Remedial Action Soon At Melville Street

The Insurer of the 4 Stratum Title Units backing onto Mr Khani’s land at 157-161 Bathurst St where his excavation has caused a land slip have decided to rectify the problem and then proceed to recovery from Mr Khani.

Again, action is believed to be imminent.

The representatives of those Insurers are very welcome readers of this site and we’ll offer any assistance we can.

Lord Mayor Promises Action At 33 Marlborough Street

At the Hobart City Council Meeting on Monday August 22^nd, the Lord Mayor of Hobart, Rob Valentine said in reply to a Question on Notice from Kirsten Goyne that the Council had received permission from the Planning Tribunal on August 15^th 2010 to act in respect of the property.

He said that Tenders are to be called to remove the fill (placed there in 2007 by Mr Khani) and to re-vegetate the block as native bush land.

Whilst no specific date was given it is understood that action is imminent and that the cost to the ratepayers will be secured by lien or caveat over the property and recovered upon sale of the property.

The Lord Mayor went on to say that whilst remedying the very bad drainage problem to Kirsten’s home at No. 31 that has occurred only since Mr Khani had the fill placed there,was not a Council responsibility, execution of the remedial work could well rectify that drainage problem.

Ali Youssef vs Khani

As promised, here is the anti-discrimination document from the case in 2006 where Khani said "F*** Allah" and "F*** Moslems" and "F*** your Prophet Mohammed" and made various other "inappropriate actions and comments" towards Ali Youssef.


Soheil Mehrab-Khani was fined for causing Ali Youssef "pain, suffering and humilation" as well as being ordered to make a written apology.

Read the full outcome of this case below:

Tony Jacobs Submissions To Anti-Discrimination Tribunal

That a person who acts the way Mr Khani has acted including his attempts to lecture others,

Including his attempts to shout people down (termed in Youssef v Khani “speaking at him rather than talking to him”),



Including his quaint little habits of sending messages to a chosen few that he’ll organise someone to kill them,



Including his threat to Tony “I’ll get someone to cut you”, 


Including his behaviour to many others such as screaming threats and abuse, often right into their faces, 


Including his lies to the Tribunal and his oft illustrated complete contempt for the law and other people’s rights and 

Including his behaviour at the Tribunal is termed in contemporary English “an Ayatollah”

Peace And Harmony

Mr Khani claimed in a document filed in Court June 2009 that he wanted to “live in peace and harmony”. He proclaimed “I am a Baha’i.”

If you have experienced this “peace and harmony” you are invited to supply details which will be put on this site.

Those who have experienced something very different include- 

The people who sold him a property in Alexander St and their Solicitor, Robert Young; 

His neighbours in Bathurst St and those 4 people behind in Melville St who have suffered a land slide as a result of his illegal excavations; 

The half dozen or so families who live close to 33 Marlborough St; 

The gardeners of that part of Sandy Bay who’ve had seeds from weeds on his property blow onto their properties; 

The young children near 178 Brisbane St who were terrified by his screaming and ranting;

The Jacobs family; 

The lady who signed up to buy what she was led to believe was an authorised Hotel at 102 Harrington St,

The agents who acted for him for a time in trying to sell certain properties which they had assumed to be trouble–  free;

A number of people who have stayed at his “hotel” at 102 Harrington St;

Four Magistrates who’ve had him shout and rant at them,

Commissioner Mckenzie from the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal who repeatedly received no respect,

The Controller of the Hobart Magistrate’s Court who was screamed down twice,

A string of small tradesmen and contractors, most recently Peter “Cabbage” McConnon, who having done work for him, have been refused payment. 

We can add Ali Youssef to that and one suspects that some of his ex-Solicitors might be eligible as well if glares at them are a guide.

Some Police Assessments

Mehrab-Khani has been known to complain to Police often and loudly and about a range of people. Usually his wife phones for him.

In a document filed with the Court in December 2010 she said “I’ve phoned Police at least 25 times in the past 2 years”

And, this in a State where there are now severe budgetary restraints.  

Tony Jacobs has no monopoly on these complaints. Khani complained in January 2010 that 2 young Uniformed Officers had threatened him and used “threatening and abusive language” toward him.

There were several civilians present who confirmed that the Officers did no such thing.

Freedom of Information documents reveal these gems in Police internal reports:-

“Police continually attend jobs where Khani is building or renovating and he seems to be the issue and aggressor with neighbouring properties”.

Khani has displayed bizarre and irrational behaviour when Police were dealing with him”

“Khani quickly changed the subject and began to rant about Police inaction….”

“He became very emotional,ranting uncontrollably stating that the Police are corrupt…”

"Khani is extremely irrational..”

Other Complaints

In addition to Police Mr Khani has complained about Tony Jacobs to at least the following:-

Then Premier David Bartlett - in person.

Then PM-Kevin Rudd - by letter

The Integrity Commission, and

A Legislative Council Committee

"Ridiculous" Claim Gets Up

Khani built the boundary fence between he and Tony Jacobs’ property. This was the entire lower side and half the rear of his property. But he built it 25cm above ground level at the street and 90cm above at the rear. The result was that a stream of the blue metal and gravel used to build it up his land poured into Tony’s place.

Khani ignored written requests to rectify and later to pay for the terracing built. Tony then sued him.A week later Khani commenced his Anti-Discrimination claims and began screaming at Tony repeatedly things like:-

“You are a Public Servant and should get down on your knees and serve me”

“I’ll get revenge if it takes me 20 years”

“Who do you think you are?”

I’ll make you cwy” [he can’t pronounce “r”]

‘You are a septic tank”

“You are a poofter”

“You don’t believe in God and you’ll go to Hell”

Also came the 13 attacks upon him in a motor vehicle, the kicking and punching of 6 holes in his side fence, the spitting at him and the partial pulling down of his pants accompanied by pointing at his posterior of which Tony has given evidence several times.

To the Tribunal Khani wrote of Tony’s action “How ridiculous is his claim? His claim is just unbelievable.”

Khani later screamed down the Court appointed mediator and proceeded to trial represented by Mr Chris Boland.

Tony was awarded all except a minor item that he was claiming - about $1,350. Mr Boland’s fees are thought to have been over $5,000, so all and all it was not a good assessment that the claim was “ridiculous”.

A Variety Of Excuses For Non Attendance

At the conclusion of the Anti-Discrimination hearings in January the Tribunal Member,Ms C.McKenzie suggested the week of May 28^th for conclusion.

Tony Jacobs agreed.Soheil Khani claimed that he’d be overseas in Iran. In fact Khani never left Australia and was in Hobart on May 28^th and later that week.He never advised that fact.

In April, the week commencing August 15^th was set. A week before Khani sent an e-mail saying “I am not able to attend”. He went on to claim that he needed to sell a property to pay for a lawyer. No details of which property or of any plans were revealed.

Told by the Tribunal that it would not be adjourned he sent a message on the 15^th that he was ill. On the 16^th he sent a one line Doctors note. That Doctor in a telephone hook up said that neither she, nor her practice had seen him before and that she was relying on his complaints of lower back pain for which she’d prescribed a panadene type tablet.

Told by the Tribunal on the 16^th that he had to be there on the 17^th, he sent an e-mail claiming injury in a motor vehicle accident on the 14^th.  

As the Tribunal member pointed out-if there’d been such injury in a car accident he’d surely have told the Doctor on the 15^th.

Khani has sought at least half a dozen adjournments in other recent cases for a variety of reasons including illness, absence from the State, too busy to get a lawyer,lawyers won’t take him on, etc.

On one occasion his Solicitor explained his absence to a Magistrate as due to injury.A quarter hour later he was seen at the Council conducting business with a band aid on a thumb, after which he drove off at his usual high speed.

None of this is new.

In the 2006 decision in the case of Youssef v Khani it was pointed out that delay had been caused by his not being in attendance on some occasions.

In his 2009 Planning Appeal case against the Hobart City Council over 33 Marlborough St  Number 37/09P the Tribunal noted “Eventually,after a protracted and somewhat tortuous process, this appeal came on….No evidence, at all, or any material was filed by Mr Khani”.

Anti-Discrimination Case Resumes, But Khani Missing

The 15th of August, 11.00am at Court Room 6. This was the time and place for the long awaited sequel to the Anti-Discrimination case bought by Soheil Mehrab - Khani against Principal Crown Prosecutor, Tony Jacobs.

However, Mehrab-Khani was nowhere to be seen. A letter by Mehrab-Khani was read in court wherein he applied to adjourn the case because he now wanted a lawyer but couldnt afford one, he needed to sell a property, he claimed. 

This despite the fact that he claimed to be worth 7 Million dollars in another Court Case, and last year when he put his face inches away from mine in a confrontation saying to me, "You think I care about the Council fining me $500 or $5000? I'm rich!"


He was given till today, the 16th of August to turn up. The Press were waiting in force for him to appear, to no avail.

Another letter was read to the Court. He now had a bad back and a single line Doctors Certificate was submitted.

Mehrab-Khani has until tomorrow, the 17th of August to appear before the Tribunal, or the case could be dismissed. There is also a possibility of him being fined a not insubstantial amount of money.

The ABC have this up on their web site already:

Even if the case is dismissed, a certain document will be revealed by Tony Jacobs relating to Soheil Mehrab-Khani which will certainly cause a stir. I am privy to this document and am certain the Press will have a field day with it.

"Cabbage" Paid In Full By Khani When Shown Letter By Tony Jacobs

Colourful northern suburbs identity and carpet layer Peter (“Cabbage”) McConnon has now been paid in full by Mehrab-Khani.

In a complete turnaround, Mehrab-Khani paid in full for the carpet that was laid in his property several weeks ago after Peter ("Cabbage") McConnon confronted him at his property and showed him a letter written by Tony Jacobs, where Tony offered to help "Cabbage" get the money owing to him.

The letter below is what did the trick:

Mehrab-Khani has a habit of not paying tradesmen, particularly the vulnerable single operators, as evidence by his multiple listings in the Tasmanian Debt Collection Gazette (several of which have been published on this blog).

His own lawyer just recently successfully sued for non-payment of over $13 000, see below listing from the Gazette:

This was the same lawyer that threatened me with a Defamation Case for writing a blog highlighting issues such as tradesmen not being paid. Lo and Behold, this very same lawyer is not paid either! This caused much merriment in Hobart legal circles, I am told.

Khani Attempts Another Road Confrontation With Tony Jacobs

On Sunday August 7^th at 2.45 Tony Jacobs stopped behind a 4 wheel drive vehicle stationary at a red light in Warwick St at its intersection with Argyle St (facing east).

The light changed to green but the 4 w.d. did not move. With no vehicles approaching Tony then indicated and moved to the other side of the road to pass. The 4 w.d. then quickly moved right, across his path necessitating his braking to avoid a collision.

The driver of the 4 w.d.turned out to be Soheil Mehrab-Khani.

Mehrab-Khani in his 4 wheel drive, above. 

After the light had turned orange Khani sped through it. On April 14^th this year Khani received a criminal conviction, was fined $600 and made the subject of a 3 year Restraint Order in respect of Tony for smashing his windscreen by bashing it about 6 times with his fist when Tony was parked at a red light near the New Town K Mart.

At that trial Tony detailed a total of 13 attacks on him by Khani when Tony has been in a motor vehicle.

Khani admitted 2 of those attacks. One was by blocking several other vehicles including Tony’s at a New Town Roundabout.In admitting that incident Khani said “I drove like a maniac” (to get to the roundabout).

The other was running in front of Tony’s car in North Hobart forcing emergency braking to avoid running him over after which Khani open the door,removed the keys and attempted to throw them away.

Other attacks detailed by Tony in Court included twice trying to pull him from a moving vehicle as he was driving off because Tony would not stop and listen to his rantings and twice violently swerving across the road and swerving at him in a “chicken” like fashion.

Tony described to the Magistrate that one of these incidents near St Mary’s school avoided a head on collision by an extremely small margin. 

Tony described 3 incidents in Bathurst St on January 28^th 2010 when at red lights at the intersection of Bathurst St with both Murray and Elizabeth St’s during lunch time traffic Khani bashed on Tony’s car and sought to have him get out and engage with him and when he then forcibly tried to cut across in front of Tony’s vehicle in Bathurst St between Elizabeth & Argyle St.

Khani gave sworn evidence that none of this occurred. It just so happens that Police Report # 201006163 obtained under Freedom of Information (now called “Right to Know’)  records Khani as telling Police on 28.1.10 that he saw Tony driving in Bathurst St, that he “pursued” him and “engaged in verbal altercation”.

Khani also kicked and punched 6 holes in the boundary fence when he lived at 178 Brisbane St. Khani’s wife has given sworn evidence that she witnessed Khani kick the first of these. And this is a solid ,new fence with metal posts.

Pictures of the holes in the fence at Brisbane street, above:

The last hole made was near the rear. It is 70 cm x 17cm and was done with Khani’s fist.His lower arm was in plaster for about the next month.

Tony tells me that Khani later used the hole several times to spit at him. It is amazing that someone in Australia thinks that he has a right to “pursue” another motorist or to “drive like a maniac” to get to a roundabout to block traffic.

Tony tells me that he’ll be referring in some detail at the Anti-Discrimination” hearing next week to the DSM4 Psychiatric Manual to detail the acute Personality Disorder that he suggests Khani suffers from and which he believes makes him a threat to many others.

Questions To Be Asked At HCC Meeting About Khani Property

Soheil Mehrab-Khani illegally excavated, removed all vegetation and dumped landfill at 33 Marlborough Street, Sandy Bay about 4 years ago causing flooding to neighbouring properties and rock falls onto fences and attracting a lot of weeds that have since blown seeds over a large area.

This was on a large block where there was a condition that all except a small building envelope had to be left in native vegetation.

In July 2009 the Planning Tribunal upheld the Council claim that Khani was responsible and ordered him to re-vegetate and remove landfill.

Photo's from Hobart City Council Officer below.

This has still not been done. The Council claim to be talking to him. Khani given sworn evidence that there has not been any discussion with Council Officers.

With Council elections looming in October, Tony Jacobs has given notice that he intends to ask two questions at the Council meeting on 22 August at 5.00pm.

These questions relate to the lack of enforcement by Hobart City Council of the Tribunal order at Marborough Street as well as the condition of a Hotel owned by Mehrab-Khani called The Harrington 102, see picture below showing The Harrington 102 with Mehrab-Khani's red Mercedes outside.

Below is a copy of Tony's letter, the annexures he sent and the relevant Local Government Regulation allowing us to question Tasmanian Councils:

Cabbage Joins List Of Unpaid Tradesmen

Colourful northern suburbs identity and carpet layer Peter (“Cabbage”) McConnon has joined that long list of tradesmen (normally one man businesses) that Khani has refused to pay for work he requested at one of his properties.

Mr McConnon laid carpet at Khani’s current residence - a block of flats at 44 Bay Rd, New Town. (Khani pleaded Guilty last year to a Building Act breach at that property).

Mr McConnon didn’t take the refusal to pay quietly and at one stage one of Khani’s regular employees threatened physical involvement only to back off after a promise about the permanent transfer of his teeth.

Mr McConnon has given Khani written notice to pay by next week failing which he intends debt recovery through the Court.