The Snitch: Reynold Glover finally sentenced in state’s longest running case
What has become of Australia’s baddest man? Which accused crim is struggling with the cost of living crisis? Which dangerous criminal goes to church? And why a doctor might not care about a professional reprimand. The Snitch is here.
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The state’s baddest man has finally been sentenced in the state’s longest running court case.
Reynold Glover, who was the subject of this paper’s series, known as The Baddest, has been sentenced over a notorious daylight armed robbery that happened all the way back in 2013.
Glover was charged over the robbery of an Armaguard truck outside Broadway Shopping Centre – about an hour before he was due in court to face other charges – that same year.
The case has been delayed for more than 10 years for reasons that no one can explain other than the fact that Glover had so many overlapping court cases running at the same time that it got lost in the system.
His criminal exploits have seen him charged with shooting a gangster’s aunt, six daring robberies where $6 million cash was stolen from armoured trucks, threatening to kill witnesses, burning down his jail cell, committing perjury during one of his trials, to name a few.
He was either found or pleaded guilty to all of it except the $6 million armed robberies, which he was sensationally acquitted of by a jury in 2012.
It began when he became the youngest person in NSW to be charged with murder as a 12-year-old in 1999. He ended up pleading guilty to robbery when prosecutors withdrew the murder charge.
His last trial was settled on May 24 when he was sentenced to a maximum five years jail for the Broadway robbery.
Shocked commuters heading to work filmed the robbery unfolding where three masked men, armed with an assault rifle and a pistol, pulled in front of the truck in a stolen Audi.
One of the gunmen fired a shot next to one of the guard’s heads in an attempt to motivate him to open the truck, but ultimately the robbers left empty-handed.
Glover pleaded guilty and an agreed set of facts in the proceedings showed that prosecutors could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt which of the men was Glover.
He was also sentenced to three years and nine months jail for committing perjury during the 2012 trial where he was found not guilty of robbing six armoured trucks and stealing $6 million – most of which was never recovered.
Glover’s identity was suppressed for about a decade until the Sunday Telegraph had four non-publication orders overturned to tell his story, which can be read at www.thebaddest.com.au
With the lengthy amount of time he has already served, Glover could be out of jail in 2032.
ORGANISED CRIME vs. THE COST OF LIVING
It seems that even the state’s alleged organised crime figures are not immune from the cost of living crisis.
Nedal Haouchar – the older brother of accused international drug lord Bilal Haouchar – fronted the NSW Supreme Court this week to plead his case.
Houchar was released on bail last year and was ordered to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet.
But what readers might not know is that people in Haouchar’s position have to pick up the tab for the cost of the ankle bracelet and the associated monitoring costs.
Houachar’s lawyer told the Supreme Court this equated to $13,750 every six months.
The 40-year-old’s lawyer told the court “the rising cost of living” and the “heavy burden” of expenses associated with his family meant that Haouchar would struggle to cover the cost.
This was compounded by the fact that he would have to pay the amount until his trial finished, which is not expected to occur until 2025 or the following year.
Justice Sarah McNaughton rejected the application and told the court that Haouchar had been charged with “money laundering on a breathtaking level.”
The total amount he is accused of washing is in the vicinity of $4 million, leading the judge to question his access to funds.
He was also able to raise $3 million, in the form of properties owned by relatives, to put up as security for bail.
That and the fact that Haouchar was arrested at Sydney Airport on a one-way ticket to Lebanon was enough to convince the judge to refuse the application.
Haouchar is charged with dealing with the proceeds of crime, multiple drug supply offences and directing a criminal group. He is yet to enter a plea.
FORGIVE ME LORD, FOR I HAVE SINNED
Guess which organised crime figure has an offsetting arrangement with his own conscience by going to church every Sunday.
We can’t name the crook for legal reasons but the practice is an ongoing joke in their circles and beyond.
“He’s basically the devil – all the stuff that he does,” one source said. “He’s killed people, drugs, the lot.”
Stay tuned.
$24M DOCTOR REGULATED
You’ve got to wonder whether he cares, but the doctor at the centre of a legal storm after he inherited $24 million from one of his patients has received a significant slap by the health regulator.
Strathfield GP Dr Peter Alexakis received a reprimand for professional misconduct in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal on Friday after action was taken against him by the Healthcare Complaints Commission in relation to his interactions with his patients.
Among a host of conditions placed on the doctor were that he has been banned from conducting nursing home visits, he must also work with a mentor who will advise him on maintaining appropriate boundaries with patients.
Dr Alexakis has also been ordered to complete an “Ethical Decision Making” course within 12 months.
The ruling came after the HCCC made five complaints about the doctor in relation to two of his patients.
One of those patients changed his will to leave Dr Alexakis the majority of his $24 million estate.
Last month, the GP won a challenge in the NSW Court of Appeal paving the way for him to inherit the estate.
The doctor told NCAT the media coverage over the saga had been “distressing”.
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