pussycat Club at 38a Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross or was this the secret club like many of the older working girls would say, you would have politicians up there. By Ann Bailey the grandmother on Darlinghurst Road one night when she was telling me about the history of the place World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers.

1971 Shirley Briffman Madame, paid for Protection to Detective Inspector Krabe by alleged reports. This protection, I will allege was against the heavies at that time trying to close the brothel to hide a secret. Shirley Briffman by history allegedly was paying Detective Inspector Krabe for protection ( I will alleged that this protection was due to the heavies on the strip at that time intimidating the Brothel owner then of 36A Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross) I will allege the protection was for further protection by police due to the alleged criminal actions towards Shirley Briffman and the brothel at that time.

I will allege that Abe Saffron, would hire out the brothel however they would play child games on the brothel owners to close the brothel. I would further allege that Abe was hiding a secret, that the intimidation would close the brothel hiding the secret and the owner would collect some money for the child’s play. First instance I have found is 1971 I will allege with Shirley Briffman.

1972 Victoria Street Development started

1973 Nugan Hand Bank which was established. Allegedly the bank that was utilised for the cleaning of funds for the developments within the structure allegedly under Abe Saffron’s control. Victoria Street Development allegedly will be part of these developments in Sydney, being passed by Sydney Council and Green Bans lifted during 1975.

1975 Brothel was shut…..allegedly 1975 Juanita Nielsen was hidden in the brothel, placed in sand. Brothel wasn’t operating I will allege after Shirley Briffman.

The floor level of the brothel at 36a Darlinghurst Road was hidden from the street thru black glass double doors and the main entrance was the fire exit to this area of the now brothel of Sparkling Chandeliers, this fire exit door would be utilised I will allege to bring bodies or people through to the brothel to be hidden from Darlinghurst Road. Allegedly S. Hardas from Madame Butterfly had the glass doors smashed front and back by reports of the same brothel now known as Sparkling Chandeliers.

5^th Step is the level of the concrete floor of the brothel, and the step nearly all of the working girls talked about as the step that protects, the step that holds a secret.

1975 August Sydney became a Chapter of Hells Angels and started *The Hells Angels Ltd I will alleged, Abe Saffron will be on the documentation of this company somewhere.

1975 August Melbourne became a Chapter of Hells Angels and started The Hells Angels Ltd

This is why the * as you cannot register two companies the same name under the ASICS registration of companies laws.

The Hells Angels Ltd when allegedly it is started now as it is listed around the world is the side of the Company of The Hells Angels Ltd. Parts of Hells Angels that refers to the motorcycles you will see will have Motorcycles within the name of the company showing a division within the name of The Hells Angels Ltd and the two types of identities.

I will allege my understanding of how the system was established, I believe that Abe Saffron had a right hand man allegedly that person I believe is Perc Galea. Why? Because of the fact that Bill Bayeh hold half the identity of the company behind the old Club 77 as mentioned and documented through newspapers.

1977 July 15 Donald Mackay allegedly murdered because of exposing Griffith supplying of drugs to Sydney and Melbourne In depth details have been given to police as to the alleged movements of the body.

1977 August 4 Howard Twyrell Murdered horse trainer from Dubbo I will allege due to the impact on the horse racing and cleaning of funds and making money through the industry to help fund the Victoria Street Development. In depth details have been given to police as to the alleged movements of the gun.

1978 Bruce Galea and Frank Amante on the death of Perc Galea had the Club 77 in Kings Cross (I will allege showing prior ownership was with Perc Galea) The address 77 Darlinghurst Road, has a position with the King of the Cross. Allegedly the King of the Cross will stand out the front of the club Porky's as the ownership of two companies controls Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross and further.

1985-1986 Madame Butterfly Brothel 36A Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross, with reference material of the Woods Royal Commission in 1994 I, Jennifer will further allege that the brothel Madame Butterfly was noted as not being able to open. I will further allege that S. Hardas was involved within many of the clubs that Abe Saffron owned, even to managing the Pink Pussycat Club. I will further alleged as to the description of S. Hardas by Evan Whitton reporting for the newspaper described a man similar looking as Sammy Sweet/Greek Sam and his brother as he introduced to Jennifer in July 2011.

Allegedly by reports within the Wood’s Royal Commission S. Hardas paid protection money to police. I will allege this payment of money was through the heavies at the time visiting the brothel by reports of Bayeh and McPherson documented within the Woods Royal Commission and S. Hardas rolled over as a police informant after being charged with bribing a police officer.

1991 Allegedly through the heat of Louie Bayeh allegedly King of the Cross at that time brought heat to Kings Cross reported in newspapers and the company *The Hells Angels Ltd was changed to TYVO Ltd to protect the company.

1991 Allegedly Bill Bayeh took the position of being called King of the Cross till his sentencing from the Wood’s Royal Commission.

1994 Wood’s Royal Commission May 1994 called to look into the corruption within the Police force.

1994 Murder MP John Newman Cabramatta I will allege to allow the flow of drugs through Cabramatta due to the Wood’s Royal Commission 1994 and alleged relevance to Kings Cross.

1994 Phuong NGO Fairfield Councillor and John Newman Labor MP allegedly the setting up of Ngo for the murder of John Newman MP was too allegedly to get rid of the two that were stopping the drugs being fed into Cabramatta. (allegedly through Gang 5T and Madonna’s Mob that later came to Kings Cross to 36a Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross)

1994-5-6 Bill Bayeh was charged through the Wood’s Royal Commission for drug trafficking.

1994 Documented in the Royal Commission by KX 1 and KX 6 about protection of the same brothel 36a Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross I will allege that this protection money to the police was for extra help from the heavies that were frequenting the premises as mentioned within the Wood’s Royal Commission of Bayeh and McPherson. Allegedly where the police under section 141 (a) of the Police act were not investigating the alleged bullyish and dangerous child’s play the money I will allege was for the police to place more protection on the brothel or to open the police case.

1995 The companies that allegedly relate to the ownership of the Golden Mile Darlinghurst Road, The Hell's Angels Ltd transferred owners on allegedly 10 October 1995 the last day of witnesses being called for the Wood's Royal Commission

2003 Pink Pussycat Club closes 38A Darlinghurst Road. Even thou the club had moved or the private club of the Pink Pussycat Club in 1975 that was open had long gone at 38a Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross. By looking at the images of the Pink Pussycat Club you I will allege that there was two clubs and that the Royal Commission in 1994 didn’t pick up that there were allegedly three Pink Pussycat clubs on Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross.

2003 Allegedly further extortion is noted; this I will allege is when Madonna’s Mob came to the same Brothel 36A Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross. Allegedly The Pink Pussycat Club and the noting of two clubs on Darlinghurst Road, one at 38A Darlinghurst Road and the other as 86A Darlinghurst Road was missed, with the original Pink Pussycat Club at 36A Darlinghurst Road in 1958. Allegedly was one of the key’s to the network, structure and a major point of where the Wood’s Royal Commission didn’t associate allegedly bribing police and extortion or heavies by others for further protection. I will allege where police under section 141 (a) of the Police act wont investigate in the intimidation during those times I will further allege this bribing of police is so they will allegedly investigate the criminal behaviour.

I will further allege to protect the drug network and the company associations *The Hells Angels Ltd allegedly the Pink Pussycat Club was shut 2003 I will allege to protect the company that Abe Saffron had controlled at one time.

2003 Beef and Bourbon Restaurant was closed, I will allege to protect the network between allegedly Abe Saffron, Houghton and Hand.

2003 Madonna’s Mob…from Cabramatta came to Kings Cross buying the building 34-36A Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross. Allegedly this building was previously owned by Abe Saffron or one of his companies. I will allege the level of the brothel had not been utilised to hide the secret, if the alleged brothel had opened in history the intimidation of heavies upon the business had come about to close the same brothel to hide the secret that exists within. The building was bought as Glowpave Pty Ltd. Now D and S Australia Ltd own the same building.

2003 Allegedly Madonna’s brothel/Massage was started in Kings Cross. Allegedly since the close of the brothel known as the secret brothel of the Pink Pussycat Club at 38a Darlinghurst Road it was the first time that the brothel could open. I will allege Madonna’s Mob was an organised criminal gang with asian connections within the drug world in Cabramatta. All, thou this brothel was opened by an alleged criminal organisation; it still was plagued by alleged extortion and by reports by others protection money paid to police to help protect the business. I will further allege that this brothel in 2009 was the largest heroin bust in Kings Cross history. Allegedly the person charged was called Rick. In the history of the Madonna’s Mob there was a President of this gang called Rick, co-incident.

2006 Abe Saffron Died

2006 By media reports Banditos Parramatta Chapter tried to take over Kings Cross. I will further allege at this time this push on Kings Cross was through the Bayeh’s trying to regain control with the Chapter Banditos and associates at that time. Allegedly they were, Louie Bayeh, Felix Lyle, Peter William Schaffer, Essam Nicola Gerges, Scott Orrock as allegedly some of the alleged masterminds behind it and still some of the master minds behind the push on Sparkling Chandeliers where they have visited the brothel, asked for money, intimidated through threats and act’s of violence.

2009 Allegedly Madonna’s Brothel….largest heroin drug bust in Kings Cross Brothel Closed.

2010 Bella’s Gentlemen’s Club at the same brothel 36A Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross was started. Allegedly the receptionist was dealing drugs within the first six months open and the brothel closed heavily extorted. I will further allege that protection money was paid to the police to further protect the premises by the owner terrified at the time by the intimidation. Allegedly a blonde sex worker caused problems Allegedly it was sex worker Michelle who I will allege was the first person in March 2011 that asked for a payment to give to John Ibrahim of $100000.00, allegedly Jennifer could operate the brothel 36A Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross. This sex worker Michelle residing at Astoria Hotel Room 11? during the Period of March 2011 and March 2012.

2010 The fire system within the building 36a Darlinghurst Road, Kings Cross was upgraded allegedly to protect the secret within the brothel

2011 World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers was started end of March and 1^st April Easter weekend and was extorted from the very first night opening. Allegedly this was to close the brothel to hide the secret. Sex worker Michelle has told me that her late husband was a police officer during the Royal Commission asked for his badge and gun back.

2011 29 June Bill Bayeh came out of goal

2011 Allegedly Roger Hegarty threatened to murder Jennifer July 2011 An AVO took 3 months to be placed on Roger Hegarty aka Stewart.

2011 Allegedly Roger Hegarty turned up in March 2011 to July 2011 selling drugs and moving the drugs through the sex workers that were utilising the premises Sparkling Chandeliers. I was totally against the drugs being sold by the sex workers. I asked Roger Hegarty and others to meet with workers outside the premises of Sparkling Chandeliers. I will further allege that is why Roger Hegarty was threatening murdering I, Jennifer and all the people inside the brothel because I had removed him from the said premises Sparkling Chandeliers.

2011 End of July Greek Sammy/Sammy Sweet came to the brothel, allegedly Greek Sammy has daily meetings with John Ibrahim he told Jennifer

2011 July Extorted by Allegedly Karyn Englehardt and a guy I believe is Rod Raffout asking for $1000 per week asking for this to be increased to $2500 per week Jennifer refused to pay. Karyn would send texts to Jennifer and comment about Sparkling Chandeliers or Sparkling Chandeliars was under siege.

2011 Allegedly Peter William Schaffer came with a Banditos hat on when he came to look at running the brothel in November 2011 at my home. We noticed that the same working girls allegedly working for the drug runners came back. Allegedly to close the business and cause havoc.

2011 November Allegedly Peter William Schaffer stood over me, Jennifer in the brothel reported to police. Allegedly the working girl Skye/Karyn Englehardt was in house. Allegedly Karyn Englehardt sent text messages that she was the CFO of Sparkling Chandeliers during that time and stating that she was paying all the people, and keeping funds.

2011 November, allegedly Jennifer found her car with a cross from a coffin near St George Hospital. Allegedly Child’s play however I took it serious.

2011 November Allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges was in house at the brothel above Peter Schaffer. Allegedly reporting back to others to close the brothel when Peter Schaffer was utilising standover tactics.

2011 November/December 2011 the premises were ransacked allegedly with Peter Schaffer and Essam Nicola Gerges standing out the front one night. At that time all were taken to the police station as I was told by Peter Schaffer.

2012 January allegedly Peter Schaffer threatened to murder Jennifer

2012 January Allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges came back in house on the 6^th January 2012 standing over that the brothel could not be active without him in house. Allegedly asking for money on a continued basis, for protection, green light as Essam would say.

2012 January Allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges had a meeting with Jennifer and Alex with Eastern Suburbs Chapter Sergeant of Arms Sewe. There were more than one meeting Jennifer met with them one in Chinatown, others at Mascot Manhattan bowling club where I met with Sewe and Essam on each occasion. Essam allegedly wanted me, Jennifer to be intimidated by these meetings.

2012 January Karyn Englehardt came back into texting Jennifer during that time allegedly blaming her/Jennifer for getting caught with drugs and threatening Dover Heights as to fix the problem.

2012 14 February Allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges was asking for money, Jennifer took him to Commonwealth Bank to show there was no money within the business.

2012 AllegedlyFebruary 50-60 Hells Angels Eastern suburbs Chapter. Allegedly the walk on Hells Angels at Kings Cross Essam Nicola Gerges joined Sewe walking down Darlinghurst Road in February 2012 in the front.

2012 Allegedly Essam Nicola Gerges said he had the green light and the business can open Sparkling Chandeliers all the time asking for money and taking anything that came to be the business. Allegedly he was doing drugs that he had promised to keep drugs outside of the brothel previously at other meetings including in front of Sewe Eastern Chapter Hells Angels Sargent at arms. I will further allege Essam Gerges continued asking for money where on the 14 February 2012 I took Essam to the Commonwealth Bank in Potts Point to show him that I, Jennifer had no money. At that time Essam Gerges were telling people he owned the brothel, and allegedly extorting me with 40% even more of the business he owned. Allegedly at that time Peter Schaffer came back with Essam, as business partners and claiming 30% each of the brothel. Allegedly Essam collecting all the money coming through the front doors as his business. I will allege further, this was a period of extortion, intimidation, further threats of murder continued.

2012 Quentin Vertigan came to the Brothel in January 2012 offering to help. At that meeting brought in a person allegedly known as his heavy Tony and a protection man for his brothels. Allegedly Quentin and Tony offered to rent the brothel off me. Continued phone calls to Jennifer however nothing in writing I will further allege that this is part of the system of the brothel industry that Quentin does when Quentin allegedly told me, Jennifer that he had been involved within 14 brothels in Sydney.

2012 April with over the months of negiotations with Quentin he offered to go into the brothel as a half share holder to get it up and running. Paperwork allegedly from his solicitor Steve Brown Etneries Lawyers

2012 April, Jennifer found that Quentin was going too slow even for asking $1500 pw, phone, computers, yet no money or promise for money was he offering, Jennifer felt it was allegedly part of another setup to destroy Jennifer and to have the brothel closed.

2012 I will allege Quentin offered to buy the brothel with a partner, allegedly the first partner he spoke about was Lazar from Clarence Street Sydney, various partners he allegedly could choose from 2^nd partner was the solicitor Steve Brown, 3^rd partner was Felix Lyle allegedly silent partner all with references from February 2012 referring back to Bill Bayeh and mentioning of many meetings. Allegedly having meetings about the brothel in April with Bill Bayeh the afternoon of a meeting with Steve Brown legal. Allegedly Felix Lyle was the person Quentin picked as his partner he told me.

2012 World Famous Sparkling Chandeliers was closed in March through threats of murder coming more and more all for what? Allegedly to hide the secret that stands or lies on the 5^th Step of the brothel. Allegedly Peter Schaffer asked for a payment of $12000 and drugs off me, Jennifer.

2012 Essam Nicola Gerges painted a cream square in Room F of the brothel that links to the subfloor area of the toilets in the 2nd hallway. This area by plan was different to original in 2004. The area co-insides with a timber floor being upgraded to concrete when the Bank was under the brothel, in doing so created a void where the additional 5 steps were added to the front stairs and to the fire exit with a further raised section of 2/3 steps on the second hallway is allegedly the position where allegedly the bodies were placed to be hidden and under control of the gang. Essam Nicola Gerges is approximately 60 years.

Allegedly this fire exit could also have been utilised by the premises 38a Darlinghurst Road in the past and sealed at a later date which allowed access to the brothel via the back stairs over some time when the brothel was a hidden brothel and the club had moved to the premises at 38a Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross as documented in the history of Bobbi Sykes.

Allegedly due to the murder of Juanita Nielsen not being found 1977 Donald Mackay was brought to the brothel again to be hidden and kept safe as his murder was to protect the drug industry.

Allegedly 1977 the murder of Howard Twyrell horse trainer at Dubbo was to protect the horse fixing and betting that was happening to allegedly clean the money for the development in Victoria Street and to pay for the hold up in the building of this venture within the mob. Allegedly two weeks after Donald Mackay.

Allegedly the gun will be in the same brothel maybe for all murders and allegedly the gun will be hidden in the brothel after the last murder of Howard Twyrell. I will further allege Peter William Schaffer told me, Jennifer in late February 2012 that there is a gun in the brothel somewhere. I will further allege Peter said he had looked for the gun however he couldn’t find it.

Allegedly in the end of January/February Essam Nicola Gerges painted a square in the Room F in cream on a red wall. Allegedly this wall area is the same area that many of the working girls explained there had been a horrific murder within the premises. This room F, has some unusual brick piers and walls which is only within Room F. This piering system is not throughout the whole brothel.

Allegedly, this area of the brothel with cream paint on is the base area of the bathroom which is old brown little square tiles. This area still would be considered on the fifth step via the fire exit as referred to many of the people that came from this mob/gang associates.

Allegedly in the second hallway, the timber two steps raised above the concrete floor will be the area around where Donald Mackay and the gun will be positioned within the brothel. Allegedly the brothel was closed in 1977 and still owned or governed by the same people. Allegedly the body was brought back to Sydney to a area being built as the murder happened to take the body and to hide the evidence, the gun I believe was added after the third murder. As allegedly with the body of Howard Twyrell the bullet was left behind and the markings on the gun could be matched. The casings left behind after the murder of Donald Mackay.

Allegedly whilst Jennifer was in the brothel, many of the working girls talked about seeing ghosts to scare me, Bobbi Sykes, Donald Mackay, Juanita Nielsen all described to me in description not by name.

Allegedly the brothel has had trouble opening, all to hide the murders that have existed to cover up the drug network and the drug industry within Australia to stay active.

Allegedly Karyn Englehardt had on her facebook in this same period that horticulture was available from Sparkling Chandeliers under her name.

Allegedly since leaving the brothel in Kings Cross the pressure from this mob has been daily all to try to make me bankrupt or to close the brothel.

Please search the brothel, World famous Sparkling Chandeliers………..

I will further allege was to hide the secret, of the 5^th Step and the human remains that I allege are hidden inside the brothel and is the cause why this brothel has been heavily extorted through history since 1971 Shirley Briffman.

I will further allege that the murders may be from 1966, 1975, 1977.

I will further allege the Royal Commission hasn’t associated the police bribing as a way to have the Police Act 141 (a) to have the police open an investigation into this alleged criminal activity.

I will further allege through the Royal Commission of 1994, the report on Phuong Ngo must be acknowleged and have the case reopened into the two points I make within the report.

1. Phuong Ngo, date of attending the movie Lion King and death of Ho Chi Minh

2. The seat in Parliament that Phuong Ngo was after was Upper house and the vacating of John Newman’s seat by his murder was a Lower house seat.

3. That the murder of John Newman and the goaling of Phuong Ngo allegedly allowed the drugs to flow through Cabramatta

Madame Butterfly 1985-6 couldn't open, we expose the history of Kings Cross. Report Evan Whitton

Coming Through The Rollover Door

Sun Herald

Saturday June 24, 1995

EVAN WHITTON

STEVE Hardas is a short, swarthy man of Greek extraction who looks like a refugee from the 1970s. He has sidelevers down to the bottom of his ear lobes; his black hair is long and curling up at the back; and at the front he wears it in bangs.

His darting eyes perhaps make him look a bit like a haunted ferret, but that may only derive from his present circumstances.

He wears a shapeless black double-breasted suit and a black tie. His birth date is given, apparently accurately, as September 19, 1937. This evoked some derision; he doesn't look anything like 57.

"Well, he's led a blameless life," suggested The 7.30 Report's Quentin Dempster.

Not quite; Hardas has been involved in sleaze of one sort or another at King Cross for at least a decade. He says his establishments included: Madame Butterfly 1985-86, the Barrel 1987, Pink Pussycat 1988-89, Action Cinema (Oxford Street) 1988-91, Pink Panther 1990-91, Tabu 1990-92, Nugatties 1992-94, Illusions 1994. He also sub-leased Abe Saffron's property, the Budget Hotel, to KX11, a cocaine dealer, in 1993.

Hardas says he was preparing to open the brothel/strip club to be called Madame Butterfly in 1985 when he had a visit from a Sydney legend, Leonard Arthur McPherson (b. May 19, 1921). With McPherson were Louie Bayeh and two other large men. Bayeh was described at a police tribunal in 1985 as a standover man and the legend's right hand. According to Hardas, they sought to put the fear on him. The message was that Hardas could only open it as a disco; that Con Kontorinakis had a monopoly on the brothel business in the Cross.

However, a protected witness called KX6 (Kings Cross informant number six) said Kontorinakis ran a strip joint for Bayeh in 1982. KX6 was a heavy at the strip joint at the time and was a wheelman for Louie Bayeh from 1984 to 1990. He said Bayeh extorted $20,000 a week from a number of illegal operations in Sydney in return for police protection.

All this raises a question, not yet answered at the inquiry, whether Bayeh and perhaps McPherson had an interest in brothel/strip clubs at the Cross. The Commissioner, Justice James Wood, asked Hardas if one of the other large men with McPherson and Bayeh might have been a Branko Balic. Hardas said he did not know, but the question indicated that Wood is up to speed on McPherson and his associates.

That in turn suggested that McPherson might be invited to favour Wood with his knowledge, if any, of police corruption in Sydney over the past half century; Wood is inquiring into whether corruption is "entrenched or systemic".

Hardas may have had an answer to that. Counsel assisting, John Agius-who seems, along with the commission's police investigators, to have covered himself with glory in his carriage of the Kings Cross segment-noted that Hardas had given evidence of paying bribes to Sergeant Jeff Meizer and to detectives Graham (Kentucky Fried) Fowler, Trevor Haken, Kim Thomson, Neville Scullion and John Swan. Meizer was hospitalised after being found unconscious last Friday.

Agius: Why did you pay that money to the detectives at Kings Cross?

Hardas: When I move-when I move on business at Kings Cross, I be told by civilians that Kings Cross-this is the only way to be operating: if you co-operate with police officers and make payments to them...

Agius: But like a business overhead, like any other business overhead that you had?

Hardas: Like a business overhead, yes.

To the idle bystander, that may sound like entrenched or systemic corruption. Hardas wasn't overly troubled by NSW police until 1994, and McPherson, like another Sydney legend, Abe Saffron, has rarely been been troubled by police; the fact that he is now in prison is down to the National Crime Authority.

Detective Sergeant Les Chown said in December 1968 that McPherson was "an organiser of crime and needed no introduction as an organiser of crime". He also mentioned that McPherson "has been arrested for murder on a number of occasions".

If McPherson does make an appearance, it may be assumed that Wood will require a little more detail than the famous answer he gave at the 1973-74 Moffitt Royal Commission on organised crime in clubs, at which he denied being a person used for intimidation.

Asked to explain his income, McPherson replied: "I do the best I can."

Hardas seems to have been unfazed by McPherson, Bayeh and the other large men. He said he told them that Madame Butterfly was going to be a strip club, ie, brothel. He said "they weren't very happy" with his response.

"Before we opened," Hardas said, "we got threatening phone calls saying: 'We're going to bomb it.' I ignored it."

His intransigence, and the fact that no more than glass doors at the front and back of Madame Butterfly were smashed, could not have been good for McPherson's legendary reputation, or for Bayeh's for that matter. Hardas claims to have had paid police for protection against criminal charges; this may also have protected him from McPherson and Bayeh.

Hardas said he did not have a connection with Abe Saffron when he started Madame Butterfly; the connection came later when Saffron's functionary, Ms Theresa (Terry) Tkaczyk (pronounced Cawzik), invited him to go into various properties in the Cross owned by Saffron.

Perhaps Ms Tkaczyk and Saffron may also be invited to tell Wood whether they agree with what Hardas was told: to operate in dubious King Cross properties, you have to pay police.

To persuade Hardas to tell the truth was a bit like pulling teeth. He had earlier given evidence that there was nothing untoward in his relations with police at the Cross.

On Tuesday last week he began to tell some of the truth. Late in the day Agius played a video of Hardas giving $2000 to Sergeant Trevor Haken.

"If you tell any more lies," Agius said, "you are liable to be prosecuted for each and every lie. Think carefully overnight."

Wood added some words that must be echoing painfully around the service: "What I want is the truth. I'll find it come hell or high water."

Hardas' appearance next day, Wednesday, June 21, was thus awaited with interest. There was a delay of nearly two hours beyond the usual starting time of 9.45 am. It was assumed that Hardas and his lawyer were negotiating with Agius & Co. The advice of any reputable lawyer would be to tell the truth, but witnesses in the criminal milieu, including corrupt police, have to make very careful calculations as to the balance of advantage.

Four doors give ingress to the hearing room. The public, lawyers, media and ordinary witnesses enter from a door at the back; counsel assisting enter from a door at the right; Wood comes in from a door further down on the right. Over on the left, behind the witness box is a door through which come protected witnesses.

"Might we have Mr Hardas, please," Agius said to the hearing room Sheriff's Officer, Jeremy RoperTyler, at 11.48am. He did not move to the door at the back of the court; he moved to the door on the left.

Roper-Tyler's move occasioned a sibilant whisper in the bleachers reserved for the working Press: "He's coming through the rollover door!"

So fell another domino.

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