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Inside the world of Reynold Glover: Sydney’s ‘baddest’ man

You do not know his name but he has been carving a reputation for himself in Sydney’s underworld ever since he was first charged with murder as a 12-year-old. This is Reynold Glover.

He is responsible for some of the most notorious crimes ever committed in NSW. At just 37-years-old, he has amassed a rap sheet that is infamous among members of the Sydney underworld to the point where one associate remarked about Glover’s fearless approach to crime: “He’s the baddest.”

But most people would likely never have heard of Glover, a man who lives his life according to the title of rapper 50 Cent’s 2003 album ‘Get Rich or Die Trying’. That’s because his name has been suppressed for the better part of a decade. That ends now.

The Saturday and Sunday Telegraphs can now reveal the life and crimes of Glover after successfully arguing to overturn the multiple suppression orders on his identity. They were put in place because Glover amassed so many criminal charges that he had multiple criminal trials running at the same time.

His crimes are infamous and all of them received major news coverage. But because of the suppression orders it has never been revealed that Glover was responsible for all of them. His crimes have embroiled some of the biggest names in the world’s of organised crime, celebrity and the Sydney restaurant scene.

Glover’s criminal life began when he was charged with murder when he was just 12-years-old. Glover has waged a one-man war against a feared gangster and shot their relative. He has threatened a witness for another crime boss facing a murder trial. At 22 he was accused of committing a series of high adrenaline armed robberies of cash in transit vans, only to be found not guilty. He’s also coached crime figures on how to commit armed robberies.

The orders were no longer needed after Glover’s lawyer Simon Joyner entered a guilty plea for his client to his final criminal case. The result is that Glover’s story can now finally be told.

At 37, Reynold Glover has transformed from a skinny poor kid from Sydney’s inner west charged with murder into the apex predator of the NSW’s underworld. But chances are you’ve never heard of him.

A career cop, lawyers, gang members, a high-level drug dealer who dobbed him in, and many dangerous criminal enemies - these are the people in the dangerous orbit around Reynold Glover.

In 2009, Sydney was hit by a wave of daring armed robberies in which more than $6 million was stolen from cash-in-transit vans and the elite Cranbrook school was robbed. READ what happened.

Reynold Glover’s boys were cashed up in the first half of 2009. Glover moved into waterfront digs, while his gang splurged on overseas holidays, diamond rings and jetskis.

When a maintenance worker found a Chubb docket in a south Sydney unit block, it blew open the police investigation into the armed robberies and started police on the path to investigating Reynold Glover and his associates.

When police finally caught Mr X, he promised to deliver the criminals responsible for committing the $6 million armed robberies.

With a star witness in the form of Mr X and a seemingly strong case against Reynold Glover and three others, no one could have guessed the bombshell result of the marathon five-month trial.

Reynold Glover was acquitted of all charges relating to his $6 million armed robbery trial — so in hindsight threatening to kill star witness Mr X was a huge mistake.

After being released on bail for threatening Mr X, Reynold Glover made two visits to one of NSW’s most notorious inmates in Lithgow jail. They talked for four hours — with police taping it all. LISTEN TO THE RECORDING.

After getting caught on a secret police recording agreeing to teach a crime figure’s younger brother how to rob a cash-in-transit van, Reynold Glover went and did it. Watch the never-before-seen footage.

After the cousin of Sydney crime lord Bassam Hamzy stole $5000 from Reynold Glover’s mum, the vengeful crim turned up at his front door to deliver payback. Read what happened.

When Reynold Glover and Bassam Hamzy ran into each inside Silverwater jail, the sentiment was mutual. “Let’s do this,” one said, before they went for each other.

Model Lara Worthington narrowly avoided being held up by Reynold Glover’s brother and his mates when they robbed Surry Hills’ Excelsior Hotel. Pub boss Justin Hemmes wasn’t so lucky and had a pistol pointed at his head.

Sick of the “spinners” in the main section of Goulburn Jail, fearless crim Reynold Glover told associates he enjoyed Supermax — but he still set fire to his cell three times.

Reynold Glover, a prolific letter writer in jail, has penpals including some of Australia’s toughest gangsters and even issues threats to witnesses from behind bars. READ HIS LETTERS.

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