1992 Toyota HiAce [H100]

1992 Toyota HiAce [H100] in Forensic Investigators, Non-fiction TV, 2004-2006 Ep. 1.04

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Renz203 ◊ 2020-05-28 03:50	H100 HiAce?
Z2 ◊ 2020-05-28 08:06	Plate returns: 1992
jpts ◊ 2020-12-30 16:24	This episode was about criminal career of Sydney gangster, Arthur "Neddy" Smith. Neddy Smith was a major criminal figure in Sydney in the late 1970s and 1980s, during the Sydney Gangland Wars in the 1980s, Neddy Smith was named in several armed robberies, drug dealings and several murders. On Neddy's 32nd birthday on the 27th November 1976, Neddy Smith was arrested while reporting at a local police station on suspicion of taking part in the failed robbery of the Fielder's Bakery Payroll with his former cellmate, Robert "Bobby Chapo" Chapman at Granville, NSW on the morning of the 20th October 1976. It was this arrest where Smith first met NSW Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson and begun his association with Detective Rogerson and other detectives within the NSW Police Service. During the Sydney Gangland War in the 1980s, Neddy Smith's gang, the Smith-Henry Group that he ran with his associate and bodyguard, Graham "Abo" Henry were locked in battle with the rival McCann-Domican Gang, ran by Barry McCann and his Irish-born British associate, Thomas "Tough Tommy" Domican for control of the Sydney Criminal Underworld and the Sydney Drug Trade. One of Smith's associates was the well-known Melbourne hitman, Christopher Dale "Rent-a-Kill" Flannery who at the time was also a known associate of the "Old Guards of Sydney Criminal Underworld", Racing Identity and casino owner, George Freeman and his associate, Lenny McPherson. The episode also mentioned the eight murders that Smith was charged, including the one that he was acquitted. The murder that Smith was acquitted of was that of Sallie-Ann Huckstepp who was drowned in Busby Pond at Cenitennal Park on the night of the 7th February 1986. Sallie-Ann Huckstepp was a former prostitute and heroin addict who was the former girlfriend of Smith's associate, drug dealer and standover man Warren "Frenchie" Lanfranchi who was shot and killed by Detective Rogerson on the afternoon of the 27th June 1981. After Lanfranchi's death, Huckstepp had made public statements that Rogerson and Smith had purposely shot and killed Rogerson and stole the $10,000 that Lanfanchi brough with him to pay off Rogerson. -- Last edit: 2025-10-12 13:38:10

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Renz203

◊ 2020-05-28 03:50

H100 HiAce?

◊ 2020-05-28 08:06

Plate returns: 1992

jpts

◊ 2020-12-30 16:24

This episode was about criminal career of Sydney gangster, Arthur "Neddy" Smith.

Neddy Smith was a major criminal figure in Sydney in the late 1970s and 1980s, during the Sydney Gangland Wars in the 1980s, Neddy Smith was named in several armed robberies, drug dealings and several murders.

On Neddy's 32nd birthday on the 27th November 1976, Neddy Smith was arrested while reporting at a local police station on suspicion of taking part in the failed robbery of the Fielder's Bakery Payroll with his former cellmate, Robert "Bobby Chapo" Chapman at Granville, NSW on the morning of the 20th October 1976.

It was this arrest where Smith first met NSW Detective Sergeant Roger "The Dodger" Rogerson and begun his association with Detective Rogerson and other detectives within the NSW Police Service.

During the Sydney Gangland War in the 1980s, Neddy Smith's gang, the Smith-Henry Group that he ran with his associate and bodyguard, Graham "Abo" Henry were locked in battle with the rival McCann-Domican Gang, ran by Barry McCann and his Irish-born British associate, Thomas "Tough Tommy" Domican for control of the Sydney Criminal Underworld and the Sydney Drug Trade.

One of Smith's associates was the well-known Melbourne hitman, Christopher Dale "Rent-a-Kill" Flannery who at the time was also a known associate of the "Old Guards of Sydney Criminal Underworld", Racing Identity and casino owner, George Freeman and his associate, Lenny McPherson.

The episode also mentioned the eight murders that Smith was charged, including the one that he was acquitted.

The murder that Smith was acquitted of was that of Sallie-Ann Huckstepp who was drowned in Busby Pond at Cenitennal Park on the night of the 7th February 1986.

Sallie-Ann Huckstepp was a former prostitute and heroin addict who was the former girlfriend of Smith's associate, drug dealer and standover man Warren "Frenchie" Lanfranchi who was shot and killed by Detective Rogerson on the afternoon of the 27th June 1981.

After Lanfranchi's death, Huckstepp had made public statements that Rogerson and Smith had purposely shot and killed Rogerson and stole the $10,000 that Lanfanchi brough with him to pay off Rogerson.

-- Last edit: 2025-10-12 13:38:10

1992 Toyota HiAce [H100]

1992 Toyota HiAce [H100] in Forensic Investigators, Non-fiction TV, 2004-2006 Ep. 1.04

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