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Informerhas gangsweatingJames Madden

Williams

HE is bookish, bespectacledand well-spoken. And he

claims to know the secrets

and culprits behind some of

Melbourne’s most brazen

gangland killings.Having admitted his

own involvement in fourof the city’s underworldmurders, theman, identi-fied only as Mr X, de-cided to turn on three ofhismates tosavehimself.

He became a policeinformant — known incriminal circles as a‘‘dog’’ — and this weekhehascomeface-to-face,at least via video-link, with thethree former friends he has ac-cused ofmurder.MrX is the starwitness in the case against gang-land identitiesCarlWilliams,Vic-tor Brincat and Alfonso Traglia.

But during the trio’s committalhearing, itemergedthattheroleofinformant isnothingnewtoMrX.

Under cross-examination, thewitness admitted to Williams’slawyer, Con Heliotis QC, that hehad previously offered assistanceto police in relation to two ofVictoria’s most notorious killers.

MrXsaidhehadoffered to tryto incriminate convicted sexkiller Peter Norris Dupas.

Dupas, 41, was sentenced tolife in jail for the murders ofNicole Patterson, who was stab-bed and mutilated in her Mel-bourne home in 1999, and ofprostitute Margaret Maher.

Mr X also offered police infor-mation about child-killer RobertArthurSelbyLowe, serving a lifesentence for the murder of six-year-old Sheree Beasley in 1991.

When Mr Heliotis suggested toMrXthathehadahistoryof lyingto police with a view to getting

himself out of prison, he said:‘‘That appears to be the case, yes.’’Mr X is currently in jail, hav-

ing received an 18-year sentencewith a non-parole period of 10years for his role in the murderof drug dealerMichaelMarshall,shot in a South Yarra street inOctober 2003.

The reduced sen-tence was handeddown after he agreedto provide PuranaTaskforce detectiveswith informationabout his co-accusedin the Marshall mur-der, and about othergangland killings.

But yesterday, thestar witness — and

the man police believe is theirbest chance of bringing an endto Melbourne’s bloody ganglandwar — gave a brief insight intothe consequences of his decisionto turn police informer.

When Mr Heliotis put it to MrXthat hehadgot offwith a lightsentence, he replied: ‘‘I have alsoreceived a lifelong death threatand probably for my family too.’’Williams, 34, Brincat, 44, and

Traglia, 39, are charged with themurders of Jason Moran andPasquale Barbaro, on June 21,2003. Williams and Brincat arealso charged with the murder ofMarshall, and Williams ischarged with the murder ofMark Moran in June 2000.

Mr X has told police he drovethegetawaycarafterthemurders.

The supergrass has also givenevidence that, according tounderworld gossip, Williams,Traglia, slain gangland identityAndrew ‘‘Benji’’ Veniamin andanother high-profile Melbournecrime figure, who cannot benamed, had said they wantedJason Moran killed.

The hearing continues.

Four men charged with publican’s murderJane Lyons

Victim: Shane Miles

FOURmenhavebeenchargedwith the murder of Sydneypublican Shane Miles aftersimultaneous dawn raids inNSW and Victoria yesterday.

Police were still searchingfor another man in connec-tion with the pub brawl atBells Hotel, in inner-cityWoolloomooloo, in whichMiles was bashed with a bar-stool in the early hours ofDecember 18 last year.

Miles died two days later inhospital after his familymadethe decision to turn off his lifesupport machine.

Three of the men — Joseph

Leota, 32, of Merrylands, Tai-seniEtuate, 28, ofFairfield andAmaniasi Tuifua, 30, of Gran-ville — appeared in Sydneycourts yesterday charged with

murder and inflictinggrievous bodily harm.

They were refusedbail andwill appearnextweek in Sydney’s Cen-tral Local Court.

The fourth accused,TanielaMotuapuaka, 25,of Redcliffs in Victoria,will face court in Sydneytoday after NSW policesecured an extraditionorder againsthim inMil-dura Magistrates Courtyesterday.

The man still wanted forquestioning is not expected tobe charged with murder.

‘‘We have the principals incustodynowandwewould seek

to interview you, so come for-ward now or we will come andfindyou,’’KingsCrossSuperin-tendant Steve Cullen said.

Superintendant Cullen saidlesserchargeswouldbe laid,butwas unable to specify them.

He was also unable to saywhether a man charged withassault last month in connec-tion with the case would havehis charge upgraded.

The victim ’s brother ,DannyMiles, 47, said the fam-ilywashappywith the arrests.

‘‘It’s another step forward,’’he said.

‘‘It doesn’t help my brotherShane, but if it gets them offthe street, I’m very happy.’’

It’s a B-grade bonanza as MTV faces music

Star billing: The Osbournes, stars of their own hit reality TV show, stir up the crowd at the MTV awards ceremony held at Sydney’s Luna Park last night Pictures: Renee Nowytarger, Craig Greenhill

Iain SheddenAnnabelle McDonald

THE red carpet felt the

weight of B-grade celebrities

last night as MTV’s cracked

family The Osbournes

traipsed in, followed by Anna

Nicole Smith, who brought

her own special something,and Americans Green Day

and rapper Xzibit, who added

overseas chart muscle.

Indeed, the results of the

inaugural MTV Australia

Video Music Awards came a

poor second to the razza-matazz provided by the global

cable music channel.

The lowlight highlight of

the night came when Smith,the former Playboy bunnyfamous for marrying a nona-genarian millionaire, pulledher dress down to her waist toexpose her breasts as she pre-sentedanaward toSilverchairfrontman Daniel Johns.

Smith’s exhibition was anencore to her performance atlast year’s American MusicAwards, where she was es-corted off stage, somewhatunder the weather, after rub-bing her chest with her handand bizarrely asking the audi-ence if they liked her body.

She was allowed to stay on

stage last night only to jump

on Johns — whose wife Nata-lie Imbruglia also performedat the awards — wrapping herlegs around his waist.

A good-natured Johns sangwith a smile: ‘‘Dancing withAnna Nicole, dancing withAnna Nicole.’’

Despite pouring rain, Syd-ney’s Luna Park added somelustre to an occasion designedto raise the profile of themusic network that, whilepopular in theUSandEurope,struggles for attention inAus-tralia against the likes of thelocally produced Music Maxand Channel V.

If hype counts for anything,however, the station is on theup. The local music industryturned out in force for theevent, hosted by legendaryhard-rocker Ozzy Osbourne,his wife Sharon and childrenJack and Kelly, and for thestar-studded after-party.

For the record, however,Delta Goodrem was awardedbest female artist, ShannonNoll best male artist, and theDissociatives — Johns anddance/popproducerPaulMac— took the video of the yeargong for the clip to their hitfrom last year, SomewhereDown the Barrel.Malfunction: Anna Nicole strips down then leaps on Johns