The Snitch: Fadi Ibrahim’s bull statue in storage during new home build

What does the future hold for Fadi Ibrahim’s giant bull statue? Who copped a spray from Sydney’s favourite mistress? And which judge might be retaking the equal opportunity course? The Snitch is here.

Fadi Ibrahim’s bull statue outside his eastern suburbs house. Picture: John Grainger

With news that Fadi Ibrahim has bulldozed his eastern suburbs mansion to build an even bigger one, the question remains: What will this mean for his giant bull statue?

Keen observers of the family of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim will be well aware of his younger brother’s bronze bovine that he lugged across the bridge when he moved from Castle Cove to Sydney’s east.

The sizeable statue has occupied a sliver of grass on the edge of Fadi’s driveway ever since — arguably encroaching onto public land and into the council-owned playground adjacent to his house.

But we’re told the bull is coming back when the new house is built.

“It’s in storage,” a source said.

Fadi Ibrahim outside the Downing Centre Court with lawyer Greg Goold. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

The bull statue is similar to New York’s iconic Wall St “Charging Bull”, which symbolises thriving financial markets and optimism.

Fadi’s statue previously occupied an eye-grabbing spot in the yard outside his Castle Cove home, where he was infamously shot in an unsolved underworld assassination attempt in 2009. He bought and moved into his harbourside mansion in the eastern suburbs in 2013.

Children are known to play on Fadi Ibrahim’s statue because it adjoins a park. Pic John Grainger

Snitch correspondent Jake McCallum is set to reveal that Fadi’s multimillion-dollar renovation will be fitted out with a revolving turntable for his car collection — similar to that owned by Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies.

Can’t wait for the house-warming.

SUBMISSION NO. 93

As she waits for the result of her daughter’s court battle against the estate of her late billionaire lover, Shari-Lea Hitchcock has passed the time by weighing in with some controversial opinions via her submission to the government’s inquiry into developing Rosehill Racecourse.

In fact, they were so controversial that the government had to censor them before releasing them publicly.

Richard Pratt with Shari-Lea Hitchcock and their daughter Paula Hitchcock. Picture: Facebook

In a tick over 300 words, the mistress to deceased business magnate Richard Pratt took aim at Racing NSW, a well-known Victorian horse trainer, and the horse trainer’s CEO.

Presumably concerned about some of the comments, the public servant tasked with uploading Ms Hitchcock’s missive to its website thought best to take the Wite-Out to certain sections first.

As a result, there were significant chunks missing by the time Snitch read it.

Her submission was a continuation of Ms Hitchcock’s campaign to upgrade Nowra racetrack and explained the track’s poor condition had forced riders on to the beach.

“The simple fact is if any of us fall off galloping at the beach paramedics simply won’t be able to get to us in time,” she wrote.

Meanwhile, Ms Hitchcock and Mr Pratt’s love child Paula is locked in a NSW Supreme Court battle with the billionaire’s other children as to whether she should be included in the family trust.

GUESS WHO?

Guess which sitting judge might be getting tapped for a redo of the equal opportunity class?

We’re told that during a recent hearing, the judge was told the defendant in the case preferred the pronoun “They”.

The judge told the defendant’s lawyers “there is no ‘they’ in my courtroom”, only “him or her”.

The judicial officer then told the defence lawyer to sort out whichever it was before the next court date.

This is, of course, in opposition to the judge rule book, to wit, section 9.6.1, which deals with “Mode of address”.

“Best practice is to always address a person using the name, pronouns and title they wish to use,” the section says.

Snitch is betting the judge will be thrilled when that is pointed out to him on the next court date.

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