Roger Rogerson wanted for questioning

Wanted man ... disgraced former police detective Roger Rogerson. Source: News Limited

Sydney university student Jamie Gao Source: Supplied

DISGRACED former detective Roger Rogerson is being sought for questioning over the disappearance of Sydney University student Jamie Gao.

Police believe Mr Gao, 20, was kidnapped and murdered after attending a mystery meeting on Arab Rd, Padstow last Tuesday.

He was last seen getting into a white car after talking to two men.

Another former detective and a known associate of Rogerson, Glen McNamara, was last night being questioned over his involvement in the matter.

McNamara was helping police with their inquiries at St George Police Station.

Police were trying to locate 73-year-old Rogerson, who is believed to be in Queensland.

Rogerson was not answering telephone calls last night.

McNamara's lawyer Charles Moschoudis said he was unable to comment on the matter. "I would like to help but I really can't.'' he said.

"It might be better if you speak to the police.''

Members of the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad searched Rogerson's Padstow house yesterday afternoon.

Former police detective Roger Rogerson. Source: News Limited

A police spokesman said the matter was part of an ongoing investigation.

"At this stage it is an ongoing investigation with a number of persons of interest to be questioned,'' he said.

University student Jamie Gao had been talking excitedly for days about the mystery meeting, which police now believe led to his kidnapping and murder.

Family and friends said the 20-year-old was vague about what the meeting was about except that it was of great significance­ to him. "Jamie told friends the meeting was really important, was excited about it but wouldn't say much else,'' Robbery­ and Serious Crime Squad head Detective Superintendent Luke Moore said yesterday. "And when he talked to friends he indicated he would be seeing them later in the day.''

The Hurstville resident was last seen getting into a white car on Arab Rd, Padstow, near a McDonald's about 1.40pm last Tuesday after chatting to two men.

"What that meeting was about, we don't know,'' Supt Moore said.

He has not been heard from since and his phone, keys and wallet were found near his white Nissan Silvia sedan, which was abandoned in Stuart­ St, Padstow, on the afternoon of that mysterious meeting.

Former police officer Glen McNamara. Source: News Limited

There was nothing in Mr Gao's background to suggest he was involved in drugs or any other criminal activity.

"But that is not to say he may not have gotten involved in something way above his head,'' Supt Moore said.

At first police treated Mr Gao's disappearance as a possible kidnapping for ransom but released details after the investigation led them to believe the motive was related to something else.

Police established there had not been any contact with family members and that Mr Gao's family did not seem to have the sort of money normally­ associated with ransoms.

His mother, a Hurstville business owner who was on an overseas holidays at the time, has flown back from Hong Kong to Sydney. "Jamie is an only child and his mother is extremely distraught."

Mr Gao was born in Sydney and was completing a business degree at the University of Technology, where he was a capable and good student.

Police investigations of friends, family and associates paint a picture of a fairly normal young man who didn't have lots of money or a lavish lifestyle.

Friend Jessica Yun said on social media: "He hasn't contacted us or anything, me and my friends are worried sick." .

At the same time the then cop Roger Rogerson was putting criminals behind bars, he was a willing participant in many of the crimes.

After chalking up 13 bravery awards in the '80s, his world quickly fell apart and he was jailed for a number of offences in the 1990s. In 2005 he and his wife were convicted of lying in 2005 to the Police Integrity Commission in 1999. He served another year in jail.

Jamie Gao's motor vehicle, a Nissan Sylvia, was found abandoned in Stuart St, Padstow / Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied

COP WHO JOINED THE CRIMINALS IN PRISON Warren Gibbs

ROGER Rogerson was once hailed NSWs best cop, boasting 13 bravery awards and praised for his "devotion to duty".

But he led a double-life. Not only did he put crims behind bars, he was one of them.

Rogerson gave the green light to some of NSW's worst offenders — among them hitmen Christopher Dale Flannery and Neddy Smith — to commit crimes.

In 1980, he was awarded the Peter Mitchell Award the highest annual police trophy 1980 for the arrest of escaped armed robber Gary Purdey.

Rogerson was dismissed from the force in 1986. He was convicted of perverting the course of justice over $110,000 deposited by him into a bank account under a false name.

He spent nine months behind bars in 1990 before being released on appeal. The appeal was dismissed and the disgraced detective spent three more years in the slammer from 1992 to 1995.

But his days of disgrace were far from over. In 2005 Rogerson and his wife were convicted of lying to the Police Integrity Commission in 1999. He served another 12 months.

Last year Rogerson was back in the news, telling a court that if he tried anything now he would "probably get caught".

In his heyday Rogerson was responsible for a string of crimes and in 1981 shot dead criminal Warren Lanfranci — but a coroner found he had acted in self-defence.

However, it was alleged by Lanfranchi's partner, Sallie-Anne Huckstepp and later by Smith that Rogerson had murdered Lanfranchi as revenge for robbing another heroin dealer.

In 1984 a fellow officer, Michael Drury, alleged Rogerson was involved in his attempted murder. Mr Drury claims he refused to accept a bribe from Rogerson and was later shot. Rogerson was charged with the shooting, but acquitted.

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