Billionaire media heiress enjoys birthday drinks at exclusive Sydney cocktail bar with ex-bikie associate after the pair struck up an unlikely friendship
The granddaughter of media mogul Kerry Packer has celebrated her birthday with a surprising new friend, former bikie associate Mark Judge.
Francesca Packer Barham, 26, and Judge became acquainted a few months ago through mutual friend Sam Zachariah, her ex-boyfriend and former housemate of Judge.
The pair were spotted celebrating their recent birthdays on Friday night over dinner and drinks at cocktail bar Little Felix in Sydney's CBD.
Swimming great Ian Thorpe was also in attendance at the soiree.
Francesca Packer Barham, 26, met Mark Judge through mutual friend Sam Zachariah, her ex-boyfriend and former housemate of the ex-bikie associate
Judge , who grew up near Penrith in western Sydney, started out as a doorman for a Rebels clubhouse. He never joined the club and instead chose to remain an associate
Packer-Barham donned a dark red dress with a black blazer and statement lipstick, while Judge wore a white button up shirt.
Despite appearing close at the unexpected dinner, an insider said the pair aren't romantically involved.
'They share a lot of common interests,' the close friend told The Daily Telegraph.
Judge, who grew up near Penrith in western Sydney, started out as a doorman for a Rebels clubhouse. He never joined the club and instead chose to remain an associate.
In 2011, the 'ladies' man' was found bleeding to death on an upmarket Sydney street after he was violently stabbed nine times.
Judge was found collapsed on the footpath outside his apartment by two friends who were driving past after the attack.
He was spared a full time jail sentence in 2005 after pleading guilty to bashing a furniture store owner and using a brick to crush the man's finger when he tried to reclaim some of the $70,000 he had lent him.
Ms Packer-Barham and her philanthropist grandmother Ros Packer
Ms Packer-Barham didn't just stop at fine dining to ring in her 26th birthday, the heiress is rumoured to have splashed around $1million on a jaw-dropping Rolls-Royce Phantom
Judge has since turned his life around and now makes a living as a designer watch seller, with stores in Bondi and Melbourne.
Ms Packer-Barham didn't just stop at fine dining to ring in her 26th birthday; the media heiress is rumoured to have splashed around $1million on a jaw-dropping Rolls-Royce Phantom.
The car is said to be parked in one of the eight parking spaces she acquired after spending $16million on an apartment in Darlinghurst last year.
Just two months ago she reportedly set a new record by spending $575,000 on an emerald cut diamond at a jewellery auction.