The Snitch: Questions raised over Mark Coyne’s day job

Former rugby league star Mark Coyne’s expletive-laden tantrum at cops in Singapore has raised questions about his position as chief executive officer of Employers Mutual Limited — which manages personal injury claims for NSW Police officers.

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While the spotlight has been on his dismissal from the ARL Commission, Coyne is also the chief executive officer of Employers Mutual Limited.

While the spotlight has been on his dismissal from the ARL Commission, Coyne is also the chief executive officer of Employers Mutual Limited.

He was spotted at the Surry Hills Police Ball late last year rubbing shoulders with senior officers, including Commissioner Mick Fuller.

Former NRL star Mark Coyne pictured with senior police, including Commissioner Mick Fuller, at the Surry Hills Police Ball in 2018.

EML manages personal injury claims for NSW Police officers, including those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder.

In a drunken spray at police in Singapore last month, Mr Coyne called an officer a “dickhead” and threatened to “sue you through your f … ing arse”.

He has publicly apologised but some question whether the attitude expressed makes his position at EML untenable.

“How can he stay on with the government’s own contracted injury manager of NSW Police when he treats officers like that overseas?” one source stated.

EML didn’t respond to our requests for comment.

READY AND NABLE

Most senior cops mark their last days in the force with the pomp of a farewell ceremony following them out the door.

Not freshly-retired detective Gary Jubelin. A sharp-eyed punter spotted the homicide cop downing a few beers in a quiet corner of a pub at The Rocks with actor Matt Nable last Wednesday.

Former Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin.

Actor Matt Nable in the TV program Underbelly Badness.

The duo have been friends since Nable played Jubelin on TV show Underbelly.

Jubelin officially retired from the police force two days later, but we’re told it was dampened by the fact he still wasn’t allowed back into the Homicide Squad offices.

Jubelin called quits on his 34-year career after being sidelined from the missing toddler William Tyrrell investigation this year.

Last month, he was charged with breaches of the surveillance act.

He will face court to fight the charges this month.

FROSTY RECEPTION

Snitch has become accustomed to receiving a cheery reception when we order our schooner of low-carb from the good folks at the city’s many beer-serving establishments.

But we didn’t get one on Wednesday when we dropped into Veranda Bar just near the NSW Supreme Court.

Sophia Tilley (centre) leaving Downing Centre Local Court in 2014. Picture: Paul Miller

It took a good few seconds when back at the table to realise we had just been served by
Sophia Tilley.

Ms Tilley was at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation that threatened the career of her then-boyfriend’s mother, revered barrister Margaret Cunneen SC.

Ultimately, Ms Cuneen was cleared of wrongdoing, and the end result of the case was a legal precedent that neutered ICAC’s powers.

It came after Ms Tilley had a car accident while driving Ms Cuneen’s car in May 2014 and the barrister was accused of advising her to “start having chest pains” to delay a police breath test.

Snitch covered the ICAC investigation but then revealed the news, in April 2014, that Ms Tilley had been charged for cocaine possession. No conviction was recorded.

In those circumstances, if the roles were reversed we’d be a bit frosty too.

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