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00:00From the terrifying Frankston serial killer to some of Australia's deadliest female black widow killers,
00:08today we dive inside the most brutal prisons in Australia and take a look at some of the most dangerous people locked away.
00:17Welcome to the 19 most dangerous prisoners locked up in Australia's prison system.
00:23Drop a comment down below and let me know what you think about these crazy convicts.
00:28I do read every single comment.
00:30Number 19, Christopher Binzie, known as badness.
00:35And at times as Christopher Dean Pakotic, Christopher Binzie is an Australian career criminal,
00:42notable for his history as an armed robber and prison escapee.
00:46Binzie is a convicted armed robber, having been convicted of the crime seven times.
00:52He pleaded guilty to a string of seven unsolved armed robberies that occurred between 1988 and 1991.
01:01One of his recent convictions stems from a 2012 armed robbery of a Melbourne hotel,
01:07where he stole $235,000 and was involved in a 44-hour siege at his home, where he fired shots at police officers.
01:17His crimes also include shooting at police, methamphetamine abuse and being an expert escape artist.
01:25By the age of 24, he had accumulated 96 convictions.
01:29He has attempted to escape from custody six times and succeeded twice and gained notoriety for taunting police while on the run,
01:38even sending Christmas cards and placing advertisements in a newspaper.
01:43Binzie has spent the majority of his life since age 13 in custody.
01:48It has been reported that he has spent 29 of the past 33 years in prison.
01:53For the 2012 armed robbery and shooting at police, he was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years and two months in jail.
02:02He is currently incarcerated in H.M. Barwon Prison in Lara, Victoria,
02:07where he is reported to be serving a lengthy sentence in complete solitary confinement.
02:13Number 18, Brian Keith Jones.
02:17Born in 1947, Jones was also known as Brendan John Megson and was nicknamed Mr. Baldy
02:25because he would often shave his victim's hair during his attacks.
02:30Convicted of the abduction and assault of six people, he pleaded guilty to 17 charges,
02:35including six of assault on a male under 16, six of abduction, two of burglary and two of theft.
02:43Shortly after being paroled, he attacked a young victim and abused the victim's six-year-old brother within weeks.
02:50He was convicted of three counts of assault.
02:53A judge referred to him as an absolute menace, from whom no child was safe.
02:59During a prior incarceration, he had sent tape recordings to another child molester
03:04about a plan to establish a community in an isolated area involving a secret society.
03:10He was sentenced to 14 years in jail with a non-parole period of 12 years for the 1979 to 1980 offences.
03:19He was paroled in 1989 after remissions.
03:23Following the parole breaches, he was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment with another non-parole period of 12 years.
03:31He was eligible for parole in August 2003 and was eventually released from HM Prison Ararat in July 2005
03:40with the strictest parole conditions ever given to a Victorian prisoner.
03:45In August 2006, he was arrested and imprisoned indefinitely for multiple breaches of his parole conditions
03:52after being caught wandering the streets of Ararat in breach of his supervision order.
03:58Number 17. Evangelos Goosys
04:01Australian former boxer and kickboxer Goosys was found guilty of the murders of two victims of the Melbourne gangland killings.
04:09For the murder of Lewis Kane on May 8th 2004, Goosy claimed self-defence at trial,
04:16stating Kane had fired a gun that jammed, which prompted Goosy to shoot him in the head.
04:22Goosy was convicted by a jury on May 3rd 2006 for the murder of Lewis Moran on March 31st 2004 at the Brunswick Club.
04:33Goosys was found guilty by a jury on May 29th 2008.
04:38He was also under investigation for the murder of Shane Chartres Abbott,
04:42but a jury found Goosys and two other co-accused not guilty for that murder on July 8th 2014.
04:51Goosys was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 33 years
04:55and he is currently imprisoned and serving time in the Acacia unit at Bar One Prison.
05:02He and his lawyers have sought to argue that prosecutors and police breached legal disclosure obligations
05:07when he stood trial for the murder of Lewis Moran.
05:11Number 16. Gregory Brazel
05:13Brazel has been convicted of 37 offences from 15 court appearances between March 1983 and August in the year 2000,
05:22and the most serious of these include three murders, false imprisonment, armed robbery and contempt of court.
05:30In 1982, Brazel shot and killed Mildred Hammer during an armed robbery at her hardware and gift store.
05:37Brazel voluntarily confessed to this murder in August 2000.
05:42Brazel murdered sex worker Sharon Taylor in 1990 while on early release from prison
05:48before attacking and killing another sex worker, Roslyn Hayward, later that year.
05:54Brazel is currently serving three consecutive life sentences with a non-parole period of 30 years
06:01and became eligible for parole in 2020 but, as of 2024, is still incarcerated at H.M. Prison Bar One in Victoria, Australia.
06:14Brazel has been described as one of the most manipulative and violent prisoners in Victoria's prison system
06:21and has continued to regularly offend while incarcerated.
06:25In November 1991, he took a staff member hostage at H.M. Melbourne Assessment Prison,
06:32has been assaulted by fellow inmates, and in 2006, he was caught collecting personal information related to senior prison staff.
06:42Number 15. Ashley Coulston
06:44Coulston was convicted of multiple offences, most notably a triple murder in 1992 and earlier crimes that occurred throughout his life.
06:53On April 19th, 1971, at the age of 14, Coulston abducted two female school teachers,
07:00Helinka Watson and Carol Scott, at gunpoint with a .22 rifle.
07:06He planned the abduction in advance, kept the teachers under surveillance, stole money and forced them to drive him interstate towards Sydney.
07:16On July 29th, 1992, in Burwood, Coulston murdered three people,
07:21Kerin Henstridge, Anne Smerden and Peter Dempsey.
07:25The victims were hogtied, using cable ties and shot execution style, in the back of the head,
07:32with a sawn-off .22 rifle fitted with a homemade silencer.
07:37On September 1st, 1992, in Inner Melbourne,
07:41Coulston attempted to abduct a couple on St Kilda Road,
07:45using the same weapon and cable ties from the earlier murders.
07:49He took money from the couple, but the male victim overpowered him,
07:53allowing the couple to escape and alert security guards.
07:58Coulston fired at the guards, hitting one in the hip, before being arrested by police.
08:03No motive was established for the murders,
08:05as Coulston exercised his right to remain silent during the trial.
08:09Coulston was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences,
08:13to be served with an additional seven-year sentence for the remaining offences.
08:17He is detained at H.M. Prison, Barwon.
08:21Number 14, Bandali Debs.
08:24Bandali Debs was convicted of four murders that took place between 1995 and 1998,
08:31and was also convicted of armed robbery.
08:34His murder of Donna Anne Hicks occurred in April 1995 in New South Wales,
08:40and he was linked through DNA analysis,
08:43and was convicted of her murder on December 12th, 2011.
08:47The murder of Christy Mary Harty occurred in June 1997,
08:53after she had met with Debs, and the two drove to a secluded track.
08:58DNA evidence again matched Debs.
09:00Two Victoria police officers were shot and killed in Moorabbin, Victoria,
09:05on August 16th, 1998,
09:07while conducting surveillance as part of an armed robbery investigation,
09:11and Debs was convicted of both murders in February 2003.
09:16He was noted for recruiting young individuals, including his daughter's boyfriend,
09:21to assist him in a series of armed robberies.
09:24He and his accomplice would point loaded weapons at customers and staff,
09:27force them to lie face down,
09:29and have their hands and feet bound while taking possessions and restaurant takings.
09:33Bandali Debs is currently serving a sentence of four consecutive life sentences,
09:39plus 27 years without parole.
09:42Each of the four murder convictions resulted in a consecutive term of life imprisonment.
09:47Debs is detained at H.M. Prison Barwon in Victoria.
09:51He has also given evidence from Goulburn Prison in New South Wales for a retrial in one of his cases.
09:57While imprisoned, Debs has undertaken psychology classes, life skills, and computer training,
10:04and is employed as a prison carpet cleaner.
10:07He has also been considered a suspect in numerous other unsolved crimes.
10:11Number 13, Dante Arthurs.
10:14On June 26th, 2006,
10:17Arthurs, an employee at the Livingston Shopping Centre in Canningvale, Western Australia,
10:23abducted eight-year-old Sofia Rodriguez Urrutia Shoe,
10:28who was shopping with her family.
10:30Arthurs followed her and grabbed her after she left the female toilets,
10:34dragging her into a nearby disabled toilet cubicle
10:38and locking the door before attacking her.
10:41In November 7th, 2007,
10:44Arthurs was sentenced to life imprisonment
10:46with a non-parole period of 13 years
10:50for the murder of Sofia Rodriguez Urrutia Shoe.
10:54He was also sentenced to two years for the unlawful detention charge.
10:58As of June 2023,
11:01Arthurs is imprisoned in Casuarina Prison
11:03and has been warned by Justice McKechnie
11:06that he may never be released
11:08and has no entitlement to release,
11:12merely an entitlement to consideration for release.
11:16Due to issues with forensic analysis being unable to conclude
11:20if the assault occurred before or after death
11:23and a judge ruling his confession inadmissible
11:26due to overbearing police interview techniques,
11:29Arthurs pled guilty to the lesser charge of murder
11:32and unlawful detention.
11:34As of June 2023,
11:37Arthurs is imprisoned in Casuarina Prison.
11:40Number 12,
11:41Bevan Spencer von Einem.
11:43Von Einem first came to public attention
11:46on May 10th, 1972,
11:48when he rescued a man named Roger James
11:50who had suffered a broken leg
11:53after being thrown into the River Torrens.
11:56Another man,
11:57Dr George Duncan,
11:58drowned in the incident.
12:00On June 5th, 1983,
12:02Richard Kelvin,
12:04a 15-year-old Adelaide teenager
12:06and son of a local television personality,
12:09was abducted and later found deceased on July 24th,
12:14having died of massive blood loss.
12:17Traces of four hypnotic drugs
12:19were found in his bloodstream.
12:21Von Einem,
12:22an accountant by profession,
12:23was convicted of the murder in 1984
12:25and is the only suspect to be charged
12:28in connection with the series of crimes
12:30known as the family murders.
12:32While convicted only for Richard Kelvin's murder,
12:36Von Einem is a suspected serial killer
12:39linked to other victims,
12:41including Alan Arthur Barnes,
12:44Neil Frederick Muir,
12:46Peter Stogneff,
12:47and Mark Andrew Langley.
12:49Von Einem was charged with the murders
12:52of Alan Barnes and Mark Langley in 1989.
12:55However,
12:56the prosecution discontinued the criminal charges
12:59when crucial evidence was ruled inadmissible
13:02by the presiding judge.
13:04Sentenced to life imprisonment,
13:06his minimum non-parole period
13:08was initially 24 years,
13:10later extended to a 36-year term.
13:14He is currently serving his sentence
13:15at Port Augusta Prison,
13:17having been inside Yattela Labour Prison for decades.
13:21Number 11,
13:22Erin Patterson.
13:23Erin Patterson was convicted
13:25for the murder of three people
13:26and the attempted murder of a fourth person
13:28by poisoning them with death cap mushrooms
13:31in a beef Wellington meal
13:32served at her home in Leongartha,
13:35Victoria, Australia in July 2023.
13:40The victims of the murder conviction
13:41were her former in-laws,
13:43Don Patterson,
13:44Gail Patterson,
13:45and Heather Wilkinson,
13:47with Heather's husband,
13:48Ian Wilkinson,
13:49surviving the attack
13:50after spending weeks in the hospital.
13:53Patterson was arrested
13:54on November 2nd, 2023.
13:57She was initially charged
13:58with three counts of murder
13:59and five counts of attempted murder,
14:02which included four counts of attempted murder
14:04against her estranged husband,
14:07Simon Patterson.
14:08The trial took place
14:09in the Supreme Court of Victoria,
14:12sitting in Morwell.
14:13On July 7th, 2025,
14:16the jury convicted her
14:17on all remaining charges,
14:19three counts of murder
14:21and one count of attempted murder.
14:23The judge stated that the motive
14:25remains a mystery,
14:26as only Patterson knows
14:28why she committed the crimes.
14:30The judge cited aggravating circumstances,
14:32including substantial premeditation,
14:35her pitiless behaviour after the lunch,
14:37the suffering of the victims,
14:39her elaborate cover-up,
14:41and the enormous betrayal of trust,
14:43as her victims were relatives
14:45by marriage who had been good to her.
14:47On September 8th, 2025,
14:50Justice Christopher Beale
14:51sentenced Erin Patterson
14:53to life imprisonment
14:54with a non-parole period
14:56of 33 years.
14:58She received three consecutive
15:00life sentences for the murders
15:02and 25 years for attempted murder.
15:05Her sentence is backdated
15:06to her arrest on November 2nd, 2023.
15:10She will be 82 years old
15:11when she becomes eligible
15:12for parole in November 2056,
15:15and has been held in solitary confinement
15:18in the Gordon unit
15:19of the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre,
15:22Victoria's maximum security
15:24women's prison since her arrest.
15:27She is classified as a notorious prisoner
15:29and must be kept separate
15:31from other inmates for her own safety,
15:34often spending approximately 22 hours a day
15:37in her cell due to ongoing lockdowns.
15:41Number 10, Peter Dupas.
15:43Covering a significant criminal history
15:45spanning more than three decades,
15:47Dupas' crimes involved serious
15:49and violent offences
15:51that escalated to murder.
15:53Dupas has been convicted
15:54of three murders
15:55and is a suspect
15:56in at least three other murders
15:58in the Melbourne area
16:00between the 1980s and 1990s.
16:03His crimes,
16:04which spanned from 1985 to 1999,
16:08have been described
16:09as particularly gruesome.
16:11He was convicted of the stabbing murder
16:13of Margaret Maher in 1997
16:15for the murder of Mersena Halvagis
16:18that same year
16:19and Nicole Patterson in 1999.
16:23His earlier criminal history
16:24dating back to 1972
16:26includes nine years imprisonment
16:28for breaking into a woman's home
16:30in 1974
16:31and stabbing a next-door neighbour
16:33in the face, neck and hand
16:35after requesting to borrow a knife.
16:38In 1994, less than two years
16:41after a release,
16:42he was arrested for false imprisonment
16:44after following a woman
16:45at a toilet block
16:46while wearing a hood
16:48and armed with a knife.
16:50Peter Dupas is currently serving
16:51three life sentences
16:53without the possibility of parole
16:55for his murder convictions
16:56and is primarily considered
16:58a serious habitual offender.
17:01Number 9, Michelle Burgess.
17:03Often referred to as one of the country's
17:05most infamous black widows,
17:07Michelle Burgess was convicted of murder
17:09after plotting to eliminate
17:11both her husband
17:12and the wife of her lover.
17:14Alongside her lover, Kevin Matthews,
17:16Burgess attempted to hire a hitman,
17:19David Key.
17:20However, this murder was foiled
17:21by police intervention
17:22before it could be carried out.
17:25The second target was Carolyn Matthews,
17:27the wife of Michelle's lover,
17:29Kevin Matthews,
17:30who was a mother of three
17:31later killed in her home.
17:34Michelle Burgess and Kevin Matthews
17:35were both convicted in 2005,
17:38reportedly given some of the longest
17:40non-parole periods
17:41in South Australia's history
17:43at the time of their sentencing.
17:46Michelle Burgess is currently
17:47incarcerated in South Australia
17:49and it's been reported
17:51that male guards
17:52at Adelaide's women's prison
17:53are said to be fearful of Burgess
17:55and one officer has quit
17:57due to an attempted affair.
18:00As of 2024,
18:02the prison where she currently resides
18:04has been forced to enforce new rules,
18:07in which male prison guards
18:09aren't allowed near her alone.
18:11Number 8.
18:12Michael Kanean
18:13Born on May 23rd, 1975.
18:17Kanean's criminal activities,
18:19which occurred in Sydney
18:20between July 17th and December 22nd, 1998,
18:25included multiple murders
18:27and other violent offences.
18:29Kanean was a powerful drug dealer
18:31and a lieutenant
18:32to organised crime figure Danny Karam
18:34and a member of the gang
18:36known as DK's Boys.
18:38The gang's main criminal activity
18:40was the distribution and sale of cocaine
18:42in the inner Sydney suburb
18:44of King's Cross.
18:46Following a verbal altercation
18:47outside a hotel,
18:49Kanean produced a gun
18:50and fired shots.
18:52Two men,
18:53Michael Hurl and Adam Wright,
18:54were shot and later died.
18:57A third man,
18:58Ronald Singleton,
18:58was shot in the arm
18:59and survived.
19:01The crime became known
19:02as the Five Dock Murders.
19:04On October 13th, 1998,
19:07Kanean and an associate,
19:09Jamal,
19:10shot Elias,
19:11Les Elias,
19:13in the buttock,
19:13following a dispute
19:14over a gun
19:15in what became known
19:16as the Greenacre Shooting.
19:19Kanean was involved
19:20in arranging
19:20for the people
19:21who stabbed 14-year-old Edward Lee
19:23to be transported to Queensland
19:25and in creating alibis for them.
19:28In the early morning
19:29of November 1st, 1998,
19:3217 shots were fired
19:34at the Lakemba police station
19:36and Kanean was charged
19:38in relation to this drive-by shooting,
19:41but was later found not guilty.
19:43Kanean was later convicted
19:45for the murder
19:46of his own underworld boss,
19:48Danny Karam.
19:49Another two counts of murder
19:51and received sentences
19:52of life imprisonment
19:53plus 50 years and four months
19:55without the possibility of parole.
19:58Number seven,
19:59Sef Gonzalez.
20:01An Australian man
20:02of Filipino descent,
20:04Sef Gonzalez was convicted
20:06of the triple murder
20:07of his immediate family
20:08in 2001
20:10and victims included
20:12his father, mother and sister
20:14at their home
20:15in North Ryde, Sydney.
20:17Gonzalez, who was 20 at the time,
20:20called emergency services
20:21to report that he had discovered
20:23the bodies upon arriving home.
20:25To divert suspicion,
20:27he attempted to stage the scene
20:28as a break-in
20:29and painted racist graffiti
20:31on the wall.
20:33The primary motives
20:34established for the murders
20:35were a mix of greed,
20:37entitlement
20:37and fear of parental retribution
20:40and disappointment
20:41after Gonzalez was reportedly
20:44failing his medical exams.
20:46When his parents discovered
20:47his deception,
20:48they allegedly threatened
20:49to withdraw privileges
20:50such as the use of his car
20:52and potentially disinherit him.
20:55The police quickly became
20:56suspicious of Gonzalez
20:57due to the inconsistencies
20:59in his story
21:00and the lack of forced entry
21:02or signs of a typical robbery.
21:05The truth eventually unraveled
21:07during the investigation.
21:09Gonzalez was convicted
21:10of the triple murder
21:12and was sentenced
21:12by the Supreme Court
21:14of New South Wales
21:15to life imprisonment
21:17for the three murders.
21:19Seth Gonzalez is currently
21:21incarcerated in an Australian prison.
21:24He has continuously
21:24maintained his innocence
21:26and has attempted
21:27to appeal his life sentence
21:28on various grounds.
21:30Number six,
21:31Matthew Johnson.
21:32Primarily recognized
21:33for the murder
21:34of fellow gangland figure
21:35Carl Williams
21:36while they were both incarcerated,
21:39Johnson has a lengthy history
21:40of violent offences.
21:42Johnson's criminal history
21:43began in his youth
21:45and includes over 167 convictions
21:48for various offences
21:49before the murder of Williams.
21:52His record includes convictions
21:54for burglary,
21:55armed robbery
21:56and serious violent offences.
21:59For instance,
21:59in 1998,
22:00he was given a six-year prison sentence
22:03for a series of armed robberies,
22:05including an incident
22:06where he held an elderly couple
22:08at knife point.
22:09Johnson gained a reputation
22:11for extreme violence
22:12within the Victorian prison system.
22:14In 2000,
22:15he was involved
22:16in an attack
22:17on contract killer
22:18Gregory Brazel
22:19in Barwon Prison's
22:20Acacia unit,
22:22for which he was later convicted
22:23of seriously injuring the victim
22:25using the stem
22:26of a bike seat
22:27and other weapons.
22:28The crime Johnson
22:29is most known for
22:30is the murder
22:31of high-profile drug dealer
22:32and multiple killer
22:34Carl Williams
22:35on April 19, 2010.
22:38Johnson murdered Williams
22:40inside the maximum security
22:41Acacia unit
22:42of H.M. Prison Barwon,
22:45where they were both inmates.
22:47He approached Williams
22:48from behind
22:49while the latter
22:50was reading a newspaper.
22:52During his trial,
22:53Johnson claimed
22:53the killing
22:54was an act of self-defence,
22:56asserting that Williams
22:57planned to attack him
22:58with billiard balls
22:59inside a sock.
23:00However,
23:01the sentencing judge
23:02rejected this claim
23:03as fanciful.
23:04He was sentenced
23:05to life imprisonment
23:06with a non-parole period
23:07of 32 years
23:09for the murder of Williams.
23:11This sentence
23:11was added
23:12to his existing
23:1316-year prison term,
23:15meaning he would have
23:16to serve a total
23:17of 32 years
23:18before being eligible
23:19for parole consideration.
23:22Johnson remains
23:23incarcerated
23:23at H.M. Prison Barwon
23:25in Victoria, Australia.
23:27Number five,
23:29Bradley Robert Edwards.
23:31Edwards was a former
23:32Telstra technician
23:33and a predator
23:34who targeted young women
23:36in Perth,
23:37Western Australia.
23:38Edwards was charged
23:39with the willful murder
23:41of three women
23:41who disappeared
23:42from the Claremont
23:43Entertainment District,
23:45including Jane Rimmer,
23:47Sierra Glennon
23:48and Sarah Spears
23:49in what became known
23:51as the Claremont
23:52Serial Killings.
23:53In addition to the murders,
23:55Edwards pleaded guilty
23:56to two other non-fatal
23:58sexually motivated attacks
23:59that proved crucial
24:01in his arrest
24:02and conviction.
24:04Evidence linked Edwards'
24:05job as a Telstra technician
24:07to the murders,
24:08including him driving
24:09a white V.S.
24:10Holden Commodore
24:11station wagon
24:12and fibre evidence.
24:15Edwards was arrested
24:15in December 2016.
24:18His lengthy
24:19judge-alone trial
24:20in the Western Australia
24:21Supreme Court
24:22ran from November 2019
24:24to June 2020.
24:26He was found guilty
24:27of the murders
24:28of Jane Rimmer
24:28and Sierra Glennon
24:29on September 24th, 2020
24:32and was sentenced
24:33to life imprisonment
24:34with a non-parole period
24:36of 40 years.
24:38Edwards is currently
24:39imprisoned
24:39and will be approximately
24:4192 years old
24:42when he becomes
24:43eligible for parole.
24:45The judge stated
24:45there was a high likelihood
24:47that Edwards
24:48would die in prison.
24:49Number four,
24:50Lindsay Robert Rose.
24:52Lindsay Robert Rose
24:53was convicted
24:54of the murder
24:55of five people
24:56in New South Wales,
24:57Australia
24:58between 1984
24:59and 1994.
25:02Prior to becoming
25:02a serial killer
25:04he had various occupations
25:06including working
25:07as a paramedic
25:08Fitter and Turner
25:09and later
25:10as a private investigator
25:12and criminal
25:13involved in drug dealing
25:14and running a brothel.
25:15Rose shot and killed
25:17Edward John Bill Kavanagh
25:18and Carmelita Lee
25:20allegedly for revenge
25:21after Kavanagh
25:22assaulted one of Rose's
25:24friends.
25:25He then murdered
25:26Kavanagh's girlfriend
25:27to eliminate her
25:28as a witness.
25:29In 1997
25:30Rose broke into
25:31a wealthy businessman's home
25:33with the intent
25:34to burglarise it.
25:35He was surprised
25:36by the businessman's
25:37de facto partner
25:38Raynette Holford
25:40whom he stabbed
25:41multiple times
25:42with a screwdriver
25:43and a vegetable knife
25:44causing her death.
25:46He shot and stabbed
25:47Kerry Pang to death
25:48at her massage parlour
25:49with the murder
25:50arranged by her
25:52de facto partner
25:53Mark Lewis.
25:55Fatma Ozonal
25:56who was also present
25:57was shot and killed
25:58simply for being
25:59in the wrong place
26:00at the wrong time.
26:01In addition to the five murders
26:03Rose confessed
26:04to a number of other
26:05serious crimes
26:06including robbery,
26:08kidnapping,
26:08malicious wounding
26:09and conspiracy
26:11to pervert
26:12the course of justice.
26:13On September 3rd
26:151998
26:16Lindsay Robert Rose
26:18was sentenced
26:19sentenced in the Supreme Court
26:20of New South Wales
26:21after pleading guilty
26:23to all five murders.
26:25Rose received
26:26five consecutive sentences
26:27of life imprisonment
26:29without the possibility
26:30of parole.
26:32He is currently incarcerated
26:33in an Australian prison
26:35reportedly in the
26:37maximum security facility
26:39known as
26:39Goulburn Supermax.
26:41Number 3
26:42Paul Denier
26:44Known as
26:44the Frankston
26:45serial killer
26:46Denier's crimes
26:48took place
26:49over a two-month
26:50period in 1993
26:51with his victims
26:53selected at random
26:54and the court
26:55concluding that his crimes
26:57were motivated
26:58by a deep-seated
26:59hatred of women.
27:01Victims of
27:01Denier's crimes
27:03include
27:03Elizabeth Stevens
27:04murdered on
27:05June 11th
27:061993
27:07while on her way
27:08home from the library
27:10and Deborah Freem
27:11abducted and murdered
27:12on July 8th
27:141993
27:14after she had left
27:15her 12-day-old baby
27:17with a friend
27:18to run out for milk.
27:19Natalie Russell
27:20was killed by Denier
27:22on July 30th
27:231993
27:24while walking
27:26home from school.
27:27Denier had been
27:28stalking women
27:29since the age of 17.
27:31His earlier actions
27:32included stalking women,
27:34accidentally ramming
27:35women and children
27:36with shopping trolleys
27:37and the killing of pets.
27:39Denier attempted
27:40to abduct Rosa Toth
27:42on July 8th
27:431993
27:44the same day
27:45as Debbie Freem's murder.
27:47Toth fought him off
27:48and was rescued
27:49by a passing car.
27:51Denier was arrested
27:52on July 31st
27:531993
27:54the day after
27:56the final murder.
27:57His confession to police
27:58was noted as being
28:00cocky and boastful
28:01detailing the crimes
28:03with a note of pride
28:04and a lack of emotion.
28:06In December 1993
28:07the sentencing judge
28:09initially handed down
28:10three consecutive sentences
28:12of life imprisonment
28:14and declined to fix
28:15a non-parole period.
28:17He applied for release
28:18on parole in 2023
28:20but his application
28:22was denied
28:23by the Adult Parole Board
28:25of Victoria.
28:26Number two
28:27Julian Knight
28:28best known for the
28:29Hoddle Street Massacre
28:30in 1987
28:31Julian Knight
28:33was a 19 year old
28:34former staff cadet
28:35at the Royal Military College
28:37Duntroon
28:39who had been discharged
28:40for an earlier incident.
28:42The mass shooting
28:43occurred on the evening
28:44of Sunday
28:44August 9th
28:451987
28:46in Hoddle Street
28:48Clifton Hill
28:49a suburb of
28:50Melbourne
28:51Victoria
28:51Australia.
28:53Knight began firing
28:54indiscriminately
28:54at passing motorists
28:56and civilians
28:56using two rifles
28:58and a shotgun.
28:59The shooting spree
29:00lasted for more than
29:0030 minutes
29:01followed by a police chase
29:03before he was apprehended
29:04in nearby Fitzroy North.
29:07The shooting resulted
29:08in the deaths
29:08of seven people
29:09and serious injury
29:11to 19 others
29:12and Knight later
29:13pleaded guilty
29:14to seven counts
29:15of murder
29:16and 46 counts
29:18of attempted murder.
29:20In 1988
29:21Knight was sentenced
29:22to seven concurrent
29:23sentences
29:24of life imprisonment.
29:26The sentencing judge
29:27Justice George Hample
29:29also fixed
29:30a minimum
29:31non-parole period
29:32of 27 years.
29:34This period
29:35would have made
29:35Knight eligible
29:36for parole
29:37in May 2014.
29:39Knight is incarcerated
29:40in the maximum security
29:42Port Phillip prison
29:43near Melbourne
29:43and has been described
29:45as a difficult prisoner.
29:47In 2014
29:48shortly before
29:49Knight's
29:49non-parole period
29:51expired
29:51the Victorian Parliament
29:53passed the
29:53corrections amendment
29:54that was enacted
29:55to directly prevent
29:56Julian Knight's release.
29:58As a result
29:59of this specific
30:00legislation
30:00and the High Court's
30:01ruling
30:02Julian Knight
30:03remains in prison
30:04and is expected
30:06to die in custody
30:07unless he meets
30:08the strict
30:09narrow criteria
30:10for release
30:11due to terminal illness
30:12or severe incapacity.
30:15Number one
30:16John Bunting
30:17The ringleader
30:18of the group
30:19responsible for
30:20the infamous
30:20Snowtown murders
30:22John Bunting
30:23was identified
30:24as the leader
30:25of the group
30:25which included
30:26Robert Joe Wagner
30:28and James
30:28Spiridon Vlasakis
30:30with Mark
30:31Ray Hayden
30:32convicted for
30:33his role
30:34in covering up
30:34the crimes.
30:35The crimes
30:36gained international
30:37notoriety
30:38in May 1999
30:39when police
30:40discovered bodies
30:41stuffed into
30:42barrels of
30:43hydrochloric acid
30:44inside a vault
30:45of a disused
30:46bank in
30:47Snowtown,
30:48South Australia.
30:49Bunting
30:50and his
30:50accomplices
30:51preyed on
30:51vulnerable people
30:52often those
30:53they knew
30:54including
30:55friends,
30:56acquaintances
30:57and even
30:57family members.
30:58Victims
30:59were often
30:59targeted
31:00because Bunting
31:01perceived them
31:01to be weak
31:02or for
31:03imagined infractions.
31:05Hatred of
31:06various groups
31:06including
31:07pedophiles,
31:08homosexuals,
31:09drug addicts
31:09and obese
31:10people.
31:11Bunting
31:12kept a
31:12rock spider
31:13wall
31:14of names
31:15of people
31:15he suspected
31:16of being
31:17pedophiles
31:18or homosexuals.
31:19The group
31:19would often
31:20continue to
31:21collect the
31:21welfare
31:22or pension
31:23payments
31:23of the
31:23deceased
31:24victims
31:24for
31:25financial
31:25gain
31:26and the
31:27murders
31:27were often
31:28described
31:28as
31:29ritualistic.
31:30Bunting
31:30was arrested
31:31on May
31:3121st
31:321999
31:33and his
31:34subsequent
31:34trial was
31:35one of the
31:36longest and
31:36most publicised
31:37in Australian
31:38legal history.
31:40John Bunting
31:40was found
31:41guilty of
31:4111 counts
31:42of murder
31:43and was
31:43sentenced
31:43to 11
31:44consecutive
31:45sentences
31:45of life
31:46imprisonment
31:47without the
31:47possibility
31:48of parole.
31:49Bunting
31:49remains
31:50incarcerated
31:51and his
31:52co-accused
31:53Robert
31:53Joe
31:53Wagner
31:54also
31:55received
31:55multiple
31:56life
31:56sentences
31:57without
31:57parole.
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