Sallie-Anne Huckstepp

Sallie-Anne Huckstepp (nee Krivoshow, 12 December 1954 – 6 February 1986) was an Australian writer, sex-worker and whistle blower, who was the victim of an underworld homicide.

Huckstepp was born as Sallie-Anne Krivoshow into a middle-class Jewish family[1] and attended Dover Heights High School and Moriah College in Sydney.

In June 1981, Lanfranchi allegedly robbed a Sydney heroin dealer and later fired shots at a young policeman.

[3] The inquest found that on the balance of probabilities, Rogerson had been trying to arrest Lanfranchi, but refused to find he had acted in self defence.

[3] On 15 July 1981, Huckstepp, accompanied by her father, Jack Krivoshow, and a legal-aid solicitor, went to the New South Wales Police Headquarters in College Street, Darlinghurst, where she met with Detective Inspector Ralph and Detective Reith of the New South Wales Police Internal Affairs Branch.

She made the following statement which eventually helped lead to the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Wood Royal Commission: Huckstepp also went to the media and gave extensive interviews, claiming that Rogerson had murdered Lanfranchi and stolen $10,000 Lanfranchi was carrying to bribe Rogerson.

"[5] He goes on to claim that as a result of his testimony at the inquest, Rogerson and other corrupt police officers gave him a "green light" to commit crime without fear of prosecution.

With Kelleher remanded into custody, Huckstepp began a relationship with a federal police officer, Constable Peter Parker Smith.

[6] Huckstepp visited Kelleher regularly in prison, telling him she was attempting to get information from Constable Smith which could be useful in his trial.

[citation needed] The following morning, a man walking his dog found her body in Busby Pond, a lake in Centennial Park.

It was alleged at the inquest that Huckstepp had gone to obtain a fresh supply of heroin and was then lured to Busby's Pond, a remote area of the park.

[8] Smith later dismissed his confession as lies, saying he knew he was being taped and wanted the publicity for his new book, Catch and Kill Your Own.

[9] Sascha had a minor role as a nurse in the Australian miniseries Blue Murder, which featured a character (played by Loene Carmen) based on her mother.