NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole’s brother, Kurt Toole, to be sentenced for drug supply, affray

Chats involving a top Aussie politician’s brother have been revealed, as the man’s drug-dealing pub-brawling antics were exposed in court.

In scenes akin to TV drama Breaking Bad, a dealer bragged to his mate about selling “old school gas” as he became embroiled in drug supply and a wild pub brawl – a far cry from the halls of power that surround his older brother.

Court documents have revealed the antics of 31-year-old Kurt Toole, the younger brother of the NSW Deputy Premier and the state’s Police Minister, Paul Toole.

According to agreed facts tendered to the NSW District Court ahead of Toole’s sentencing for drug supply and affray on Friday, an undercover police operation caught the troubled man dealing cocaine and amphetamines in a spree that culminated in a fight outside a NSW pub.

The first drug deal, according to police-intercepted phone calls and texts, happened on June 8, 2020, in the NSW Town of Kelso. Toole gave an associate 6g of cocaine outside Paddy’s Hotel.

The next exchange that caught the attention of snooping cops was on June 19, when the same associate was recorded speaking to someone about meeting at a soccer field, before Toole supplied him with 10g of cocaine.

The man is the brother of NSW Deputy Premier Paul Toole (pictured). The MP is not linked to the offending in any way. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Chats exchanged between Kurt Toole and an associate.

On June 12, 2020, police recorded Toole getting into the same man’s car.

The facts reveal Toole “removed a package from inside the front of his pants and told (the man) it was old school gas. (Toole) told (the man) ‘if they don’t like that, I don’t know what they’ll like’.”

Toole opened a second plastic bag and counted out 6g of cocaine.

After an exchange in which the man promised to tell Toole “how it went,” Toole responded to “send him a thumbs up or thumbs down” and placed the bags back down the front of his pants.

Toole told the man: “I had that years ago brother, the red one” and as they got out of the car, the man was recorded smelling the bag of amphetamine.

Police Minister Paul Toole (l) with South West Metropolitan Region Commander Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith. Picture: supplied

After Toole left, the man put the amphetamine in the tub of his ute and drove home, the facts read.

The next day, the man was recorded speaking to a friend about the drugs he bought from Toole, saying “the shooters loved it and that the smokers said it was like smoking diesel”.

But the drug dealing was just one type of crime Toole was due to be sentenced for.

On August 30 the same year, CCTV footage captured a fight in the beer garden at the Oxford Hotel in Bathurst.

Toole and a few others got into a confrontation with a man, which escalated into pushing and shoving with more people.

Toole is set to be sentenced at Downing Centre District Court. Picture: John Grainger

According to the facts, Kurt Toole was seen grabbing the collar of one man, before another man tried to intervene and push Toole away. Toole then elbowed and punched the man in the face.

Approaching another group of men who were fighting, Toole slapped another person in the mouth. He left once police arrived and was arrested nearly a year later.

In October, Toole pleaded guilty to two counts of drug supply and one count of affray. He is due to be sentenced for these on Friday, along with two more counts of drug supply.

Joshua Toole, another brother of Paul Toole, also faces drug supply charges. Picture: Facebook

It’s not the first time the brother of Paul Toole – who has been open about his family’s struggles with crime to the media – has been in trouble with the law.

Kurt Toole was jailed for seven years for supplying cannabis and methamphetamine in Newcastle.

In a tough period for the police Minister, another of his brothers, Joshua Toole, was charged in October with a string of drug supply charges. Joshua is yet to enter pleas for the drug supply charges and will next face court for a brief status (committal) on Wednesday.

At the time of Joshua’s arrest, Paul Toole told The Daily Telegraph he was devastated, but “we are not the first family to have to deal with this and unfortunately we won’t be the last”.

“No one is above the law.”

In light of Kurt Toole’s looming sentencing, news.com.au reached out to Mr Toole’s office.

They said they would not comment while the matter was before the court.