#AceNewsReport – June.13: In June last year, detectives from the State Crime Commandโs Drug and Firearms Squad, with assistance from the NSW Crime Commission (NSWCC), established Strike Force Wolara to investigate the activities of a criminal syndicate suspected to be involved in the supply of prohibited drugs across the state:
NSW: Last Wednesday (2 June 2021), strike force detectives, with assistance from the Public Order and Riot Squad (PORS) and Australian Border Force (ABF) Detector Dog Unit, executed two search warrants at homes at Marrickville and Roselands.
Friday, 11 June 2021 12:24:45 PM
During the search of the Roselands home, police located a large quantity of cash concealed under concrete flooring in a storage shed.
The cash was seized and is currently undergoing further examination as it is being counted. Itโs estimated to be in excess of $7 million.
Following further inquiries, a 39-year-old man was arrested at Sydney International Airport just after 9pm yesterday (Thursday 10 June 2021), attempting to board a flight to Dubai.
Strike force detectives attended a short time later and escorted the man to Mascot Police Station, where he was charged with knowingly deal with proceeds of crime.
The Earlwood man has been refused bail to appear at Central Local Court today (Friday 11 June 2021).
Investigations under Strike Force Wolara are continuingโฆโฆโฆ..
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#AceNewsReport – Jun.13: During the first week of the high-stakes defamation trial, the Federal Court in Sydney was given not only an insight into Mr Roberts-Smith’s risky battles against Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, but a preview of how Nine Entertainment Co will defend the reports that triggered the case:
SYDNEY: Mr Roberts-Smith claims he was defamed by a series of stories published in 2018 by The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times, including by allegations of unlawful killings trial continues on Tuesday โฆโฆ
Barrister Nicholas Owens SC, for Nine, said many of the 21 military witnesses had never spoken with one another about what they saw on deployments.
“Conspiracy between them, we will submit, is simply impossible,” he said during an opening address.
Mr Owens framed the case as requiring a choice between “two diametrically opposed stories incapable of being reconciled to one another”; one, he suggested, had to be a fabrication.
Nine’s defence documents contain allegations Mr Roberts-Smith was involved in six unlawful killings, bullied Special Air Services Regiment (SAS) colleagues and committed an act of domestic violence against a woman in 2018.
Mr Owens described the SAS witnesses as “honourable men who could remain silent no longer”, adding that it took courage to speak up in such an organisation.
Mr Roberts-Smith’s legal team is arguing he was a “tall poppy” whose reputation as an “exceptional soldier” was destroyed by colleagues who were resentful of his success and aided by “credulous journalists” publishing dishonest work.
The 42-year-old spent much of his first two days in the witness box recounting, in vivid detail, his Afghanistan missions, some of which involved risking his own life for the sake of advancing his team’s progress.
Mr Roberts-Smith dismissed as “ridiculous” the allegation he was complicit in an Easter 2009 murder, in which a “rookie” soldier was ordered by another colleague to execute an unarmed man in order to be “blooded”.
Equally as ridiculous, he said, was the allegation he carried a man with a prosthetic leg over his shoulder after clearing a compound, before shooting him 10-15 times with a machine gun.
But it was “particularly disgusting”, the veteran said, to be accused of murder during a 2012 mission in which he swam across the Helmund River to hunt down a suspected insurgent named Hekmatulla, who had earlier killed three Australians in a surprise attack.
“If anything, you’d think people would be proud of someone who’s prepared to do that,” he told the court yesterday.
Nine withdrew that allegation in their defence case shortly before the trial.
A central allegation in the reporting was put to Mr Roberts-Smith just before the court entered a closed session yesterday.
Nine’s articles alleged that during a 2012 mission in Darwan, a man called Ali Jan was handcuffed, led to a cliff by Mr Roberts-Smith and kicked over, before being executed on the creek bed.
Court documents show Nine is unsure who shot Ali Jan, but alleges Mr Roberts-Smith was part of an agreement with another colleague that he be killed.
Mr Roberts-Smith has told the judge he has never killed an unarmed prisoner and to be accused of doing so left him in disbelief.
“You feel like you’re in a bloody nightmare, to be frank,” he said.
He said he had legitimately engaged in combat a so-called Taliban “spotter” that day, who was hiding in a cornfield, but denied there was any cliff or any truth to the Ali Jan allegation.
The veteran has also described a change in “attitude” amongst his colleagues after he was awarded the Victoria Cross for a fierce battle in Tizak in 2010.
He said the accolade brought him pride, but also misfortune and pain because it “put a target on his back” and resulted in being belittled by fellow SAS soldiers.
Mr Roberts-Smith’s evidence will continue on Tuesday.
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#AceNewsReport – June.12: The 26-year-old from Kempsey died in Long Bay prison hospital in 2015 after guards dragged him to another cell and held him face down while he was sedated in an effort to stop him eating biscuits:
WARNING: The article contains an image and the name of an Indigenous person who has died:
David Dungay Jr’s mother takes fight against Indigenous deaths in custody to United Nations: Guards said they feared Mr Dungay would go into a diabetic coma if he continued eating because he lived with type 1 diabetes and was dependent on insulin.
updated Yesterday at 5:33am
His mother, Leetona Dungay, is unhappy with what she says is a lack of action following her son’s death in custody and has decided to file a complaint with the United Nations Human Rights Committee, arguing Australian authorities failed to protect her son’s right to life.
A coronial inquest into Mr Dungay’s death was held in 2019 and found he died from cardiac arrhythmia, with contributing factors including his diabetes, antipsychotic medication, and extreme stress and agitation.
At the time, deputy state coroner Derek Lee rejected a submission from Mr Dungay’s family that the officers involved be referred for disciplinary action.
Claim of failure to protect Mr Dungay’s ‘right to life’
Ms Dungay said she wanted the UN to know about her son’s death and the broader issue of Indigenous deaths in custody.
“What they should know about Australia is that they’ve shown a blind eye to racism under [this] government,” Ms Dungay said.
“The government said on TV there’s no racism here in Australia. [Prime Minister Scott Morrison] needs to open his eyes and have another look at that and take some action for us Aboriginal people when it comes to black deaths in custody.”
Ms Dungay’s complaint argues both the Commonwealth and NSW governments failed to protect Mr Dungay’s right to life.
She wants the UN to put pressure on Australian authorities to “prosecute, try and punish” those responsible in order to get justice for her son.
“Governments have a responsibility to hold people accountable when they take a life,” Ms Dungay said.
“But still no-one here has been charged with my son’s death.”
“That’s why we need to go to the international stage to seek justice โ to shame our government into action, to expose systemic racism that runs throughout the justice system.”
“Black lives do matter.”
Ms Dungay is raising the issue of black deaths in custody at the international body with the help of human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson from Doughty Street Chambers and George Newhouse from the National Justice Project.
The high-profile legal team wants the UN to put pressure on Australian governments and institutions to implement the 339 recommendations of the 1991 Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
The Attorney-General’s Department told the ABC 78 per cent of the 339 recommendations of the royal commission had been fully or mostly implemented, 16 per cent had been partially implemented and 6 per cent were yet to be implemented.
Some Indigenous organisations and Ms Dungay’s legal team contests those figures.
The Attorney-General’s Department confirmed it had not yet seen Ms Dungay’s complaint.
Ms Robinson said it was disappointing that 30 years on from the royal commission, its recommendations to help prevent Indigenous Australians from dying in custody had not been fully implemented.
“Individual complaints at the UN can take years to be resolved, but in the meantime, we will continue to work with Leetona to ensure that her voice is heard,” she said.
Once the complaint is lodged, the Commonwealth Government will have an opportunity to respond before the UN committee decides whether or not to take further action.
The ABC has contacted the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, and the NSW Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for comment.
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#AceNewsReport – May.15: He then ran through the CBD with a knife, seriously injuring bystander Lin Bo and slashing at members of the public until bystanders pinned him down with a milk crate and chair:
SYDNEY: โMert Ney jailed for 44 years over CBD murder of Sydney woman Michaela Dunn he repeatedly stabbed the 24-year-old in a CBD apartment in August 2019, before filming the crime scene on his phone and sending graphic videos to friends on social mediaโ
Justice Peter Johnson today sentenced Ney to 44 years in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years.
“This was a cruel, brutal and terrifying attack made for no reason,” he told the NSW Supreme Court.
Michaela Dunn was killed in a CBD apartment in August 2019.
When Ney arrived in the Clarence Street apartment for a sex work appointment, Ms Dunn asked him several times if he was OK, the court had previously heard.
Justice Johnson today said Ms Dunn was alone and vulnerable with a stranger who met her for the purpose of killing her.
He described Ney’s social media videos as “gruesome and bizarre” and rejected the murderer’s claims that he intended to leave the apartment without paying.
Ney was pinned underneath a milk crate and chair by bystanders.(Supplied: Seven News)
Justice Johnson said the 22-year-old created “bedlam” in the streets, wearing a balaclava to “maximise the fear” in members of the public.
The judge praised the intervening bystanders for placing themselves at risk.
“Despite the offenderโs repeated pleas to be killed, he had in fact been captured by a courageous group of citizens who had come together for the single purpose of restraining the offender so as to bring his violent, terrifying and chaotic rampage to an end.”
Joanne Dunn (left), mother of Michaela Dunn, arrives at court for Ney’s sentening.(ABC: James Gourley)
Despite proclaiming โAllahu Akbarโ in both his social media videos and on the streets, Ney denied being motivated by religious extremism and said he was only pretending to be a terrorist in the hope of dying at the hands of police.
While the court also heard Ney was “obsessed” with footage of the Christchurch massacre, Justice Johnson concluded he wasn’t adherent to radical beliefs himself.
The judge said Ney “took on the trappings, gestures and language of a terrorist”.
“It appears he was influenced by the Christchurch terrorist murders and mass killings and had a morbid interest in shootings associated with his descent into the fantasy world of violent interactive games in which he indulged himself for some time,” Justice Johnson said.
The Crown had called for a life sentence to be imposed.
Justice Johnson took into account Ney’s mental health issues and also applied a 10 per cent discount for him pleading guilty.
He said Ney presented as ” a self-centred individual” with concern only for himself.
“The offender is a dangerous man and continues to be a dangerous man,” the judge said.
“The position appears bleak in the extreme with respect to the offender’s prospects of returning to the community and living a lawful life in the future.”
Ney’s earliest release date is August 2052, when he will be 53 years old.
‘I’m really frustrated’
Sister of Michaela Dunn welcomes killer’s sentence
Outside court, Michaela Dunn’s sister Emily said there would always be a permanently empty spot at their dinner table.
She lamented that her child would grow up not knowing how funny and kind her aunty was.
“Iโm not angry, because thereโs no point being angry, but Iโm really, really frustrated,” she said.
“Iโm frustrated with the system. There were so many times that could have and should have stopped what happened on the day that Mikki died.”
But Ms Dunn said the family was trying hard to leave the frustration behind and craft their future in a way that would honour her sister.
“Weโll always make space in our lives for an Aperol spritz and some cat photos,” she said.
“Weโll always make time for rich experiences shared with the ones that we love and weโll always prioritize love and laughter in our families.
“Itโs time now for us to try and move forward.”
Michaela Dunn’s family said they would find a way to honour her.(Instagram)
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#AceNewsReport – Mar.12: They found the man unresponsive in the basement car park: Paramedics began CPR on the man and he was taken to St Vincent’s Hospital where he died a short time later.
SYDNEY: โMan dies after being found with critical injuries in Rushcutters Bay: โEmergency services were called to the building on Kings Cross Road in Rushcutters Bay about 1.50pm today after reports of an assault and a man was arrested at the scene and is assisting police with their inquiriesโ
Acting Superintendent Michael Fuller said police had responded to a call reporting an alleged assault but had no other details.
Police sources believe it was a domestic violence related incident and that the two men were living together in one of the apartments.
Eyewitness and local resident Cane Foster said he saw a man sitting on the side of the road before being arrested.
“There was a guy being taken by two police officers into the back of a paddy wagon, not dressed in particular clean clothes or anything like that, he looked quite dishevelled if anything,” he said.
“I’m feeling very shocked knowing what the circumstances are”.
Supt Michael Fuller has appealed for the caller and any witnesses to contact Kings Cross Police Station or Crime Stoppers.
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#AceNewsReport – May.10: The arrest warrant was sought by NSW JCTT โ comprising the AFP, NSW Police Force (NSWPF), the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and the NSW Crime Commission โ following an investigation into the manโs alleged travel from Sydney to Turkey in 2013.
NSW Report: Australian man who allegedly recruited for #IslamicState arrested on return from Turkey in 2013: The 30-year-old former Sydney man, who was subject to an outstanding arrest warrant in NSW, was arrested at Melbourne International Airport by members of the AFP International Counter Terrorism Investigations Response Team after arriving on a flight from Turkey about 4pm yesterday (Saturday, 8 May 2021)โ
Authorities will allege the man then travelled from Turkey to Syria, where he allegedly facilitated the travel of foreign terrorist fighters to support Islamic State (IS).
The man appeared via video link before Melbourne Magistratesโ Court this morning. He was remanded in the custody of Corrections Victoria where he will undergo mandatory quarantine.
He is next scheduled to appear on Friday, 21 May 2021 for an extradition application to NSW, where he will face court on a number of Commonwealth terrorism offences, including:
One count of knowingly give support/resources to a terrorist organisation, contrary to section 102.7(1) of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). This offence is punishable by a maximum term of 25 years imprisonment.
One count of engage in a hostile activity in a foreign state, contrary to section 6(1)(a) of the Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978 (Cth). This offence is punishable by a maximum term of 20 years imprisonment.
Three counts of provide support for another person to engage in a hostile activity in a foreign state, contrary to section 7(1)(e) of the Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978 (Cth). This offence is punishable by a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment; and
One count of entering, or remaining in, declared areas contrary to section 119.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth). This offence is punishable by a maximum term of 10 years imprisonment.
Australian Federal Police Commander Counter Terrorism Operations Stephen Dametto said the return of the Sydney man demonstrates Australian authorities continue working with overseas counterparts to support the management of terrorist threats offshore.
โAnyone who fights with, provides material support to, or associates with terrorist groups, is committing a serious crime and will be subject to the law,โ Commander Dametto said.
โIt has been an offence since 1978 to engage in hostile activity in a foreign country, unless serving in, or with the armed forces of the government of a foreign country.
โWe have a responsibility to prevent our citizens from contributing to violence and instability overseas. Our laws are aimed at discouraging Australians from fighting in overseas conflicts and endangering their lives.โ
NSWPF Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Commander, Assistant Commissioner Mark Walton, said this was another example of the strength of the partnerships and collaboration in the counter terrorism framework.
โThe diligence and dedication of the NSW JCTT investigators, was complemented by the significant work conducted by other colleagues both here and abroad, to achieve this result,โ Assistant Commissioner Walton said.
โCounter terrorism investigations remain a priority in NSW, and any act or plan for an act that may impact on the safety of our community โ regardless of when it occurred โ will be acted on with the same tenacity.โ
There is no current or impending threat to the community related to the operation.
Anyone with information about extremist activity or possible threats to the community should come forward, no matter how small or insignificant you may think the information may be. The National Security Hotline is 1800 123 400.
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#AceHealthReport – May.08: Although “disease detectives” know the man contracted the virus from a returning traveller at the Park Royal at Darling Harbour, there was no direct contact between that man and the traveller so there is still a missing link.
#CoronavirusNewsDesk – Sydney’s new #COVID19 restrictions mean masks are in, dancing is out and added restrictions will be in place for at least three days while the state is on high alert and contact tracing continuesโ
The restrictions were legally enforceable from 5.00pm on Thursday but Premier Gladys Berejiklian asked people to abide by the new rules as soon as they heard about them.
At this stage, they lift at 12.01am Monday morning.
The measures will be in effect for the Greater Sydney region, which includes Wollongong, the Central Coast and the Blue Mountains.
What are the restrictions?
Household visitors have been cut to a maximum of 20 guests, including children.
Masks are again compulsory on public transport.
They’re also compulsory in all indoor public venues, like retail outlets, theatres, hospitals, aged care facilities and for front-of-house hospitality staff.
Visitors to aged care facilities will be limited to two people.
What about venues?
Patrons must be seated when drinking in bars and pubs over the next three days.(AAP: James Gourley)
When eating or drinking at a hospitality venue, you’re allowed to remove your mask.
But you can no longer stand and drink in an indoor venue.
Dancing at indoor venues is also banned again except if you’re at a wedding where it’s strongly recommended that no more than 20 people are on the dance floor at any one time.
Singing by audiences at indoor shows or by congregants at indoor places of worship is also not allowed.
What about my Mother’s Day plans?
Ms Berejiklian has made it clear she still wants people to celebrate Mother’s Day on Sunday and said there was no need to cancel plans to go out.
“We’ve been very careful not to impact unnecessarily businesses and others who might have already made arrangements over the weekend,” she said.
“But we do ask citizens and workers to be extra cautious and adopt that compulsory mask wearing.”
She also stressed the hygiene protocols we’ve all become accustomed to must be followed.
“We also want to make sure people are just sensible,” she said.
“Make sure you maintain your good social distancing, make sure you avoid large events if you’re vulnerable and make sure you exhibit good hygiene.”
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#AceNewsReport – May.06: Police said MacGill knew one of the men and the plot had been financially motivated: He sustained minor injuries in the incident but didn’t require medical care, police said: MacGill, 50, was a Test spinner for the national team between 1998 and 2008: At one point, he was ranked the world’s second-best bowler behind his team-mate Shane Warne:
Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australian cricketer kidnapped and released in Sydney: Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place on 14 April
NSW POLICE REPORT: Latest News: Four charged after man allegedly kidnapped from Sydney’s Lower North Shore
Wednesday, 05 May 2021 02:21:35 PM:
Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged four men following an investigation into the alleged kidnapping of another man from Sydneyโs Lower North Shore last month.
About 8pm on Wednesday 14 April 2021, a 50-year-old man was allegedly confronted by a 46-year-old man near the intersection of Parraween and Winnie Streets at Cremorne.
A short time later the pair were approached by two other men who allegedly forced the older man into a vehicle.
He was then driven to a property at Bringelly, where the two men, plus another unknown man, allegedly assaulted the 50-year-old man and threatened him with a firearm.
About an hour later, the man was driven to the Belmore area and released.
The incident was reported to officers from North Shore Police Area Command on Tuesday 20 April 2021.
Detectives from the State Crime Commandโs Robbery and Serious Crime Squad were notified and subsequently commenced an investigation under Strike Force Cain.
Following extensive inquiries, strike force detectives, with assistance from Raptor Squad and the Public Order and Riot Squad, arrested four men from 6am today (Wednesday 5 May 2021).
A short time later, officers executed search warrants at homes at Sutherland, Caringbah, Brighton Le-Sands, Banksia and Marrickville, and a crime scene warrant at a property in Bringelly.
During the searches, police seized mobile phones and a vehicle. All items will undergo further examination.
A 27-year-old man was arrested at Caringbah, while a 29-year-old man was arrested at Sutherland.
The men were taken to Sutherland Police Station and both charged with participate criminal group contribute criminal activity and take/detain in company with intent to get advantage occasion actual bodily harm.
A 46-year-old man was arrested at Brighton Le Sands, while a 42-year-old man was arrested at Banksia.
The older man was charged with take/detain in company with intent to get advantage occasion actual bodily harm, participate criminal group contribute criminal activity and supply prohibited drug (large commercial quantity).
The younger man was charged with knowingly direct activities of criminal group and take/detain in company with intent to get advantage occasion actual bodily harm.
All four men were refused bail to appear at Sutherland Local Court today (Wednesday 5 May 2021).
Investigations by the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad are continuing.
New South Wales Police said the arrests, which took place after raids were conducted across Sydney on Wednesday, were the result of a two-week long investigation.
Police allege MacGill had been approached and confronted in the Sydney suburb of Cremorne one evening by a 46-year-old man he knew.
Two other men then appeared and the group forced the ex-cricketer into a car.
He was driven to a remote site in Bringelly, on the city’s outskirts, where he was allegedly assaulted and threatened at gunpoint by the “criminal gang”, police said.
After about an hour, he was driven to the south-west suburb of Belmore and released, police said.
Authorities said no money was handed over or obtained in the course of the attack, but the kidnapping attempt had been financially motivated.
Police said MacGill reported the crime to authorities one week after it occurred, and that he had been worried about his and his family’s safety.
“To be standing on a street, to be dragged into a car, driven a remote location, physically assaulted, threatened with a firearm, held for a period of time and then dumped, I think you would be pretty worried,” said detective Anthony Holton.
“I know it is only an hour that he was held, but it would have been a horribly frightful hour to endure through,” he added.
He said MacGill’s ordeal was “not involved in any back story that leads to him having a personal debt to other people,” and that he was solely being treated as a “victim of a targeted kidnapping”.
Police said the arrested group members – aged 27, 29, 42 and 46 – would be charged later on Wednesday.
Australian media reported MacGill, who retired from cricket in 2008, works as the general manager of a restaurant in Sydney’s northern suburbs.
MacGill is yet to provide public comment on the incident.
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