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Jenna-Lee Hughes sentenced to 18 months

Swimsuit model turned cop Jenna-Lee Hughes sentenced to 18 months

Peter Bodkin 
The Daily Telegraph
March 28, 2013 12:06PM

A SWIMSUIT model turned cop who used a police database to get information on an underworld figure because she wanted men to like her has been ordered to spend at least a year behind bars.

Former constable Jenna-Lee Hughes, 25, this morning bowed her head and sobbed in the dock as a District Court judge delivered his sentence after branding her a liar.

In 2010 while serving with Surry Hills police Hughes looked up information on Mosman crime figure Alex Macris for her then-boyfriend Neil Cummins, who was working as a bodyguard for Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim.

The Ibrahim family thought Macris's brother John was behind the near-fatal shooting of Fadi Ibrahim outside his Castle Cove home, the court heard.

In 2008 and 2009 she had used the police system to look up information for another boyfriend, Jack Sweeney, also known as Jack Moran.

Hughes failed to report who was responsible for the theft, instead feeding information about the police investigation into the crime to her partner. 
She later pleaded guilty to four charges of misconduct and lying to the Police Integrity Commission during a 2011 probe into her wrongdoing.

During her sentence hearing, Hughes told Judge Mark Marien she didn't know Macris's name until she looked up his car registration details for Cummins.

"I was young, impressionable, stupid and I wanted these boys to like me," she said.

But Judge Marien today said he was convinced Hughes knew both who Macris was and why her boyfriend wanted details about him.

"When she gave it to Cummins she was aware of the real possibility that the information would be passed on by (him) to criminal elements," he said.

"As a result of her passing on that information to Cummins, (she knew) some physical harm might befall Alex Macris or some members of the Macris family."

Michael and Fadi Ibrahim were both cleared on charges of plotting to kill John Macris earlier this year.

Judge Marien said Hughes had "deliberately lied" to the court and he didn't believe she was sorry for her serious misconduct.

He sentenced her to a maximum of 18 months in prison with a one-year non-parole period.

Thomas Kelly: Funeral and Court Round up

Thomas Kelly farewelled by family and friends at former school

Clementine Cuneo and wires
The Daily Telegraph
July 20, 2012 12:44PM



THOMAS Kelly was a determined, courageous young man whose life was cut tragically short, his father has told mourners at a funeral service in Sydney.
Ralph and Kathy Kelly held the hands of their younger two children Stuart and Madeleine, as they walked into The Kings School chapel for the funeral service.

Hundreds of people gathered in and around the chapel to say goodbye to Tom, 18, who was killed in a Kings Cross attack almost a fortnight ago.
Kieran Loveridge, 18, has been charged with murder.
"Thomas was a courageous boy in both his life and his death,'' Mr Kelly  told the service.
"The more I knew him the more I was in awe of his sheer determination.''
Mr Kelly also read out his son's final email, sent on July 6, the night before he was fatally attacked.
Thomas wrote that he was going to have an early night on Friday, July 6 because he wanted to save his energy for the next evening.
"Na, I'm not going out tonight,'' the teenager wrote to his father in the email.
"I might be back a little later - just stay for a drink - but want to have an early night and enjoy tomorrow instead.'
Mr Kelly said his son also spoke about what he was going to have for dinner that evening and about sorting out a tax form.
"I will treasure those last written words to me written from my son,'' Ralph Kelly continued.
"Thomas did in fact go out that Friday night, he spent some time with his good friends from Mosman playing pool at The Oaks (pub) in Neutral Bay.
"In hindsight I'm very glad he got to spend some time with his good friends that evening.
"He would have spent his last night happy.'
Mr Kelly said the days since his son's death had been an emotional rollercoaster.
"It's still difficult to believe Thomas will not be coming home again,'' he said.
"I don't think th e reality has yet set in. We still talk about Thomas in the present tense.
"Each night we turn on his bedside lamp and say a prayer.''
The Reverend Stephen Edwards said it wasn't long ago that Thomas Kelly was sitting in the chapel where his funeral was taking place.
"It was was the last thing on our minds that we'd be returning so quickly to farewell one of our own,'' he said.
"Our compassion and our hearts go out to Thomas's family.
"To Ralph and Kathy, to Stuart and to Madeleine.''
Other speakers touched briefly on the violence that led to Thomas's death and the pain it had caused.
His father said today's service is about "remembering our son, and how much he meant to us".
Tom only graduated from the school last year. His brother Stuart is in Year 9.
There was a strong police presence at the service.
The Kelly's requested today be "all about Thomas", not about the horrific circumstances in which he died.
"We want to celebrate his life," Mr Kelly said.

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Rev Edwards said Tom had just started to settle into life. He was happy with the world and "blossoming", when he tragically died on June 9.
He said it was a privilege to have Tom's farewell at his old school.
"Only a short while ago Tom sat in this very chapel with his year 12 cohorts...and looked forward to what life had in store," Rev Edwards said.
A brave and strong Mr Kelly told of the pride Tom brought him everyday.
"I frequently told him over the past few months that Kathy and I were so proud to be his parents," he said.
He remembered living in Sydney during the week with Tom, while they both worked there, and listening to his son's alarm go off at 6am every day.
"Despite my protests, he would always ignore it."
But he said it was during those months, he became so much closer to Tom, and they reconnected after Tom's three years at boarding school.
"At night we'd spend time talking about his life and friends," he said.
"He was a tremendously loyal friend...always respectful of others."
"Tom had bundles and bundles of talents. Music, drums and guitar. We frequently had his music fill our house."
He told mourners he got an update this week of the four patients who had recieved his son's organs.
"Thomas lives on in the four recipients of his organs, and the future babies who will receive his heart valves," Mr Kelly said.

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Sydney:Hassan Nagi pleads Guilty to Rape of Three Women

Cabbie offered rape victims cash

By Margaret Scheikowski
News.com.au
February 12, 2009 02:07pm

A SYDNEY taxi driver who raped three female passengers in separate attacks offered one victim up to $50 after sexually assaulting her.

Two of Hassan Nagi's victims were heavily intoxicated, one having earlier vomited, and were on their way home when they were attacked, the NSW District Court has been told.

Nagi, 37, of Bexley, has pleaded guilty to the attacks on each of the women, aged 31, 23 and 27. His DNA linked him to the crimes in June 2003, December 2006 and June 2007.

Judge James Bennett is hearing sentencing submissions.

According to the statement of facts tendered by prosecutor Trevor Bailey, the first victim had been drinking and left a Kings Cross nightclub after feeling sick.

She vomited while outside then lost her memory until she woke up in the front seat of a taxi driven by Nagi.

He tried to grope her before stopping his cab in an unknown dark grassy area where he grabbed her and led her to a large orange crate.

Despite her saying no and saying she had to go, Nagi twice sexually assaulted her before saying: "I'll pay you $20''.

When she replied no, he increased it to $50.

"This is the last thing the victim can remember before she remembers walking back into the Le Panic Club in Kings Cross,'' the facts said.

The second victim also had been at a Kings Cross nightclub, where she became very intoxicated.

"About 3am, the victim contacted her boyfriend and stated that she was seated in the gutter and was planning on catching a taxi home,'' the facts said.

Her next memory was being in the taxi, falling in and out of consciousness, and then the driver getting in the back seat with her.

Nagi forced himself on top of the victim, who unsuccessfully struggled during the attacks.

Her next memory was ringing her boyfriend and telling him what had happened. She was then taken by ambulance to hospital for treatment.

The third victim had been at a football match when she received a phone call from a man who identified himself as her work associate, Mohammed.

They talked of possibly meeting up at Kogarah and she later had a second call when he said he was waiting outside the grounds in a taxi.

However, when she got into a taxi which flashed its headlights at her, she saw it was another man who said he was a friend of Mohammed's.

She asked him to pull over, but Nagi continued driving, speaking on his mobile saying: "She's f###g beautiful man''.

He drove her to an isolated industrial area, where he twice sexually assaulted her.

When she reported the attack to police, her mobile phone revealed the number that had been used to ring her was Nagi's.

He was arrested and DNA retrieved from his hair sample was found to match all three incidents.

Judge Bennett continued Nagi's bail and adjourned the matter to April 23 at Parramatta District Court.