Thomas Panapong Callanan aka Young Tommy C faces court

An up and coming rap music artist who appears to draw his lyrical inspiration from his life in the eastern suburbs has fronted court on allegations of a Bellevue Hill break in and taking a knife to Bondi.

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A young wannabe rapper who allegedly helped break into the home of a startled Bellevue Hill couple whose daughter the group claimed owed them money has fronted court on separate charges of taking a meat cleaver to Bondi Beach.

Thomas Panapong Callanan, aka Young Tommy C, appeared before Waverley Local Court last month charged with aggravated break and enter in company and stealing after the posse allegedly stormed into the eastern suburbs home on October 5 and demanding the $6000 debt be repaid.

The 22-year-old Bondi man and his co-accused Nathaniel Rogoyawa, 20, of Minto, Joshua Mataka, 20, of Lurnea and Shadrach Fine allegedly took off with the couples’ mobile phones and the husband’s wallet.

Thomas Callanan leave Waverley Local Court.

The police fact sheet states the four men were arrested about 15 minutes after they left the Bellevue Hill home at 3.45pm on October 5.

During a bail application for Mataka last month, Magistrate Ross Hudson heard Mataka’s role was considered “the most serious” as he was the one who allegedly smashed the window and made the demands for money.

Mataka was also on a Community Corrections Order at the time of the alleged offence.

The young man will next appear in court in December.

Rogoyawa and Mataka, who both work at Allied Express Transport in Chullora, were also charged with drug possession after police allegedly found them with a small amount of cannabis.

Meanwhile on Tuesday Callanan, whose rap videoclip “The Message” has been viewed almost 50,000 times on YouTube, pleaded not guilty to separate charges of allegedly taking a meat cleaver to Bondi Beach and threatening a man as well as attempting to re-enter Hotel Bondi after he was kicked out.

Thomas Panapong Callanan has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing a meat cleaver in public.

The Bondi Beach incident allegedly occurred on September 29 at 10.30pm.

Callanan, a graduate of prestigious private Cranbrook School, was charged with custody of a knife in a public place, stalk or intimidate and attempting to re-enter a licensed premises after being excluded.

Young Tommy C aka Thomas Panapong Callanan is an aspiring rap artist.

He will reappear in court on December 16 with regards to the alleged Bellevue Hill incident and December 22 with regards to the alleged Bondi Beach offences.

Young Tommy C’s memorable lyrics include the likes of: “The biggest team running Pitt Street and now it’s from the east, it’s now released – just call me Young Tommy C”.