He later described the attack, saying "Fuck Les, I shot him in the arse.
Aware that he is being investigated by the Wood Royal Commission, Dennis Kelly dobs in fellow corrupt detective Jim Egan to investigators. After Louis threatens two of Kassab's associates, his house is sprayed with automatic fire.
When he finds out it isn't true, Maria asks to be driven to her mother's house, but she never makes it. | Kim Hollingsworth decides to apply for the police academy after growing sick of her life as a sex worker. Justice James noted that "I am firmly of the view that, having regard to the multiplicity of the offences, the two killings, in the context of the wounding of Mr Singleton, and also the total culpability of the offender for the three offences, the sentence of life imprisonment for each of the murders is the only appropriate sentence". Since the Royal Commission, the Golden Mile has plunged into chaos and violence with turf wars breaking out. On 31 October 2001 Supreme Court Justice Greg James sentenced Kanaan to two terms of life imprisonment plus 25 years imprisonment in relation to the malicious wounding of Singleton, with no non-parole period set. He served in the IDF as a shooting instructor and was also a member of the national Water-Polo team. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Celebrity Names with the Letter D: Part 1.
Daryl Lee as John Webb, Debbie Webb's father. Melissa McCole-Brooks as Mrs Sinclair, Sean Sinclair's wife. However, she finds romance with her colleague Greg Locke. Every Sunday, gang boss Danny Karam would collect his rent.
On 31 May 2006, Supreme Court Justice Megan Latham sentenced Kanaan to 12 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 7 years, noting that "the threat to public safety and public order represented by these offences was of the highest order". The series also shows the continuing corrupt activities within NSW Police ranks stationed in Kings Cross, particularly Trevor Haken, Jim Egan and Dennis Kelly, who reprise their roles from Season 2 and Graham "Chook" Fowler, Eddie "Parrot" Gould and Neville "Scully" Scullion. On 27 July 2007, District Court judge Stephen Norrish sentenced Kanaan to 10 years imprisonment in relation to the Greenacre shooting. Commission investigator Gerry Lloyd hires Shaka, a former lieutenant to Benny Kassab, to wear a wire to expose the corrupt police working with Bill Bayeh.
and started shooting at Elias' feet. Rebecca Lee Slade as Michelle (1 episode), Classmate and Ibrahim's one time lover. Under pressure from the Wood Royal Commission, Trevor Haken's paranoia reaches an all-new high.
Kanaan produced a gun and fired at least four shots (witnesses reported varying numbers of shots) before the group drove off.[2].
Mor began his acting career playing a drug lord in the award winning Australian film, Cedar Boys. Singleton replied with … [1] The series also premiered on TV3 in New Zealand on Wednesday 5 May 2010 at 8:30 pm.[2]. He is trained in the Meisner Technique, mime, and movement.
After Kassab is arrested trying to flee the country, he figures out it was Norm who turned him in.
Born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Kim reaches boiling point when her friend and fellow prostitute Wanda is found dead. Megan Drury as Claudia Campanelli, King's Cross detective and sexual assault victim. El-Assaad re-entered the unit.
An intelligent but rebellious Lebanese high school boy named John Ibrahim joins his friends in Kings Cross with plans and dreams of making a fortune. In the center of the series, social justice crusader and NSW MP John Hatton initiates the Wood Royal Commission to investigate corrupt police officers. Singleton replied with a racist comment and a fight involving the three patrons, Rossini, Kazzi and Kanaan ensued. After the Wood Royal Commission closes, all the old forces of the King's Cross drug trade have been imprisoned and the corrupt police have been cleaned out of the New South Wales police. Mawas was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 19 years.
Whilst Fowler denies he is involved in corruption, he is shown covert video footage of him accepting a bribe from Trevor Haken. Cheree Cassidy as Debbie Webb, Kings Cross detective and whistleblower. On 29 August 2002, Supreme Court Justice James Wood sentenced Kanaan to life imprisonment in relation to the murder of Karam. Throughout the series the plot shows how John began his entrepreneurship by working for underworld figures like George Freeman and Lenny McPherson, who at the time were the ultimate kings of the Cross. "Who the fuck are you?"
The applications were dismissed.[22][23].
El-Assaad was sentenced to 24 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 18 years (on 13 April 2006 the Court of Criminal Appeal reduced the sentence to 22 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 16 years 6 months). Her concern was that the series, which was based on a book of the same name she believed that defamed her, would also defame her by implying she had a sexual relationship with John Ibrahim. After Kassab's arrest, Danny Karam has formed a gang called "DK's Boys" in attempt to take over the Cross, but his gang members, led by the loose cannon Michael Kanaan, plot his murder and attempt to take control for themselves, their violence escalates with kneecappings of rivals to an eventual shooting of civilians. Two kneecappings in the one day, in the same place. However, the operation fails and Kim is sent by the Commission to Adelaide, where she sees no choice but to return to prostitution. He entered a degree course at university with a view to entering the Australian Federal Police, but following a conviction for an assault charge he instead entered the computer industry. Dan Mor is an actor known for Killing Jesus, Underbelly 'The Golden Mile', Arrowhead. [8] On May 28, 2012 Jamal was sentenced to 12 years for the drive by shooting with a non-parole period of 6 years and 6 months .[9]. Kim discovers that Sergeant Dave, her "boyfriend", is married, and tricks him in revenge by agreeing to participate in another sex show... that she has no intention of delivering. Kanaan, El-Assaad and Jamal were charged in relation to a shooting incident on Eveleigh Street, Redfern, in Sydney's inner-south.
Peter Phillips-Vass as Benny Puta, Kings Cross drug dealer. "Mor is an incredibly ambitious individual with an intensity not unlike the biggest movie stars" Film Ink. On 18 December 2002 Supreme Court Justice Robert Hulme sentenced Kanaan in relation to being an accessory after the fact to the malicious wounding of Edward Lee (having pleaded guilty). He survived. He completed his studies at Tel-Aviv University and holds a degree in Life Science. Corrupt police inspector Dennis Kelly tries to get a politician's daughter off drink-driving charges. The series premiered on the Nine Network on 11 April 2010 at 8.30 pm, with the double episode premiere attracting an average of 2.23 million viewers nationally, in the mainland capitals. Rossini and Cheikh escaped. It was also aborted. She is approached by the Royal Commission task force and becomes an undercover agent, but her application for the police workforce is rejected after her previous employment history is revealed, and the Royal Commission abandons her after her uses are over. Karam and the gangs principal criminal activity was the distribution and sale of cocaine in the inner-Sydney suburb of Kings Cross. Ronny Mouawad as Norm Korbage, Kassab's associate and drug addict.
However, the operation goes awry, resulting in several deaths by overdose and Shaka's own deportation to Lebanon. His "tenants" were paying the … Some of the characters, particularly those of the NSW Police, reprise their roles from A Tale of Two Cities. Danny Karam and Hammer's drug addictions result in both of them robbing Bill Bayeh, causing further tensions between Hammer and John Ibrahim. His father, Ami Mor, is a veteran of the 1967 Six-Day War and of the 1973 Yom-Kipur War. When Bill's business suffers as a result, tensions rise between Bill and his brother, Louis Bayeh. She decides to sue the NSW Police and wins the lawsuit, though she never receives any compensation. Lesley Hancock as Dawn, Madame of the brothel Kim works at. [25], On 21 December 2010 Hatfield succeeded in a defamation suit against the publishers of Underbelly: The Golden Mile, the tie-in book to the series, being awarded $59,000 in damages. Sarah Jane Coombe as Krystal (1 episode), a prostitute. Soon, Kassab becomes Bayeh's "fall guy", holding the money and drugs from Bill's deals. When Debbie discovers that Eddie participated in the gang-rape of another officer, she is outraged and she reports the incident to the Deputy Commissioner, only to be labelled a "whistleblower". Sabeena Manalis as Natalie (1 episode), John Ibrahim's love interest. [7] Kanaan and El-Assaad were found not guilty by a District Court jury on 16 May 2005. In order to escape conviction, Trevor volunteers to become a "supergrass" and expose corruption in King's Cross. Wright and Hurle were hospitalised but both died the following day. On 13 April 2006 the Court of Criminal Appeal rejected Kanaan's appeal in relation to the murder of Karam. Michael Vice as Benny Kassab, Kings Cross drug dealer. She reports the incident to the Wood Royal Commission, and in so doing, exposes her past as a stripper and a prostitute. On 15 February 2007 a District Court jury convicted Kanaan and Jamal in relation to the Greenacre shooting.
Anthony Di Placido as Rabeeh "Rabs" Mawas, member of DK's boys. [3] Jamal fired two shots at Elias, hitting him in the buttock. She believed that she was defamed in episode 6, "Women in Uniform", arguing that the depiction of the character of Wendy Jones, which is allegedly based on her, engaged in an affair with Ibrahim had defamed her and caused her "to be bought into hatred, ridicule and contempt" and "gravely injured her character". Kings Cross drug dealer Danny Georges Karam. This subsequently confined Kanaaan to a wheelchair until his wounds healed. Notably, all three sentences were the maximum possible sentences for the relevant offences. Whilst shooting at Fotopoulos, Kanaan accidentally shot himself in the foot.
When gang violence breaks out in King's Cross, John Ibrahim is placed under pressure to clean up the drug mess on the streets.
Lieschen Pogue as Galina, Kim Hollingsworth's friend and fellow prostitute. The "DK's Boys" drug gang took control of Sydney's criminal drug trade with violence and intimidation. On the footpath, two friends, Ronald Singleton and Michael Hurle were involved in an altercation, and they were joined by a third friend, Adam Wright. In March 2010, former King's Cross policewoman Wendy Hatfield lodged an application in the New South Wales Supreme Court, asking to view five episodes of the series featuring a character supposedly based on her, Wendy Jones, to see if she had been defamed.
His performance caught the eye of the producers for the award winning Australian drama series Underbelly, who invited him to audition for Underbelly 'The Golden Mile' where he played the infamous Danny DK Karam. As he sat in his car and despite being armed himself, Karam was ambushed and shot 16 times in the head and was killed. Taking cover, he called to Fotopoulos, who went to his aid and engaged in a gunfight with Kanaan. The Director of Public Prosecutions was not impressed and ordered that Kanaan stand trial on the basis of an ex-officio indictment. He attended CBHS Lewisham in Sydney and achieved a good result in his Higher School Certificate. On 17 September 1999, Kanaan was arrested in relation to the Five Dock murders and the murder of Karam. Debbie Webb joins the fraud squad, but is snubbed due to her whistleblower reputation. Kim Hollingsworth's police friend, Sergeant Dave, abandons her after she "dobs in" to Internal Affairs a police officer who made sexual advances against her.