Tony Sergi puts $200,000 of wealth to grandson’s wedding but there’s one condition

When it came to exerting pressure on his grandson to settle down and get married, late mafia boss Tony Sergi approached it in the best way he knew how. The Snitch has obtained the last will and testament of the wine proprietor, who died a rich man in 2017, and it makes for some interesting reading.

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When it came to exerting pressure on his grandson to settle down and get married, late mafia boss Tony Sergi approached it in the best way he knew how.

The Snitch has obtained the last will and testament of the Griffith wine proprietor, who died a rich man in October 2017, and it makes for some interesting reading.

Sergi promised to put more than $200,000 of his wealth towards the wedding of his grandson, Giuseppe Trimbole, but with one condition attached. According to the fine print of Sergi’s will, Mr Trimbole had to get married “within 40 years of my death”.

Sergi set-up a trust fund for the occasion “consisting of the sum of $200,000”, the whole of which would be used to cover the cost of the wedding ceremony, reception and honeymoon.

If Mr Trimbole failed to marry within the time period, the money would revert “to my residual estate”, the will said.

The will of late mafia boss Tony Sergi has been revealed.

There was no mention in the will of anti-drug campaigner Don Mackay. Sergi was long suspected of being involved in orchestrating the infamous 1977 murder of Mackay, a furniture salesman turned political figure who campaigned against the growing marijuana trade in Griffith.

Sergi left property that houses part of his wine empire to his wife Angelina.

He also transferred similar property to the holding company, Warburn Estate.

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ONE NATION LATHAM’S SURPRISE PARLIAMENT ALLEGIANCE

Among the charitable entries in the will were decisions to wipe the debts that several family members owed the wine boss.

This included releasing his granddaughter Franca Trimbole from a mortgage owed on a Bondi Beach apartment.

Son-in-law Peter Taliano, daughter Maria Trimbole, and sons Dominic and Giuseppe Sergi were also released from debts. Giuseppe was also given his father’s Mercedes Benz.

On a morbid note, Sergi requested his sons, their wives and children, plus his granddaughter Mariesa Taliano to be buried in the Sergi Family Mausoleum at Griffith Cemetery when they die.

BRAND NEW PROBLEM

What’s in a call sign? NSW Police has been grappling with how much weight it should give that question as it merges two metropolitan local area commands.

Officers were notified earlier this month that Botany LAC and Redfern LAC would be merged to create a new South Sydney command.

It is understood detectives will work out of Botany, while general duties will be based at Redfern Police Station. As the hierarchy irons out the logistics of the merge, they’ve encountered one prickly branding issue.

There is some concern with the branding of the merge with the painting of letters SS — which was used by Adolf Hitler.

A well-placed source tells Snitch some are worried about the implications of painting the letters “SS” — the internationally recognised title for Adolf Hitler’s genocidal paramilitary — on the side of police cars.

“They are trying to figure out how to handle that,” the source surmised. Time will tell.

OFF TRACK

Police Commissioner Mick Fuller became the state’s first top cop to complete Police Legacy’s Kokoda Trek this week.

From all accounts, the journey was gruelling but successful and didn’t require the assistance of a helicopter like last year’s high-profile guest.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller, (far right in brown T-shirt), finished the Kokoda Trek with NSW Police Legacy.

Former police minister Troy Grant’s Kokoda Track trek has been the source of much scuttlebutt in law enforcement circles so The Snitch is going to address both sides.

The version from police insiders goes Mr Grant was airlifted off the track twice but met everyone at the finish line.

On Mr Grant’s account, according to a former staffer, he
was airlifted out once to receive medical treatment for an ankle injury but rejoined the pack and finished the trek.

However he got to the end, Mr Grant did raise more than $30,000 for Police Legacy.

Well done all.

LEGAL EAGLE

Peter McGrath SC has stepped into the top job at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

He has taken up the position while Lloyd Babb SC takes time out to deal with an illness in the family. The Snitch sends its best wishes to Mr Babb.

Mr McGrath returned to the DPP in recent years after a stint with the NSW Public Defenders.

He is best known for his work as the Crown barrister on the robbery turned murder case that saw Harriet Wran jailed. Mr McGrath was also the prosecuting barrister on the trial of Daniel Jack Kelsall, who was jailed for the stabbing murder of Morgan Huxley on Sydney’s North Shore.

MADDEN PI

He walked away from a long career in the NSW Police Force shadowed by misconduct claims.

Now the shoe is on the other foot for retired Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden, who is investigating misconduct and bullying claims within NSW Fire and Rescue.

Former Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden now works as a private investigator.

Mr Madden retired from the force in the mid-2000s after he was accused of acting inappropriately for updating the then Bulldogs NRL chief about a gang-rape investigation involving the club’s players.

Madden wasn’t charged but his career never recovered.

He has followed the well-trodden path for former cops — private investigation.

A source reports that he is currently looking at misconduct allegations made against senior firefighters at a station in the Southern Highlands.

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