Matthew Doyle, Jared Hart, Raoul Kesby plead guilty over coke plot
They are used to living the high-life in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. But private school mates Matthew Doyle, Jared Hart and Raoul Kesby are not likely to taste freedom for some time after admitting their involvement in a major international drug plot.
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Exclusive: Three eastern suburbs party boys face possible life sentences having pleaded guilty to their roles in an international plot to bring more than $80 million of cocaine into Australia.
High society drug dealer Matthew Doyle, 31, has admitted to supplying more than 300kg of cocaine in a sting set up by police while his private schoolboy mate Jared “Jazza” Hart, 30, has pleaded guilty to his involvement of supplying 50kg of the illicit substance.
Property developer Doyle along with Hart and co-accused Raoul Kesby appeared from jail via audiovisual link in the Central Local Court on Thursday, with the trio now staring down the barrel of a significant period behind bars.
Kesby too had pleaded guilty to supplying 50kg of cocaine.
Doyle has also pleaded guilty to dealing with $220,000 worth of proceeds of crime.
Their world came crashing down last year when police arrested the group over a five month operation which saw them supplying Sydney drug users with 300kg of cocaine worth a total of $85 million.
Their likely destination of prison is a world away from the parties of Bondi where they would mix with the elite of the eastern suburbs.
Before their arrest Doyle and his glamorous wife Kelsea, a socialite publicist, enjoyed a luxurious lifestyle and a growing property portfolio as a result of investments in projects across Sydney.
Kelsea Doyle is not accused of having any involvement in the international drug plot and was yesterday seen running errands in the front yard of the couple’s Burraneer home.
The NSW Crime Commission successfully had the couple’s assets frozen in the Supreme Court last September, meaning Doyle can only access his funds at the permission of authorities.
The pair were regular fixtures on the affluent eastern suburbs social scene,brushing shoulders with the who’s who of Sydneybefore Doyle’s criminal house of cards came crashing down.
Supreme Court documents revealed Doyle had his hand in residential properties and developments worth millions of dollars at the time of his spectacular fall from grace.
That portfolio, including shares in 16 companies and a series of flash cars, were among the assets seized.
Court documents detailed how Doyle made a payment of $220,000 to undercover cops who infiltrated the group during the investigation.
Police also claim Hart had two police identification badges at his Bronte home and have charged him with two counts of possessing unlawfully obtained goods, which he has not entered a plea for.
All three are due to be sentenced in the District Court at a later date.
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