The Snitch: DPP solicitor scalped over Daniel Keneally case

The court case involving the police officer son of Kristina Keneally has claimed the scalp of a solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).

The court case involving the police officer son of Kristina Keneally has claimed the scalp of a solicitor at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).

The ex-NSW premier’s son Daniel Keneally is set to fight allegations he falsely accused ISuePolice.com founder Luke Moore of making serious threats against police in February 2021.

But Snitch has been told it was the period leading up to Keneally being charged that led to the ODPP solicitor’s departure.

The solicitor worked for the ODPP’s Group Six, which deals with prosecutions of police officers, and had worked as a lawyer for the office for six years.

Sources told Snitch the solicitor was sent packing in October for breaching laws relating to the investigation being conducted into Keneally by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

Daniel Keneally with mother and former premier Kristina Keneally and former premier Gladys Berejiklian.

A spokesperson for the ODPP said: “The ODPP does not comment on the circumstances of an individual’s employment.”

But we have been told one of the versions is that the solicitor broke the rules by telling Mr Moore that Keaneally would be charged before he had been charged.

“The solicitor was sat down by the DPP hierarchy and told to write a detailed file note explaining (their) dealings with Mr Moore,” a source said. “When (they) did that, (the lawyer) was suspended.”

Keneally was charged in October this year with fabricating false evidence with the intent to mislead a judicial tribunal after an investigation by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission.

He is set to plead not guilty.

Prior to Keneally being charged, Mr Moore put in a phone call to the ODPP switch board in an attempt to find out what was happening with the case.

COPS CONSIDER ROUND TWO AGAINST ACCUSED GANGSTER ‘JO FRESH’ VOKAI

They’re a dogged bunch those cops of ours — just ask Joseph “Jo Fresh” Vokai.

Police charged Vokai with conspiring to murder accused gangster Ibrahem Hamze over a 2021 execution attempt that was aborted in North Sydney when the accused shooters got spooked.

Vokai would be a valued scalp for the cops as they have accused him of being part of islander gang KVT, which has allegedly been used as “muscle” by the Alameddine organised crime network.

You might find it hard to believe but — despite being on the same side — the police and the lawyers from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions don’t always see eye-to-eye.

That tension was on show in Parramatta Local Court on October 27 when a lawyer for the DPP told Magistrate Peter Feather the conspiracy to murder charge would be dropped, citing a lack of evidence.

Joseph Vokai’s conspiracy to murder charge has been dropped – but police are now considering fresh evidence against him. Picture: NSW Police

Joseph Vokai’s leg tattoo. Picture: NSW Police

Another charge of knowingly directing a criminal group was also dropped.

So Vokai’s off the hook, right? Well, maybe not.

Criminal Groups Squad boss Grant Taylor has stepped forward and said “Hold my beer”.

Police allege an attempted murder attempt against Ibrahem Hazme was aborted.

One of several cars police were searching for information about as part of the investigation into Ibrahem Hamze’s attempted murder.

This week, Commander Taylor told us police were reviewing the case and could charge Volkai with conspiring to murder Hamze. Again.

“We are now perusing fresh evidence that is yet to be presented to the court so we can hopefully reinstate those charges,” he said.

“The investigation is far from finished and this is only a setback.”

We’re told NSW’s double jeopardy laws would only apply if Vokai went to trial.

CRIMINAL RECORD

It’s not the type of record you would expect to find in the office of a criminal lawyer — and far more valuable too.

The offices of solicitor Peter Katsoolis — the longtime lawyer of jailed ex-cop Roger Rogerson — are starting to resemble an old school music store with the amount of viny adorning the shelves.

Katsoolis worked in the music industry in a previous life and still carries a crippling addiction to purchasing vinyl.

But it may all be about to pay off.

Katsoolis’s mint condition copy of Nirvana’s first vinyl single Love Buzz.

Sydney lawyer Peter Katsoolis.

Katsoolis was rifling through a box in his office recently when a long forgotten vinyl single slipped out onto the floor.

It was a mint condition copy of Nirvana’s (heard of them?) first single, Love Buzz.

The single was released as a limited pressing in 1988 and is sought after by collectors, now fetching up to $38,000.

So what did Katsoolis pay for it all those years ago?

“Nothing, I swapped a mate a schooner of Reschs for it,” Katsoolis said.

“He had come up from Melbourne with it, and neither of us particularly rated Nirvana but he needed a beer,” he said.

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