Kate McClymont on the life and death of Australia's most corrupt cop

[@peterholstein3645]

Kate is perhaps one of the very best investigative reporters of our time! She is tenacious and brilliant!

[@personofearth5076]

He may have been the worst but he wasn't the only one and they exist even today.

[@wendyfay16]

& they'll be breathing great big signs of relief ... IF he doesn't have a book just waiting to be published soon after his death.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

Politicians are far more corrupt on a larger scale, but it's all above board. They get the Ben Roberts Smiths to do the dirty work, and promptly wash their hands of them, but they were the ones who sign off on war. And those politicians then get paid very handsomely in their post political careers. Whatever you do, don't call it a post-dated bribe.

[@paulodwyer5599]

Knowing something about police in the 80' i can say that Rogerson wasnt the only really bent cop in NSW or VICTORIA. He was hopeless at keeping it quiet. The really bad ones kept quieter than Rogerson.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

He's undoubtedly a psychopath. And while that helped him, it also blinded him to how normal people would view his actions and the consequences of it.

[@isaidthat4505]

Roger was the Patsy of police corruption.far worse police in much higher positions escape detection and corruption is still well entrenched in all police forces in this country .the proof is the streets are awash with drugs and that is all the proof you need

[@Henry1965ism]

He was a sociopath. And like all sociopaths they are superficially charming but cross them and you see their true colours. With the level of corruption he was exposed for, you would think he would keep a low profile but instead he seemed to like being in the public spotlight telling his stories. It was his way of manipulating people which is another core trait of a sociopath. This is something that you see with 'celebrity criminals'.

[@wendyfay16]

It was the narcist that made him charming ... but the psychopath also made him extremely dangerous when crossed .... He was like a snake that you could chop in half and he'd just grow another head... but psychopath is just as good. People with these personality traits also end up in politics and CEOs of corporate businesses. Just look around at some of our political leaders over the years.

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

I could listen to Katy McClymont all day. She is so engaging and intelligent with her analysis, and has an incredible ability to bring so many details together. Thanks Kate.

[@wendyfay16]

She's always been a top journalist who's been as highly respected by her readers as by her colleagues. She's one of the Very few journalists who I'll stop what I'm doing in order to listen to her speak.

[@crapmalls]

The most corrupt cop... that we know about

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

There were worse in scale. People like Police Commissioner Norman Allan under the Askin Government who were running a Moonlight State operation in NSW years before Sir Joh in QLD.

[@margarita8442]

he typed up your confession before he even met you

[@baobo67]

On his death bed Police appealed to Rogerson's better side but he never had one.

[@wendyfay16]

They couldn't access it because he didn't have a better side. I wonder if he was close to his kids ... I also wonder if he'll be getting a police funeral with full honours! lol

[@DevonRexLady]

Jamie Gao was murdered in a storage unit in Padstow, Sydney, not a warehouse.

[@damienwilloughby]

Yeah, get it right old woman 🙄

[@stewatparkpark2933]

Close enough .

[@jillianarnold4561]

It's interesting that Rogerson lived as long as he did. He obviously had no respect for human life yet nobody gave him the same treatment as he dished out. A very crooked cop and criminal.

[@margothatcher8178]

There were some rotten people around don't make out the girl in the park, was an innocent sweet little girl she shoplifted in my shop, her man was a totally creep.

[@Chronicstate187]

He only killed bad guys.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

If anyone tried to do vigilante justice against him, they would face the wrath of the biggest gang in NSW.

[@annyreed397]

Thanks Kate McClymont for all you do.

[@michelegraham9044]

Let’s not forget that the premier Neville Wran was also corrupt.

[@kathleenkinchela7180]

💯

[@wilson2455]

most of the NSW Govt., even in 2023, is corrupt !!

[@peterfreeman1585]

Been a few corrupt NSW Premiers - Casino Bob Askin had his fingers in many juicy pies.

[@leeweesquee]

Daughter unfortunately got roped into the lifestyle

[@wendyfay16]

Oh Yes, Nifty Nev was a pretty good one too ... as I've said before, they either become politicians, senior in corporate world, cops, or play both sides of the street as criminal cops, or criminal politicians ... or crooked businessmen.

[@johnm7267]

I lived in Sydney in 1952 and the police were hated and feared by the people. People beaten up for nothing. I had a dear friend picked up and beaten for being drunk and was teetotal. He was also charged with murder but had a gold star alibi, he was at work😊

[@Dinki-Di]

Appreciate all your fine research, Kate.

[@ann-mariebennett9361]

👍

[@Le_coq_sportiff]

Rodger rodgerson was a scab

[@franciswhite4079]

He wasn't the only cop 80% where just as evil

[@wendyfay16]

I wouldn't be surprised if he had some hidden 'insurance' whereby should he die under suspicious circumstances, there'd be a great number of very concerned people out there with their names already to be painted on several prison cells. He didn't last that long, working on both sides of the fence, without also having a good 'criminal' mind that protected him for all those years. There'll be a lot of old, and possibly a few younger men, breathing great sighs of relief. I still wouldn't be surprised if there wasn't a book just waiting to go to the publishers 'if his family isn't well looked after.

[@jimbo43ohara51]

This guy has more colours than a chameleon. He would have done everyone a favour if he had become a career crook before a career cop.

[@wl2977]

This is a very good summery.

[@wendyfay16]

His ego made him choose both ... He could laugh as those around him whilst doing his dirty deeds.

[@pablovalentine8976]

You can add the Colin Winchester murder to Roger and the solicitor he dumped overboard in a fridge of the back of a boat , Roger Rogerson makes Ivan Milat look like a choir boy

[@DevonRexLady]

Allegedly, the victim was tied to an old gas stove.

[@MBKMA69]

Warren says GOOD RIDDANCE

[@peacebaby74]

Criminals are in Australian DNA, They were on the first fleet😂

[@phillmckill5562]

He was a murderer how much worse can you get than that?

[@wendyfay16]

I've always been interested to hear what Kate McClymont has had to say when she's been interviewed, especially on Roger Rogerson. She's always been a straight-talking journalist who doesn't need to gild the lily to get a good story because she does her homework well & has deserved the respect she receives. From the numerous interviews & telemovies I've seen with Roger Rogerson, and the articles I've read about him, I think that he was just a narcissistic psychopath who, had he not chosen the police force for his career, he'd have been just as successful in the corporate world or politics. It did him proud to end up where he finally did, a hard-core bad guy who caused a great deal of pain to a great many people. He was finally served his just desserts ... by ending his days in a jail cell. I'm sure there'll be a lot of relieved people out there with his passing, both crooked cops who were hoping that he'd take his secrets to the grave, along with those who he's threatened over the years and always slept with one eye half open. Kate McClymont has followed, or dogged Roger Rogerson for years and I expect that she'll sleep just a tad more easily with him out of the way. has always been a journalist to be respected.

[@jenlangmead5183]

I find laughing at Rogerson committing murder heartless. The people killed by RR have families whoslives were shartered by him

[@wendyfay16]

I don't think anyone was laughing at the deaths of any of his victims. Murder is still the taking of a life ... whether it's by a criminal act or court sanctioned.

[@User-mj9hv]

A psychological profile of Rogerson found that money wasn’t his main motivation because he could have made a lot more money from corruption. His motivation was power, he fed off the fear he inspired in criminals and respect and adulation he received from his colleagues. His later crimes however were definitely money-motivated as he was flat broke.

[@juliewilson2628]

We all know where old roger gone to ! 👹

[@scottsevers6194]

Great podcast, thank you so 😊😊

[@anniemac7545]

Love hearing Kate McClymont speak and reading books/ articles she writes. She goes after the hard core subjects with brave determination and perseverance. She is a media icon.

[@bradgray4360]

Ha the old bugger lived a long life .my mother grew up a couple of houses down from the Rogerson mum went to the same school as roger snywzy mum and nan said roger and his siblings were bullies mum didn't like his sister. To say my mother and grandmother were not surprised about his corruption.

[@vladislavfeldman6562]

Both times I was at her majesties, it was with RR. In 2005 he was in Kirrkonel, I was the librarian, he seemed always calm , a bit up himself. Second time he did a job at a storage site I used 3 units away and at one time we used the units that he did the job in. Very strange because the place had cctv on every corner, there were no blind spots and coded entry and exit.In 2018 he was at Long Bay hospital unit.

[@wendyfay16]

Probably filled with freezers with all those missing bodies hidden away.

[@Pine_Gap_Island]

He either wasn't as smart as he let on, possibly losing his marbles in old age, or quite possibly he didn't commit the act of murder and it was the other cop. Both blamed each other but nonetheless both engaged in the terribly botched disposal of the body. There were cameras at the boat ramp they used too.

[@sallyblanc8841]

May he NOT rest in peace!!!!

[@mst7806]

Legend has it that Roger and Glen were inspired by the films Goodfellas and Dumb and Dumber.

[@nigelmcculloch3746]

Clint Eastwood in Dirty Harry also

[@Peter-kk6rg]

Serial Killer and Police man.

[@NxDoyle]

5:07 Rogerson re-enacts his version of the Lanfranchi killing, reaching for his weapon in the small of his back. Why would a police officer be carrying a weapon in the small of his back? Why would anyone?

[@kyliejames9564]

I think Don Hancock was fairly close to Roger Roberson on the scumbag corrupt banner

[@ML6103]

Regarding Lanfranchi. A gun was found, or presented as evidence. But it was some ancient relic with a busted firing pin. A bit hard to believe a notorious drug dealer and standover man would pull a gun that's not working.

[@rexpayne7836]

The cops today are worried about other cops giving them up. Technology has made it so much harder to avoid being scrutinised. 😊

[@johnpearce2504]

Convict undercover as a cop,now that's avante garde

[@MarkJessop-hq2uo]

neddy smith never gave up other criminals shes wrong on that point

[@kyliejames9564]

I don't know about that.

[@skepticusmaximus184]

I take issue with the term "noble cause corruption" A "cause" implicitly references an effect... or outcome. What might be considered noble is the effect or outcome, but that in itself is a moot point. The real corruption resides in the pretext that the *ends* justifies the *means.* Its the baseline predicate of every totalitarian regime.

[@voulathomacos-lagonas8445]

WOW!!!!

[@iandibley8032]

One would ask the question rumours about rogerson, which had been circulating for years .What were the senior Police and the Crime and Corruption Commission doing over the years ? Someone must have known what was going on.

[@Batman-wv5ng]

I remember in the eighties criminal activity of this monster cop ,everybody knew police department cover his criminal action .

[@michelegraham9044]

“Through that lens” so woke = go broke. It’s only because of the subject matter I’ll continue to watch and TRY to ignore the American interviewer. I applaud Kate McClymont for ALL the work she did.

[@ray.shoesmith]

What's 'woke'?

[@John-g1g9x]

The surreal part is he nearly got away with it…

[@gogetem188]

This guy is mild compared to some iv come across and i use to live next door to Roger and thge stories he told would chill the government to the core

[@celtic1522]

What wonderful man Roger must have been. A single man super crimewave! Well that would be total bullshit! There is no way he did all this stuff without sponsorship, who were his friends?

[@rebelarcher5450]

Sounds like you watched BLUE MURDER too many times and taking it as gospel .

[@stephaniezickgraf9672]

Who was the Canadian interviewer. She appears to be interested in Australia's police, probably because of this and other cases, especially the coverups.

[@kyliejames9564]

I can't stand him even though hes dead

[@tphvictims5101]

They are ALWAYS highly trained 😂

[@stevenmckean138]

He was one of many, you have to wonder how far up it went.

[@cloggietony]

He would have had something on every one in the NSW police department.

[@peterm3964]

NSW police , best police force money can buy .

[@kyliejames9564]

Yes he did go in corrupt

[@Mickey.Doyle80]

I'm pretty sure detectives in Australia don't wear body cams well at least in my state so there could well be another dodger in our midst

[@deeeeeee988]

Ans there is so much more🤐

[@brianrichardson512]

Modern technology won't stop any of it .

[@itroy3039]

I guess abo Henry is the last left of that has knowledge of the old days why not do a pod cast on abo Henry the last man standing 🙂

[@tphvictims5101]

The pig wanted his Pension

[@Cyclone-Enoch]

👍😎🌹🦘🦘🦘

[@paulyjackson5652]

People had there lives changes because of police of this time

[@jonquynn]

did rr.regupatly have scothcies in the backroom with the Goamna

[@suneethamay3615]

If the women are pretty He never killed them for pernanently only for a couple of hours only

[@rickyelvis3215]

🤣😂🤣✔️

[@shadigif8916]

RIP Rest in (Quality )Pork (products ).

[@Gamminn]

Roger a man’s man in a man’s world old school gangster copper

[@wl2977]

He was made from special material. Very rare, probably a handful in a century.

[@michelegraham9044]

This whole saga brings back memories of being a teenage nurse living & working in the inner west of Sydney. I remember when Sally Anne was found floating in Centennial Park & her daughter who was left without parents AND all the lead up and aftermath to it VERY well. I hope he burns in hell.

[@johnm7267]

You would not say that if you got on the wrong side of him. That is just macho rubbish

[@NavigatorMother]

What is all this "Jeeze, I respected Rog the dodge" rubbish in this thread? The man m* rd*red, r*Ped, ter*or*sed families, and ensured that no law could be relied upon, no justice be found in Sydney. And how? By being a stronger, reliant braver man? No. By sneaking, snitching, lying on the outside, giving working girls to rookie cops for a couple of nights to nail them in, taxing other working girls... yeah gee, a senior cop who takes money from a wg. Star.

[@JamesWinfield-e3m]

I dont have prob with him. He killed criminals and stole their money, so what? Would u rather seized money go to ur government? O wouldnt

[@dougdownunder5622]

I have heaps more respect for Rogerson than the average Strayun Presstitute.

[@steviejohn9502]

whats the difference a Australian man goes to war and kills Roger was just a sweeper of society getting rid of the enemy thal shal not kill goes both ways so what has he done he,s just like a returned solider from war a killer

[@placeholderprofile____]

why are we giving audience to a ds cia front show ? WHY?

[@SF-pq3sq]

I will miss him RIP dodge🙏

[@paulyjackson5652]

None has ever been as

[@conflict_monitor]

RIP

[@wl2977]

I expected to see comments like yours.

[@michelegraham9044]

He won’t be resting in peace at all. He’ll be burning in hell. I was a young nurse in Sydney living & working in the inner west during his reign of terror. He’s unforgivable.

[@personofearth5076]

RIP honestly? The man would be in hell now so hardly in peace.

[@shadigif8916]

RIP Rest in Pork

[@briancummings1759]

You need to do your homework they were married you dill