Who is Underbelly Golden Mile based on?

Who is Underbelly Golden Mile based on?

Legal issues. In March 2010, former King’s Cross policewoman Wendy Hatfield lodged an application in the New South Wales Supreme Court, asking to view five episodes of the series featuring a character supposedly based on her, Wendy Jones, to see if she had been defamed.

Who are the unnamed Underbelly characters?

The individuals portrayed by Alex Dimitriades, Ian Bliss, Kim Gyngell, and Fletcher Humphrys cannot be named by Order of the Supreme Court of Victoria. They are refered to only as Mr T, Mr L, Mr E, and Mr S respectively.

Is Dennis Kelly a real person Underbelly?

Unlike some of the other police portrayed in the series, Kelly is thankfully not a real person and Tassone said that gave him greater liberties than some of his co-stars. “Dennis Kelly is not a real guy, he’s a conglomeration of three or four real guys and at each point in his career he would be based on someone.

How many Underbellys are there?

six
Underbelly is an Australian television true crime-drama series which first aired on the Nine Network on 13 February 2008 and 1 September 2013, before being revived on 3rd April 2022. Each series is based on real-life events. There have been six full series, with season 7 being a miniseries.

Is Joe Dooley real?

In keeping with a structure set with the first Underbelly, the criminals are based on their real-life historical namesakes but the “good guys”, including Lloyd and Joe Dooley (Wil Traval), are assembled from historical accounts of a number of actual police into fictional characters.

Who is Victor Brincat?

A witness has told a Melbourne court she is certain the gunman responsible for two underworld murders was not alleged hitman Victor Brincat. Brincat has been charged with the murders of Jason Moran and Pasquale Barbero at an Essendon carpark in 2003.

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