Fellow detective Michael Drury opens up on Roger Rogerson and 1984 shooting, "He rightly perceived that if the true position was disclosed then it may be suspected that he had concocted or at least moulded his story about providing a pistol to suit Rogerson's interests.". Most of Jamie Gao's murder was caught on CCTV. The Court of Criminal Appeal threw out their cases in Sydney this morning, almost five years after they were jailed for life for murdering Jamie Gao. What an interesting confluence: one man who has an appalling reputation but has rehabilitated himself to genial rogue for hire, and a bloke whos supposed to be pure and downtrodden, McNab says. However, on 20 November 1989, Rogerson was acquitted. McPherson was a standover man who probably committed or commissioned more murders than any other major organised figure. First introduced by the Norman-French at the Invasion of England in 1066, it was originally a baptismal personal name Rogier. A new book by former colleague Duncan McNab details how the charismatic one-time detective manipulated generations of fellow officers and gangsters, but when the mask slipped he revealed a vile and vicious criminal. Stephen Bear, who starred in several seasons of reality TV shows aired in Australia, has been jailed for 21 months for sharing a sex tape. Arthur Stanley Neddy Smith is a big force of character in the first Blue Murder series. He turned himself in after being spotted on surveillance, spun a story, and set up his former colleagues. [13], Rogerson worked on some of the biggest cases of the early 1970s, including the Toecutter Gang Murder and the Whiskey Au Go Go Fire in Brisbane. "Roger would like to see you," she said. Rogerson wanted me to tell him the 'real' McNamara story the one the jury didnt hear. Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara sentenced to life in prison He assures me McNamara is the key to his freedom. BLUE Murder was the original true crime blockbuster, a massive hit even while it was still banned. Disgraced detective's last bid for freedom to not die in jail. Property News:House prices in some school catchments explode by up to $367,000 - domain.com.au, Your web browser is no longer supported. [33] However, Rogerson then lodged an appeal in 2020. Ex-cops lose drug dealer murder appeal | PerthNow Roger Rogerson was the teak-hard. [12] He has two daughters by his first wife Joy Archer. Stella Dings unique way of relating to her students has seen the NSW science teacher develop engaging lessons based on gaming. In 1981, in a back lane called Dangar Place in Sydneys Chippendale, in front of a large group of police officers, Rogerson shot dead heroin dealer Warren Lanfranchi. Single mother faces 170 parking fine after overstaying at McDonald's for just 14 minutes while she treated Man had sex with his wife on bollard in protest after it had been erected by neighbour to stop him parking What will the next pandemic be? He hasn't seen him for however long he's been in jail.'. He spent a further three years in jail. They were famously photographed slapping each other with wads of $50 notes for the benefit of federal police surveillance unit at Chinatown's Covent Garden Hotel. "The case relied upon by Rogerson was completely lacking in credibility and did not raise any doubt about his guilt," the judgement read. Rogerson, 76, is incarcerated in the aged and frail unit at Sydneys Long Bay prisons, where his old friend Neddy Smith is also serving a life sentence. One of Australia's most notorious cops, Roger Rogerson, is likely to die in jail after a court declined to extend his time to appeal. Gao was not the first drug dealer whose life Rogerson had ended with two bullets to the chest. Smith said Lanfranchi had asked him to organise a payment to Rogerson so that the dealer wasnt charged with the police shooting. This was tainted by Purdey's claims that Rogerson assaulted him, prevented him from calling his solicitor and typed up to five different records of the interview. "It was open to the sentencing judge to determine that a life sentence should be imposed," he said. In 2016 after the men were jailed, he met with Rogerson's solicitor Peter Katsoolis and police then began to investigate. The idea was quite simply the Triad in Hong Kong and their enforcers would not know who Jamie Gao was selling to, so if Jamie Gao disappeared and it was done cleanly and concisely, hed just become a disappeared person.. Former Sydney detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara have lost an appeal against their convictions for murdering a drug dealer. Theres a long and sad list and I reckon there would be a few people who have just gone, disappeared, that no one cares about.. Ive never seen a man more terrified in my life, he says. [8][9], A new trial started on 1 February 2016. [17][18], Rogerson received a criminal conviction, which was overturned on appeal, for involvement in drug dealing, allegedly conspiring with notorious Melbourne drug dealer Dennis Allen to supply heroin. Although gun residue was found on Rogerson's clothes, the judge said he couldn't be satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt of who fired the fatal shot. Smith was by then a pariah in the underworld and despised by the detectives he said had allowed him to make millions of dollars from dealing heroin and staging armed robberies. His first experience of killing came in 1976 in the NSW town of Avoca Beach, where he and other officers rained gunfire on a house holding murderous criminal Phillip Western. "Oh it's a little f------ beauty isn't it Oh and by the way, don't tell Roger about this," the witness alleged McNamara said. Read about our approach to external linking. He is also known for his association with other New South Wales (NSW) detectives who are reputed to have been corrupt, including Ray "Gunner" Kelly and Fred Krahe, and with a number of organised crime figures, including Abe Saffron,[7] Arthur "Neddy" Smith and Christopher Dale Flannery. That shooting hastened the detective's downfall after Lanfranchi's girlfriend Sallie-Anne Huckstepp publicly stated her lover was meeting Rogerson to pay him a bribe. On February 6, 1986 she told her flat mate that she would be back home shortly after an evening phone call. The first Blue Murder series is largely based on Smiths book Neddy. Drury alleged that Rogerson had tried to bribe him to changes his evidence in the heroin trial of Melbourne dealer Alan Williams. Rogerson was tried but acquitted on conspiracy to murder charges. Drury was a Sydney detective whose dramatic attempted murder in 1984 believed to have been carried out by Melbourne hitman Chris Flannery brought an end to Roger Rogersons career. Gao's body was later dumped off the coast. Justice Bell said both accused had run "cut-throat defences". Rogerson, McNamara 'should be jailed for life' over Gao murder, Rogerson, McNamara jailed for life for murder of Jamie Gao, Canberra coach Ricky Stuart slams NRL, RLPA following further concussion controversy, 'How dare they': Possum Magic author hits out at 'ridiculous' Roald Dahl edits, 'Dastardly and heinous crime': Philippines governor killed at home by unknown gunmen, Vanuatu hit by two cyclones and twin earthquakes in two days, Emily was studying law when she had to go to court. Credit: Daniel Munoz. Both Rogerson and McNamara lodged a notice of intention to appeal days after their life sentences were imposed in 2016. The CCTV footage of the entirety of the crime was devastating - it's probably the 'most recorded' murder in Australian history. Disgraced NSW detective Roger Rogerson, jailed for murder, could give evidence to the coronial inquest into the 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing in Brisbane which killed 15 people. [19], Rogerson was dismissed from the NSW Police Force on 11 April 1986 (had not seen active service since his suspension on 30 November 1984 as a result of the Drury investigation). The 20-year-old student was shot dead in a Padstow storage unit in 2014 and his body was wrapped in a tarpaulin anddumped in Cronulla. In January 1958, he joined the New South Wales Police Cadet Service. Smith has spent much of his life in prison for earlier crimes, but despite his reputation as a killer, he was convicted of only two deaths. , who was shot dead inside a Padstow storage unit in 2014. Delving deep again into a signal event in Rogersons past the 1981 shooting of heroin dealer Warren Lanfranchi, which began the coppers original fall from grace he tracked down a man believed to have witnessed the event as a teenager on the street. People whove known him have seen the facade drop, and it drops hard and fast, and the real Roger pops out: vile, vicious, opportunistic, McNab says. He later joked in court that the media had changed his name by deed poll from decorated officer to "disgraced former detective". Drury is now retired from the police force and a respected philatelist and collector of rare stamps. Rogerson is pictured in 2004. CONDEMNED to spend the rest of his days behind bars, disgraced detective turned convicted killer Roger Rogerson will be held in an aged care wing where he regularly conducts singalongs, to stop him becoming a godfather-type figure to young inmates, prison sources have revealed. Lennie McPherson - Sydney Crime Museum Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. The latter are alleged to. All times AEDT (GMT +11). Lawyer's murder hints at secrets of Australia mafia, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. A Sydney prostitute, Lyn Woodward, later vanished within hours of giving evidence in the case. The latter is what brought Rogerson together with McNamara, whose own cultivated image as a former honest cop hung out to dry likewise unravels under McNabs inspection. + Follow. Set in 1980s Sydney, this acclaimed mini-series tells the story of the relationship between corrupt Detective Roger Rogerson and one of Australia's most infamous criminals Neddy Smith. 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The judge who sentenced them in 2016, Justice Geoffrey Bellew, said the pair were "overwhelmed by greed"and had formed an agreement to kill with "a complete disregard for the life of another human being". A month into the trial, McNab realised this dark new chapter for Rogerson was no epilogue to his previous biography but a new book in the begging. Rogerson was welcomed in Bandidos and Rebels clubhouses across the country and was regularly seen briefing queues of bikies in coffee shops. One was the murder in company of tow truck driver, Ronnie Flavell and the other of brothel owner Harvey Jones. Notorious gangster Neddy Smith died aged 76 in Long Bay jail last week while serving a life sentence of murder. According to Camden, the noted historian of the 16th century, this name Roger was a . Roger Rogerson could not have been written by anyone else. He spent nine months in jail in 1990 before being released on bail pending an ultimately unsuccessful appeal. It was later claimed that Rogerson shot Lanfranchi for robbing a heroin dealer under the detectives police protection. Published Sep 4, 2016. He did less than other crime bosses to avoid publicity, and was referred to in the media as Mr Big and less often as "Mr Ten Percent". My view is it started out as a drug deal that became a rip off and at some point in the planning Roger said, well if it doesnt go right, well just top him, end of story, he says. Violent and sinister characters populate the script: Neddy Smith, played by Tony Martin, is the charismatic big man of Sydneys gangland. While Smith was virtually untouchable as he ran amok across Sydney many of his criminal associates on the 1980s died violently. News Limited reported Thursday that police four years ago investigated claims Woodward was killed and buried in sand hills behind a beach south of Sydney. Roger Rogerson being escorted to a prison van at the Supreme Court in Sydney in 2016. Credit: Dean Lewins/AAP Late last year, as Rogerson languished in a cell in the geriatric unit of Sydney's Long Bay jail over the Gao murder, I received a call from his wife Anne. CCTV showed both men walking into a Padstow storage facility with the young drug dealer in 2014 before he was shot dead. People I know whove taken him on as a mate, love his company, cant even begin to pin down why hed done this [murder Gao], McNab says. Train fares will rise by 5.9% TOMORROW - but travellers can still get cheaper tickets if they buy them Will El Salvador's new mega-prison turn into a bloodbath?