CORRUPT cop and convicted killer Roger Rogerson has been working as a prison cleaner at Long Bay . Watch the video above about Roger Rogerson's sentencing. From shooting heroin dealer Warren Lanfranchi in Dangar Place, the now notorious city back lane, to living it up with a violent underworld identity, Rogerson is Blue Murders dramatic focus. But the three appeal judges agreed Witness A was a "liar". Low income Aussies and pensioners could be forced out of homes, Tens of thousands flock to Bondi for one-off dance party, Major traffic chaos warning for Sydney across busiest weekend in years. [8][9], A new trial started on 1 February 2016. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A large scale search was underway at Freshwater Beach on Saturday night after a young man was reported missing in the water. [25], On 27 May 2014, Rogerson was charged with the murder of Sydney student Jamie Gao, allegedly after a drug deal having gone wrong. Detectives have variously described . A three-judge panel of Justice Andrew Bell, JusticeRobert Beech-Jones and Justice Robert Allan Hulme in the NSW Court of Appeal today unanimously dismissed the appeals. Roger Rogerson reacts to learning Neddy Smith died in the same jail An armed robber, nightclub bouncer and convicted rapist, he moved into contract killing and is said to have murdered a Melbourne barrister and later a Sydney brothel owner. 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. But Justice Bell said the Crown had established a circumstantial case against the men. Rogerson was referring to the fact that there was a manhunt for him and that his mate Glen McNamara had been arrested on his way back from Cooma jail where he had been discussing the extortion plan. Rogerson, the once-masterful court performer who swayed a jury to take his word over both Drurys and the heroin dealer who said hed paid Rogerson for the hit, will end his life behind bars, serving a life sentence along with McNamara. He once claimed to be a cash millionaire. . He became a Sydney celebrity because of his close relationship during the 1980s with corrupt police detective Roger Rogerson. He had the politicians knack about him, the charm to work a room, says McNab. "Roger would like to see you," she said. She also claimed that Neddy Smith had lied at Lanfranchis inquest and was in cahoots with Rogerson. Neddy Smith stood trial for her murder, but was acquitted. Glen McNamara is escorted by a correctional services officer as he leaves the NSW supreme court in Sydney in February 2016. An inquest heard Rogerson fatally shot Lanfranchi while trying to effect an arrest, but failed to find it was done in self-defence. Rogerson and Smith's joint exploits were immortalised in the award-winning 1995 television series Blue Murder and their notorious association helped eventually bring each man down. According to Camden, the noted historian of the 16th century, this name Roger was a valiant . At 78 years old, and with a body worn by hard work, hes well qualified. In 1986, Huckstepp, also a sex worker, was found dead in a pond in central Sydney's Centennial Park. Smith insisted they became partners in crime. Rogerson, 75, and McNamara, 57, were found guilty of murdering Mr Gao, 20, during a drug deal at a Padstow storage facility on May 20, 2014 and dumping his body in waters off Cronulla the next day. He spun off his infamy into a round of after-dinner pub speaking engagements. New light is shed on Rogersons link to heroin importation via Thai sex workers and trafficking in the 1980s with Melbourne criminal Dennis Dr Death Allen, who was believed to be involved in the killings of up to 15 people. Not much stuck. Rogerson is serving life in prison, alongside fellow former police officer Glen McNamara, over the murder of 20-year-old drug dealer Jamie Gao in May 2014. Flannery would ultimately meet a similar fate to that of Roger Wilson. Made in 1995, by the time all the court cases, ICAC and royal commission hearings about the cops and crims had been cleared for the ABC to broadcast in 2001, countless people had watched it. He had been at Merrylands Bowling Club the night Huckstepp was killed, and said he had never told Smith it would be 'best to get rid of Croft'. His defence is trying to establish he wasn't part of the agreement to kill or rob the victim. The NSW crown prosecutor, Christopher Maxwell sought for the judge to jail Rogerson and McNamara for life, stating there was no distinction between a contract killing and killing for the purpose of financial gain[30], One detective witness told the Daily Telegraph "it was like tracking the stars of Amateur Hour", regarding the killing of Jamie Gao. 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. Late last year, as Rogerson languished in a cell in the geriatric unit of Sydneys Long Bay jail over the Gao murder, I received a call from his wife Anne. Former detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Jamie Gao. After his latest conviction, he is expected to spend the rest of his life in jail. By 1978, his reputation was sufficient to gain convictions based on the strength of unsigned records of interviews with prisoners (known as "police verbals"). But the escapade would put to the sword for all time the old coppers cultivated public image as a misunderstood rogue and confirm in the eyes of the law his murderous intent. 'He did mention that he probably would have been dead long before if he hadn't been in jail but that's about it,' she said, Rogerson and Smith could often be found drinking at inner-city pubs including Alexandria's Star and Iron Duke, the Captain Cook at Millers Point and the Lord Wolseley in Ultimo. Rogerson wanted me to tell him the 'real' McNamara story the one the jury didnt hear. On 15 June 2016, Rogerson and McNamara were found guilty of Gao's murder. Blue Murder burst onto the screens with scenes of Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson in a bulletproof vest stalking crims in a line of Sydney traffic with an assault rifle. Their relationship hit the skids when Rogerson outed him on television as an informant, and Smith outed Rogerson to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The first Blue Murder series is largely based on Smiths book Neddy. The jury said I didn't act in self-defence. The CCTV footage of the entirety of the crime was devastating - it's probably the 'most recorded' murder in Australian history. Married to his then wife Debra, with whom he had four children, the physically imposing Smith is both a wiley gangster and a big-hearted family man. Roger Rogerson In addition, two Hong Kong men drove Gao to the deadly drug deal and called New South Wales police 30 hours after he disappeared. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. She went on television and gave extensive interviews about allegedly crooked police, including Rogerson who she claimed murdered Lanfranchi and stole the $10,000 bribe he was carrying to be let off the police shooting. Those f------ lefties at the Herald and the ABC gave me f------ heaps but I got through it," he was alleged to have said to his one-time friend. He says McNamara wasnt a hero cop whose career was ruined by his battle against corruption that was a fiction he created. Andrew Rule's final meeting with corrupt cop Roger Rogerson His sentencing in August will likely be seen as ending an era of deeply rooted police corruption. Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara: a deadly bromance 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. More than one acquaintance describes Rogerson as a psychopath but the apparently remorseless killer has never undergone a psychiatric assessment of any depth, McNab says. Reborn as an investigative journalist and author, McNab became Rogersons unauthorised biographer with his 2006 book The Dodger. Smith was born in 1944 and was a major criminal, involved particularly in armed robbery, heroin trafficking, and murder. "I don't know why he said that but I wasn't going to tell Roger anyway because he would have kicked my a--- for touching a gun.". Rogerson verdict: What it's like to be an old bloke in jail - LinkedIn The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Roger Rogerson, 80, was in Long Bay's aged and frail unit last Wednesday when a prison officer told him his longtime accomplice turned enemy Neddy Smith had died in the jail hospital aged 76. [27] On 6 March 2015, both accused were arraigned at a hearing in the NSW Supreme Court. She also made statements to the New South Wales Police Internal Affairs Branch. Blue Murder: With Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day. "Mr McNamara said don't tell Rogerson because that goes to the whole issue whether or not the applicant had any knowledge of whether or not there was a gun," John Stratton SC argued. But Drury believed the shocking truth that Rogerson was involved, and could only publicly admitted it after the disgraced detective was convicted for Jamie Gaos murder in late 2016. She began a relationship with a police officer. Australia's killer with a badge: Roger Rogerson - BBC News According to his girlfriend, Sallie-Anne Huckstep, who pursued the matter through the media, Lanfranchi was unarmed and carrying A$10,000 (5,200, $7,350) - money which was never found. The sentencing of the 75-year-old detective recalls an era of deeply rooted police corruption in Australia, Rogerson rose through the ranks during his career to win 12 commendation awards, Sallie-Anne Huckstep spoke out against Rogerson, who shot dad her drug dealer boyfriend Warren Lanfranchi, Russian minister laughed at for Ukraine war claims. In the pre-digital era, illegal bootleg video cassettes of Blue Murder I and II were jealously guarded, surreptitiously leant and massively copied. Rogerson, McNamara jailed for life for murder of Jamie Gao And so are the Sydney gang wars of the mid 1980s, when criminals turned on each other in a shooting feast over dominance in the Sydney heroin trade. 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 spent a further three years in jail. CCTV showed both men walking into the storage unit with the drug dealer and at their trial they each blamed theother for killing him. While dealing narcotics he was also pulling off brazen armed robberies worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Smith, who was once the most infamous crook in Australia, was serving life for murder.
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