Video of John Ibrahim waxing eyebrows off former real estate agent Ryan Watsford played to jury
This is the moment John Ibrahim waxed the eyebrows off one of his underlings as a bizarre punishment the Kings Cross identity meted out for allegedly stealing from his family. Video played to the jury shows Ibrahim grinning with mate Kyle Sandilands.
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This is the moment John Ibrahim waxed the eyebrows off one of his underlings as a bizarre punishment the Kings Cross identity meted out for allegedly stealing from his family.
Footage of former eastern suburbs real estate agent Ryan Watsford yelping out in pain can be shown for the first time after Mr Ibrahim’s model girlfriend was acquitted of gun possession charges on Wednesday.
Police discovered two mysterious pairs of human eyebrows at the 51-year-old’s cliff top mansion during raids two years ago, the same day they found a loaded Glock 26 pistol in model Sarah Budge’s Double Bay apartment.
The follicles belonged to Watsford and friend Jaron Chester, who were allegedly caught skimming money from the ex nightclub owner’s family.
The footage shows a blonde beautician leaning over Watsford, who is lying down on his back with wax strips on his brows begging Mr Ibrahim to “go easy.”
Laughing can be heard as a smiling Mr Ibrahim grabs hold of one strip while Watsford braces himself and tells him: “just rip it!”
With a flourish Mr Ibrahim obeys and Watsford yells out in pain before saying: “oh my god” as he gazes into the mirror, aghast.
Meanwhile a triumphant Mr Ibrahim holds up the two waxed strips and poses for the phone camera, chuckling with a cheesy grin.
Leading senior constable Albert Osseily told the court Mr Ibrahim ordered the punishment to “calm things down” between his furious brother Michael and the two hangers-on who had been caught thieving $30,000 from him.
Ms Budge has been found not guilty of three firearm possession charges, blaming her lover or someone close to him for planting the weapon in her bedroom without her knowledge in 2017.
Footage of the dawn raids in August that year played to the jury shows police opening a box in the restaurateur’s wardrobe to find the stolen firearm wrapped in a black beanie alongside bullets.
The 29-year-old’s fingerprints were allegedly found on a brown paper bag containing the ammunition magazine inside the black box.
DNA found on the trigger of the actual pistol likely belonged to Mr Ibrahim, the defence claimed.
The court has heard that man’s DNA didn’t match anything in the AFP’s database, which did not include a sample from Mr Ibrahim.