Graham agreed to share his home photos with VICE, to offer an unfiltered look of his tranquil moments in a life that was polluted with crime. Rogerson had an alibi he was drinking at a club in Merrylands with police prosecutor Mal Spence but its widely believed he ordered Neddy to kill Huckstepp. "I regret it, of course I do. Former detective Roger Rogerson once said the people he shot never ended up in hospital they went straight to the morgue. Lanfranchis girlfriend, prostitute Sallie-Anne Huckstepp, threatened to blow the lid off police corruption, and in particular Rogerson and his involvement with criminals like Smith. Photograph: Rob Hutchison/AAP. One minute later Gao wrote back: "Hey it was great having a drink with you last night, but I'm not in the mood to study today, I was wondering if you wanted to grab lunch this afternoon.". Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Rogerson showed no emotion and put his left hand on a piece of paper he appeared to be reading. The next thing he remembers is Rogerson opening the shed door and demanding Gao hand over the "gear". Kakadu National Park rangers in war against feral animals as populations boom, Shoe polish stands begin to vanish, lose their shine, A Nazi-hunting nun, an accused murderer, a theatre legend: This Australian actor plays them all, Indigenous cricket legends, Hawke's duck and a call to the Queen. She appeared in a sensational TV interview on 60 Minutes and made bombshell allegations about the corrupt relationship between Rogerson and Smith. But the story they concocted to get off murder charges was certainly not the same one presented to the jury during their 18-week trial in the NSW Supreme Court this year. Her claim in 1981, that Roger Rogerson was one of the country's most corrupt cops was proven to be true. Huckstepp was born as Sallie-Anne Krivoshow into a middle class Jewish family[1] and attended Dover Heights High School and Moriah College in Sydney. A few hours later her body was found lying face down in busby pond within Sydney's centennial park. Huckstepp, 26, was found floating in Sydneys Busby Pond, Centennial Park, on February 7, 1986 by a man walking his dog. This is the boat that would later be used to dump Gao's body at sea. He opens the roller door and closes it behind him after he walks in. "I was not on the boat, I wouldn't have got on that boat," he said. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. I know Warrens family suffered deeply, but I cannot do anything about it. "I think that's probably what's lost in today, is [that] Jamie Gao has been executed.". [4], The inquest found that on the balance of probabilities, Rogerson had been trying to arrest Lanfranchi, but refused to find he had acted in self defence. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. "It is the Crown case that what happened in that boat that day had nothing to do with fishing but everything to do with getting rid of the deceased," Mr Maxwell said. There appeared to be no attempt by the killer(s) to hide Huckstepps body which was found floating in a shallow pond in the heart of Sydneys Centennial Park. Rogerson's barrister George Thomas said: "the jury made its decision". Rogerson who is now 80, and Glen McNamara, now 62, were jailed for life for the murder of drug dealer Jamie Gao. Some wouldn't survive. Huckstepp said Lanfranchi was meeting Rogerson to pay off $10,000 when he was shot. I believe I acted in good faith, and that if I had not shot him, he would have shot me," he said. In the same 2006 interview with the ABC, Rogerson recalled the first time he shot someone. On Rogerson's version, McNamara told him there had been a struggle, and that Gao had shot himself twice in the chest. CCTV footage of the silver surfboard bag being taken out of the Ford. She was wrong. Years later Smith confessed to the murder when he told a cell mate he had strangled Huckstepp and held her underwater. He also became an entertainer, telling stories of his police activities in a stage show called The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, with former footballers Warwick Capper and Mark Jackson. [3], Smith claims that Rogerson had instructed him to drive Lanfranchi to a meeting with him and to disarm him in the car. "But while this is the verdict our family were hoping would be delivered, true justice can never really be served. Rogerson claimed self-defence and was eventually given a bravery award. For a whole decade, Rogerson was better known as "Roger the Dodger" in media headlines. Detective Chief Inspector Russell Oxford said. Please try again later. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. McNamara paints a very different picture. She made the following statement which eventually helped lead to the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Wood Royal Commission: Huckstepp also went to the media and gave extensive interviews, claiming that Rogerson had murdered Lanfranchi and stolen $10,000 Lanfranchi was carrying to bribe Rogerson. At 1.46pm on May 20, security footage captures Gao getting out of a white Ford station wagon and slipping into an unlit storage shed. Detective Chief Inspector Russell Oxford leaves court after the guilty verdicts. ROGER Rogerson remarked to Glen McNamara in the aftermath of Jamie Gao's murder that he had "such nice daughters, really lovely lovely girls" while "tapping" a dark coloured lump in his pockets, McNamara's daughter told a jury yesterday. The only thing Rogerson says he planned to do that day was mow his lawns and sweep the gutters. 5 days ago. You can bet your bottom dollar Roger and Neddy were behind her murder, a police officer has said, The Daily Telegraph reported. Roger Rogerson outside Sydney's Supreme Court. Smith then claimed he dragged her into the pond and stood on her back to keep her head submerged for a few more minutes. Shes obsessed with him, something I believe will always be the case until the day one of them dies., Before he was uncovered as a cold-blooded killer, Roger, now the subject of TV miniseries. Huckstepp maintained Lafranchi had been murdered and she became a police informant. Real name Arthur Stanley Smith, but always known as Ned or Neddy, Smith was immortalised in TV series Blue Murder. The Peter Mitchell Award, the highest annual police award, was presented to him in 1980 for the arrest of escaped armed robber Gary Purdey. Sallie Annes daughter Sascha Huckstepp was just 12 years old when her mother was murdered. 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He gave evidence against Roger Rogerson and other corrupt police officers, who he said he paid large sums from his heroin deals to turn a blind eye. A fraudster, drug dealer, and killer, he was finally stopped in a murder plot now known as one of the most recorded murder cases in Australian history. Left Mick Fanning, funeral director. But what Gao did not realise was that Rogerson and McNamara's plan was to steal the 2.78kilograms of ice he had brought them. Both denied having anything to do with the car's acquisition but police found a receipt for the car in McNamara's Cronulla apartment with Rogerson's right index fingerprint on it. He told the ABC, then commissioner Jack Avery was the lead in a campaign against him. In the wake of the 60 Minutes interview, Sallie-Anne's life took a new direction; she became a journalist and author. Rogerson and McNamara showed no emotion as the jury of five women and seven men handed down their verdict in the NSW Supreme Court. McNamara said Rogerson shot and killed Mr Gao before threatening him and his family, but Rogerson claims he found Mr Gao already dead. But where their versions separate is inside unit 803 at Rent a Space, Padstow. But his family says that, despite the legal system working, nothing will bring their Jamie back. In September 2016, two former police detectives, Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Jamie Gao. Roger Rogerson at the time of his arrest in May 2014. Credit:Nick Moir. Blue Murder - Season 1 Episode 2. + Follow. So they went to Kennards Hire at Taren Point where they are again captured on security footage, hiring a two-tonne chain block. In June 1981, a small-time heroin dealer and street thug was shot dead by a NSW police officer in an inner Sydney laneway. During this time, Rogerson was in charge of finding the perfect place to carry out the deal and kill. Disgraced former detectives Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara are set to die in jail after losing their appeals over the cold-blooded execution of a Sydney student and drug dealer. I believe that Rogerson had had enough, that he said that she had to go. She left school at the age of seventeen and married Bryan Huckstepp. The jury took 6 days to consider their verdict. But his family says that, despite the legal system working, nothing will bring their Jamie back. Roger Rogerson yesterday rejected claims he had threatened to kill Glen McNamara and his daughters if he did not help conceal the murder of Jamie Gao, describing the suggestion as "another . The 81-year-old has been ordered to appear at the Whiskey Au Go Go inquest . THE Sydney prostitute thought going public about crooked cops involved in killing her partner would protect her. Roger Rogerson leaves a court hearing in 2014. Throughout his early career, Rogerson received at least a dozen bravery awards. "Then I looked down and I saw an Asian man lying on the floor with his head to my right and he was dead.". Credit: AAP. Ann, daughter of John and Mary (Ann) FULLER, died 20 th September 1777 aged 17 years. SALLIE-Anne Huckstepp was a Sydney prostitute who bravely, and perhaps naively, blew the whistle on crooked cops but it was a move that ultimately cost her life. He claimed he was on the water near the crime scene because he'd had an issue with his boat's gas line. Drury claims he refused to accept a bribe from Rogerson to change his evidence in a heroin trafficking trial. When Mercer asked Rogerson about allegations regarding "corruption, heroin dealing and skimming the proceeds of armed robberies", Rogerson replied: "The allegations are completely untrue.".