How Roger Rogerson got away with murder - Neil Mercer

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How Roger Rogerson got away with murder - Neil Mercer PART 1 | I Catch Killers Disgraced detective Roger Rogerson appeared to be a charming neighbour who helped old ladies cross the road. In reality, he was a cold and calculated corrupt cop, whose life was embroiled with murder, attempted assassinations, drug trafficking and gangsters. From the death of an innocent bank manager to violent police shootings, veteran crime journalist Neil Mercer reveals the downfall of Roger Rogerson, and his friendship with notorious gangster Neddy Smith. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ I Catch Killers with Gary Jubelin True Crime Australia Listen on Apple Podcasts ► Connect With True Crime Australia Online: bit.ly/46xCXDb ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Subscribe To Our True Crime Australia KZbin Channel: bit.ly/3iU23Fm ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Follow Us on Facebook: facebook.com/TrueCrimeAustralia ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ ► Listen Now on Apple Podcasts: link.chtbl.com/icatchkillersyoutube ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Introduction - Neil Mercer 09:27 - Who is Neil Mercer? 12:10 - Roger Rogerson: meeting him for the first time 23:52 - Who was notorious criminal Neddy Smith? 25:23 - Lunch with Neddy Smith 28:57 - When Roger Rogerson met Neddy Smith 41:13 - Murdered in broad daylight 53:36 - Shooting of armed robber Butchy Byrne #truecrime #truecrimeaustralia #crime #crimestory #crimejunkie

[@philip4193]

I met Roger Rogerson briefly once about 15 years ago when I was managing a pub in the Eastern Beaches. A group of men who had evidently just attended a funeral up the road at the Botany Cemetary behind the container wharves were in the front bar having drinks. They were an eclectic mix of what appeared to be older retired crims & coppers, as well as some younger guys too who were behaving in a very fawning and deferential manner to their elders, and to one older gentleman in particular who was perched in the middle, holding court; Roger Rogerson. Things were a bit busy at the time so I jumped out onto the floor to help the bar staff collect some glasses, and when I walked over to their high table and started clearing it as unobtrusively as I could Rodger turned and addressed me as "Dear Manager" (he surmised from my age and long-sleeved collared shirt that I was the guy in charge) and then went on to thank me profusely for the hospitality of my staff and "for looking after my mates here". He glanced slightly towards one of the younger guys who then produced a couple of $50 notes that he peeled from a roll he'd retrieved from his suit jacket and handed them to me, with Rodger instructing me to put them in the tip jar behind the bar "for the girls". I distinctly remember two things from that brief exchange with Rogerson: Firstly, his deep resonating voice and measured speech that seemed to convey command and authority and secondly, his piercing blue eyes and memorising gaze that held my attention in an almost trance-like grip. He certainly was a very memorable and forceful individual, for better or for worse. I remember reflecting to myself afterwards that it would much better for one's health to have a man like Rodger Rogerson as a friend rather than an enemy, that's for sure...

[@JD-yv2zx]

You are so punctual and literate. Great little story. Cheers

[@7ismersenne]

@@JD-yv2zx Apropos Rogerson this saying comes to mind - "With Rogerson as a friend you have no need for enemies"

[@nicolageorge1433]

Thank you for fhis ❣️ Love hearing about Australian crime storys...Just a shout out to Michael Dury top copper good man. R.I.P Sally Anne.🕊️

[@TaraRiverboatAdventure-zj7xk]

Roger was one of the main reasons i did not join the Police, my uncle who at the time was a retired head cop of a major police station in Sydney warned me not to join due to the corruption that was in 1978 so i joined the Army instead.

[@JulieWallington-e2f]

I joined in 1976, and worked in the same office as Chook Fowler. It was like groundhog day

[@TroyDrBruyn]

Goes to show the judges were just as corrupt as cops to accept statements that weren't sign 😂

[@qldsafari]

And still are

[@michaelwhitty504]

This is a well researched book by Neil Mercer. At first appeared to be a mere duplication of court extracts but then the book draws you in that cannot be put down. Well done Mr Mercer.

[@alanamason4838]

Sally Anne is a woman of my own heart. Gutsy AF. Rest her soul.

[@veridian79]

I wonder how much goes on these days.

[@naturallivingwoman]

Still does, just on a different scale & level, its been right before our eyes the whole time with newer, more evil players who are experts at covering their tracks. Read between the lines. Those who speak are forever silenced. Those who perpertrait swim together in forever club asset richness, and new placements - positions of power. The fact that truth is unbelievable is ammo & protection for them.

[@DevonRexLady]

Fantastic episode! Love listening to Neil Mercer.

[@stevenmurphy3096]

Great interview

[@bah667]

Met Roger briefly in a criminal environment. Beady eyed little psychopath. Weird how such a small man could bring so much fear. Treacherous and cold. Peace

[@mattyhollywood9016]

That's interesting.. My uncle met him once in a social setting through Chopper Reed.. He said he looked like a frail old man and had shark-like eyes.. cold and dark.. That would have been at least 7 years before he murdered Gao.

[@nicolageorge1433]

@@bah667 Yeah he looked cold & heartless! Rob the gold out your fillings If he could lol.... Sending blessings from UK.✌🏼🇬🇧

[@stephenkereopa7495]

Older cops would set up the younger cops. Make them do illegal stuff and blackmail them.😂.

[@simplesimon4717]

It's called compromising!

[@AussieKool]

Yay, Can't wait to hear the next one 🙂🙂

[@BrianHayter-zl2uc]

First time watcher, love your show.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@christophercoulter7782]

They had their fingers in every pie imaginable and they would have done anything to keep ppl quiet about it back then. Also there were vast protection rackets

[@thepjboycom]

Certainly a different era back then, very informative of how certain things were done and how much power the Police had back then, I enjoyed the story thank you.

[@theodoroskitsios3251]

I thank you for the acknowledge gentlemen ! We learn every day.... especially when the persons talking are experts on the particular subject ! I am just wandering what is happening nowadays......

[@jeremywentworth1833]

Has to be the worst copper ex copper in the world. Hes in Crime & investigation UK'S worst 10 murdering Coppers in the world. Regards from Leeds West Yorkshire England 🇬🇧

[@Joeinpi]

He was from Yorkshire

[@jeremywentworth1833]

​@@JoeinpiWhat Rogerson was thought he was a born & bred Aussie not from Yorkshire like myself.

[@JoLowden-oz9no]

Thanks for the video Gary. I really enjoy these videos you bring the stories to us all. I especially enjoyed your interview with Abbo Henry. Don't listen to the haters Gary. You were a very hard-working police officer.

[@TooUp]

In the 80s the armed robbery squad were filthy in Melbourne

[@MaskedsheepleOfCovid]

Bill Spedding had his life ruined by your actions Gary .You had the information available to yourself as did other investigating officers regarding the previous allegations of sexually assaulting minors knowing that to be fabricated,an absolute false set of allegations. Yet you chose to chase this man down……. Meanwhile the foster mother walks around free ?why was that mate

[@ray.shoesmith]

Jubes is happy to highlight the career misgivings of others, but he's pretty light on his own wanderings away from the law...

[@sunriseboy4837]

That also has stuck in my craw for a long time!!!

[@JoseSIGala-m7i]

Come on jubes . .. did you lie about Spedding???

[@sunriseboy4837]

@@JoseSIGala-m7i Yeah, something is very wrong about what happened there.

[@skwervin1]

I've been listening to your podcast since the beginning!

[@narellecox2028]

This was excellent thank you. I am currently reading Neil's book, I cannot put it down!

[@AndrewMacFarlane-d2n]

Good show Jubes. Keep on charging forward mate.

[@seanc.mcnally2118]

I was involved in all of this in the 80's & 90's working as a Young law clerk with Chris Murphy. Used to lend me his Honda Civic with 'VERBAL' number plates for the weekend. Det Ray Burke was our nemesis..

[@kilderkin]

Great interview, you should think about doing one about Ray Kelly (the Dodger’s mentor).

[@ray.shoesmith]

Gunner Kelly, Don Fergusson and Freddie Krahe all made Roger look like Mother Theresa tbh

[@IronFistKempo]

@@ray.shoesmith All tied in together. Kelly retired a hero. The media at the time feted these coppers as they made “good copy”.

[@sidbobby3233]

Afternoon world frm the 🇬🇧😎👊👍✌

[@crf80fdarkdays]

Evening from Australia, or morning shall I say it's about 3am lol

[@Gpx111]

Would love to here you interview the detectives who were involved in the melbourne gangland wars in late 90 s early 00s

[@ML6103]

There's one somewhere with Paul Dale but he's mainly trying to convince people he wasn't corrupt so it doesn't delve that deep into the actual goings on in the gangland war.

[@ray.shoesmith]

​@@ML6103The fact they even gave that maggot air time is unbelievable tbh

[@dawnbowra8885]

I met Mr Rodgerson at STanwell tops NSW when he was running a whippy van, with my first husband in the early 90’s. Very interesting colourful identity. My now husband was a young constable and found one of neddies girlfriends getting rid of a body up on heathcote Road in a shallow grave after a traffic stop coming out of the bush. Back in the old days technology was mostly intuition first. Listening to the old stories about good cop and bad cop there was also good crim bad crim. A mix that came from black and white made grey.

[@DarwinNorth]

Rodgerson? Don't you mean Rex Jackson?

[@randallpether3547]

I do enjoy hearing the stories and reading the comments. Time is tying up all the loose ends now. Time was something you thumbed your nose at; now, it humbles you and marches on.

[@johnlambert272]

You wonder why the crooks do what they do...today the cops are just give ups today if cause an accident and don't ring the cops its okay l rang newtown and the answer was they were to busy thats the world we live in sad times

[@LeonFelixRusso]

This is first class commentary.

[@JamesTopham-t4y]

Amazing podcast, I miss my home australia, Queensland boy here, stuck in uk for 19 years😂😂😢

[@stephenkereopa7495]

How can you not have gangsters when your police and politicians are more corrupt. Who can rob who.😂

[@whatcouldgowrong8323]

I have met up with Roger’s man in Thailand, some interesting stories plus the Nugan Hand Bank was strategically placed in the same building as the AFP.

[@mkultra501]

You can’t have a conversation about the Dodger without speaking about his mentors,Ray Kelly & Fred Krahe…taught him the ropes. NSW police,the best police force money could buy since the 1940’s

[@IronFistKempo]

2 copper crooks who were in deep with the Sydney media. Having a corrupt state Premier such as Askin at the time also helped.

[@triggerhappy8872]

Roger that.

[@1337flite]

You know what they say - "a good cop stays bought".

[@scottsevers6194]

Mate, im a veteran nsw fireman, who has worked a lot with police in many branches. Ive always respected you, and I'm sorry you got the rough pineapples mate

[@nicksalta]

a question i like to ask is "what is corruption?", it seems to be whatever an authority deems it to be, as Warren Buffet once said "you can put a copper on the tail of the worlds most perfect driver for 500kms and he's going to get a ticket", and when all is said and done weather anything has been proven or not you can always bring out the old chestnut "not of good character"

[@akabkruzsojudyoneill1968]

Gary have you done the Stanton( top cop ) story yet!

[@TheWomanattheWellJohn4v14KJV]

Gabbi Choòng on YT has 11 uploads with woman called Nellie. Well worth a listen. Explains alot about who runs country.

[@samsungtap4183]

My father helped train Roger when he was a young detective, well they were were partners. My father was no fool but was totally captivated by Rogerson. Refused to give up on him. I grew up with this nonsense. Detective Sgt in 1970 was like being a prince

[@mcmoose64]

Mate , you're better looking than the bloke who played you in the mini series😂. Subscribed !

[@arthurjones6364]

Where did all the money go ? Bookies would have got some but not all of it.

[@biastv1234]

Jubelin ( I was convicted of illegally recording a conversation where there was a permit to record a conversation). Great interviews

[@lawfighter61106]

I have a question for Neil. Do you feel a bit let down by Roger, now that you’ve been able to fully look into Roger?

[@ray.shoesmith]

Jubes, the guy who played you on tv was better looking tbh. A better actor too.

[@sunriseboy4837]

And hopefully a lot more honest.

[@ML6103]

The actor didn't have a child's speech impediment, either

[@WilliamRiding-cc7vr]

Who are these media guys to condemn when talk to any kid in your community and theyll say everyone is on drugs

[@troyball7917]

Gary you acted unlawfully when you used your personal phone in the William Tyrell case and let a killer go.

[@Gpx111]

Im from the uk spent a couple of years in ozz back oacking this guy intrigued me the whole gamgster police celebrity s in oz intrigued me

[@glennpassmore8441]

Can you find someone to talk about the nca bombing. I know he's dead . But it took 25 years, why?.

[@mj.l]

a c a b especially gary jubelin

[@johnlambert272]

If all you smart people know everything how come you let them get away with so much you are as much to blame

[@triggerhappy8872]

Are you serious? Aren’t you listening? It’s not that there was no smart people & they couldn’t stop these people. Nothing was done about it because of CORRUPTION !!!!!!!!!!

[@melbournecrosbie]

The audio is problematic. You need help. And headphones while recording and editing.

[@DukeBolton]

I hate to agree with Gary, but the reality is the reality. "Embedded" is accurate. Yes, the era was different, but I find it difficult to excuse when the obvious was in plain sight and innocent lives are lost/taken -- including the journalist(s).

[@Noelzsazsa]

What a creep he is the typical Australian detective he was into everything human trafficking doesn't get a mention by any of them because it will implacte to many

[@sunriseboy4837]

Remember Bill Spedding, Gary!!!

[@caseysmith8422]

He might have appeared mild mannered to some, certainly not to others!! Horrible man!

[@garyquelch888]

So tell me Gary what’s changed with the rackets on Sydney streets today

[@spannaspinna]

Out of control now , the dodger ruled those streets and kept everything in line

[@Retroscoop]

Sounds like this typical cliché "Aussie bloke" was a very complex character. Difficult indeed to say if all the good he did, like helping neighbors was part of a larger manupilation game. Did he really help them with the intend to ask for some kind of refund in the future, like a positive character evaluation should he ever be in trouble ? Or was he really partly very good and nice, without opportunistic second thoughts, something that however came together with a far less recommendable flipside ? The man is no longer. And even if he was still around, maybe even he himself would never have asked himself that kind of questions. Opportunistic people sometimes just act opportunistic, they don't think about whether they are, should they stop with it or on the contrary increase this behaviour. They just do it, without inner search.

[@antonyragu84]

Rogerson has the blood of too many people in his hands. God will take care of him

[@theimpaler5034]

U can interview me how I escaped the set of the underworld up of Tim bristow Mathew jasper and Paterson the tricks and the lies and the set up

[@jackstorm9080]

Rodger Rogerson should have been made police commissioner

[@veridian79]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Graham-mu1ul]

We already have a corrupt police commissioner, Karen Webb 😂😂😂😂

[@kirankilgannon8987]

Old skool criminal guys not like the drug gangs of today

[@edbaker515]

Are you sure Rodger rodgerson is still dead, the way journalists talk about him in Australia to day, it's only a matter of time before he takes on the cult status of ned Kelly,

[@byza101]

He will take on the status of Ned, they’ll still be talking about him a century from now.

[@ahar7624]

Who was that guy on the first advert? Looks a bit psychotic to me

[@edwardcatton1047]

my Grandad? ( Mums! Dad! ) was a well known postie?, back in the 60s?, he played Cards with Roger? the Dodger! ( ya get intel?, from ya everyday postie?, they kinda know the Area! ).

[@WilliamRiding-cc7vr]

And he only killed a triad

[@WilliamRiding-cc7vr]

End stigma discrimination too ,these beefed up comments are out of line its all anti social disorder EGO

[@Chronicstate187]

Real policing stopped in the 80s!

[@WilliamRiding-cc7vr]

Why all the sympathy for the devil 😈

[@ronalddodds3978]

Like who

[@astsmith3018]

neil mercer the ped

[@timazu77]

Rodger the dodger; Aussie gansta

[@anthonyocarroll5630]

Abit late now Mate he's Dead

[@gaylemitchell1237]

He was an evil monster for a human being

[@Deceasedaccount73]

As a tax payer I have no problems with the police commissioner giving away bottles of gin to others for a job well done...

[@JulieWallington-e2f]

I do, as a tax payer. I am also a former NSW police officer. The NSW Police have a long history of imbibing in alcohol, both on and off duty. I think the the Commissioner was ill-informed (could not read the room ) and should have known better than to gift alcohol. If she was wanting to acknowledge friendly associates of the NSW Police perhaps a bunch of flowers would be more appropriate.

[@Deceasedaccount73]

@JulieWallington-e2f click bait account... You must be a Fed or somebody who knows me, trying to ruffle my feathers 😂🤣

[@rambohrynyk8897]

mate the goings on today politically would make past crims blush