Rogerson, who was called to give evidence at the seven murder committals, denied ever taking money off Smith or that Jones had been paying him a bribe. In 2009, Nine started relatively strongly due to the top-rating Australian drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and the Twenty20 Cricket series until Nine lost the rights in 2018, but could not hold its audience after Network Ten's MasterChef Australia became a hit. That shooting hastened the detective's downfall after Lanfranchi's girlfriend Sallie-Anne Huckstepp publicly stated her lover was meeting Rogerson to pay him a bribe. During the inquest, the coroner found Rogerson was acting in the line of duty, but a jury declined to find he had acted in self-defence. Aw mate, it couldnt be Roger, hes too good a bloke, the boss said. Underbelly Files: Chopper explores the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, the notorious criminal psychopath . Mark Brandon Read was born on November 17, 1954 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. But McNab put the project to bed and expected never to write again of Rogerson, presuming the fallen copper would see out his days casting a line over a dinghy and bouncing grandchildren on his lap. Documentary tells inside story of the Baker Street robbery of 1971, and the claims it was a secret service operation to cover up a royal scandal, The screen for King Charles' coronation anointing is revealed, Monstrous tornado seen bearing down on Palm Beach, Saboteurs wreck Russian train cut power cables 37mi from Ukraine, Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, 'We're not your enemies!' [4] In 2009, he took to the stage in the theatre production Secret Bridesmaids' Business. The last Blue Murder ended with his expulsion in disgrace from the NSW Police Force. Matt Nable is terrific as the crooked Mark Standen, former Head of the NSW Crime Commission, who rose and fell spectacularly in real life undone by power and gambling. He rented a nearby garage and operated as a mechanic, also said to have undertaken his own panel beating and spray painting within the business before declaring himself bankrupt in 1968 with debts of A$11,000. Please call 1800 070 535. I don't help you; you help me and then we see what's left over. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. It's better to have a little sugar than any sweetener at all, says Gut Health Guru Dr Megan Rossi. Donald Bruce Mackay was a local politician, and anti-drugs campaigner. Search. So you get that very clear view this was a bloke who was completely and utterly ruthless and self-absorbed and didnt mind who he hurt to get what he wanted.. The biography of Roger "the Dodger" Rogerson by Duncan McNab is . The verdict is guilty. Then to top it all off, it the second half of the series ended up being set in the same period as one of the best dramas ever made in Australia, Blue Murder. It would take years for the police to get serious about bringing its shiniest (though far from its only) rotten apple undone. He starred as Chief Inspector Frank Carlyle in The Doctor Blake Mysteries in series aired February 2016 - September 2017, series 4, episode 3 - series 5, episode 2.