Christopher Donahue

Christopher Donahue is a Detective Inspector with the New South Wales Police drug squad. He joined the Police Force in 1946 at the age of 16 and soon rose to become one of the most feared and well respected officers on the force.

Biography
Donahue became a detective in 1953 at the age of 23. Joining the Homicide Squad, he developed the reputation of an attack dog and worked on some of the biggest cases of the late 1950s, such as the Shan Alexander murder of 1958 and the Koo family massacre of 1960.

In 1963 he joined the Breaking Squad by which time his reputation was sufficient to gain convictions based on the strength of unsigned records of interviews with prisoners (known as police verbals). Donahue was also brought in to investigate the Alec Haddas conspiracy case, despite having no connections to the Special Branch investigating the case.

In 1966 Donahue was awarded the Peter Mitchell Trophy, the highest annual police award, for taking on and arresting a gang of armed bank robbers in Newcastle. The same year he was responsible for the shooting death of armed robber Tristan Waldram in a Sydney backstreet. During the inquest the coroner found Donahue was acting in the line of duty and was later highly praised by the police force for his bravery.

Business with the Tehran Outfit
Jackie Carpenter introduced Donahue and Malcolm Jones to Thomas Morello at a party in 1974. Morello was building his Tehran Outfit and to secure his position of power he was willing to do big business with the Drug Squad to protect himself (Morello was extra cautious after his 1969 arrest landing him in gaol). Malcolm, along with Donahue, provided the security Morello needed for $10,000 a month.

Personality
Donahue has grown up within an institution that protects his corrupt and criminal activities. But he progressed to become a far greater criminal then his colleagues, who are happy to turn their backs for a small slice of criminal action. Donahue is without doubt a major player in the Tehran Outfit. He has a violent sexual apatite for women. He is married with two daughters, who he shows little care towards.