A former bodyguard of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, who this week appeared on a list of Australia’s most-wanted, has handed himself in to NSW police.
Neil Cummins, 42, walked in to Burwood Police Station on Tuesday after Operation Roam was launched the previous day to track down 20 alleged criminals on the run across Australia.
Cummins, the ex-husband of former Bardot singer Tiffani Wood, was charged over his alleged involvement in an extortion case at Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast in 2014.
He appeared at Burwood Local Court on Tuesday and was granted bail ahead of his next court date on August 29 at Coffs Harbour.
Neil Cummins (left), the former bodyguard of John Ibrahim (right), says he had no idea he was a wanted man and that police had gone searching for him after an alleged extortion bid in 2014
Neil Cummins, 42, walked in to Burwood Police Station on Tuesday after Operation Roam was launched the previous day to track down 20 alleged criminals on the run across Australia
Mr Cummins served as Ibrahim’s bodyguard for three years, but was closest with his older brother Fadi (right), who was arrested in Dubai last week
Cummins, an active social media user, on Monday said he’d had no idea he was wanted
‘I just don’t understand why they (police) wouldn’t come and see me,’ he told News Corp Australia on Monday.
Mr Cummins says he is confused by their methods and said ‘it’s not hard to find someone these days on social media.’
He served as Ibrahim’s bodyguard for three years, but was closest with his older brother Fadi, who was arrested in Dubai last week.
Cummins appeared at Burwood Local Court on Tuesday and was granted bail ahead of his next court date on August 29 at Coffs Harbour
Cummins, an active social media user, on Monday said he’d had no idea he was wanted ‘I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t come and see me,’ he told News Corp on Monday
Mr Cummins however says he has nothing to hide.
‘I really don’t do anything I shouldn’t. Even when I worked for John, I had my head screwed on,’ he said.
‘I’m just a normal person who plays with his kids.’
Crime Stoppers NSW boss Peter Price blamed ‘incorrect’ contact details provided to police for the inability of officers to locate him.
Also on Tuesday, Jayson Aworth, 41, attended Dareton Police Station after he was named on the most-wanted list.
He was charged in relation to alleged aggravated indecent assault offences that occurred in the far southwest of the state in January.
Aworth was refused bail and scheduled to appear at Broken Hill Local Court on Tuesday.
Operation Roam is a national initiative seeking public help to track down 20 people sought by police across Australia.
Cummins, who is known as ‘The Muscle’, said that even when he worked for John Ibrahim he had his head ‘screwed on’
He is a father-of-three, including one daughter with former Bardot singer Tiffani Wood (pictured)
So far eight people have been arrested as part of the operation – including two before it officially kicked off – while 12 others remain outstanding.
Also on Operation Roam’s radar is accused double-murderer John Victor Bobak, 67, who has allegedly been on the run for 25 years.
Bobak is wanted for his alleged involvement in the 1991 execution-style killings of bookmaker Peter George Wade and Maureen Ambrose at a Surfers Paradise unit.
Jonathan Dick, from Victoria, is wanted over the alleged murder of his brother, David Dick, at a Melbourne shopping centre in February.
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