During the life of the controversial Oz magazine in Sydney , mentioned in our ongoing series about Pete Steedman, it bravely published a guide to the top members of the underworld, similar to the list of those righteous individuals adjudged the most powerful cleanskins by the NT News.
As a result of the Oz list , in which the top spot was blank, editor Richard Neville received a home visit from hulking "Mr Big"-Lennie McPherson- who seemed upset that a person named “Lenny” had made the No 2 spot and was described as a fence and “ fizz-gig”, a police informant . He also seemed suspicious that the magazine was a front for a gang trying to muscle in on his patch.
A Darwin identity who annoyed Lennie was lucky to escape with his life when a man pulled a gun on him outside an illegal baccarat club and he was shot in the leg . Another Sydney criminal , Jacky Steele, bought multiple copies of the Oz edition with the list which had described Lenny in such an unflattering way. Steele was gunned down soon after and before he died told police that McPherson had ordered his execution
As a result of the Oz list , in which the top spot was blank, editor Richard Neville received a home visit from hulking "Mr Big"-Lennie McPherson- who seemed upset that a person named “Lenny” had made the No 2 spot and was described as a fence and “ fizz-gig”, a police informant . He also seemed suspicious that the magazine was a front for a gang trying to muscle in on his patch.
A Darwin identity who annoyed Lennie was lucky to escape with his life when a man pulled a gun on him outside an illegal baccarat club and he was shot in the leg . Another Sydney criminal , Jacky Steele, bought multiple copies of the Oz edition with the list which had described Lenny in such an unflattering way. Steele was gunned down soon after and before he died told police that McPherson had ordered his execution
