Reality, always so much more WTF? than fiction can ever be.
From today's Sydney Morning Herald :
The Neutral Bay property developer and loan shark Michael McGurk may have been killed because he was in possession of a tape that had potential to bring down the NSW Government.The audio tape is understood to contain revelations about the bribing of senior government figures.
The head of the homicide squad, Superintendent Geoff Beresford, described the killing as ''very targeted''.
Police said Mr McGurk had died as a result of a single bullet wound to the head while his son Luke sat in the passenger seat of his black Mercedes-Benz saloon.
One bullet. It certainly sounds professional.
A week before his death, McGurk told Sydney Morning Herald journalist Kate McClymont (excerpts) :
He was killed before he could hand over to the Herald what he had....he had reason to believe that a person, whom he named, was planning to have him killed.
...he confessed to making recordings, which he claimed to have made legally, with a well-known Sydney man. When pressed he hinted at corruption involving Labor politicians, both state and federal.
McGurk later became expansive, providing the Herald with a detailed list of names to investigate.
...he had been told there was a plan to have him killed and he was extremely anxious as he believed the person had the means to carry out such a threat.
He concluded by saying that by the end of the week he hoped to be able to hand something over to the Herald, which would enable us to see the ''whole picture''.
These events will obviously plunge the NSW Labor government into further chaos, as they vault from Melrose Place shenanigans to being linked to something grimly reminiscent of The Sopranos.
The obvious question, besides who ordered the hit and who carried it out, is : Where Is The Tape?
And did McGurk make copies of the allegedly incriminating tape and distribute them to trusted friends or lawyers to make public if the threats against his life were carried out?
The Sydney Morning Herald sounds like it's sitting on one hell of a story, one that could bring down the NSW government. Or more accurately, finish it off.
