Monday, 31 December 2012

Murder in Australia: 2012

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16 January 2012
Armadale, WA
HERBERT BERNARD ERICKSON (81)
PG - Murder - Julie Betty Kuhn (73)
S - N/A1
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12 February 2012
Goroke, VIC
MICHAEL TERRENCE KELLY (47)
PG - Murder - Julie-Anne Trenery-Rogers
S - 19y / 16y (Osborn J)
P - 12 February 2028

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22 February 2012
Willetton, WA
SAMPATHAWADUGE EUSTACE SUDATH SILVA (50)
PG - Murder - ?2
S - TBA
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4 March 2012
Brunswick, WA
FATTAR KELVIN KHAN (b. 21/5/78 - 33)
PG - Murder - Graham Stanley Wallam (40)
S - Life / 13y (Simmonds J)
P - 6 March 2025
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7 April 2012
Pegs Creek, WA
ROBERT ROSEWOOD (b. 22/8/74 - 37)
PG - Murder - ? (25)
S - Life / 18y (Heenan J)
P - 7 April 2030
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12 May 2012
South Fremantle, WA3
JONATHAN ROBERT LEE (23)
SAM JACOB WALKER (24)
PG - Murder - David John Houston (24)
S - Life / 12y (Heenan J)
AMANDA JANE KELLY (19)
PG - Murder
S - TBA
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16 June 2012
Virginia, NT
DARIN ANDREW CLARE (b. 8/10/75 - 36)
PG - Murder - Philip John Cure (60)
S - Life / 20y (Barr J)
P - 16 June 2032
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8 July 2012
Parramatta, NSW
CHRISTOPHER BRILLIANTES (21)
PG - Murder - Patrick Crowe (22)
S - TBA
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9 August 2012
Launceston, TAS
MATTHEW PATRICK TUNKS (38)
PG - Murder - Jessica Ann Kupsch (29)
S - 24y / 13y 6m (Crawford CJ)
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7 September 20124
St Kilda East, VIC
LUKE JAMES WENTHOLT (31)
PG - Murder - David Greene (30)
PG - Recklessly causing serious injury - David Byas
S - TBA
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22 September 2012
Brunswick, VIC5
ADRIAN ERNEST BAYLEY (41)
PG - Murder - Jill Meagher (29)
PG - Rape
S - TBA
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10 November 2012
Bacchus Marsh, VIC6
STEVEN JAMES HUNTER7 (b. 6/10/65 - 47)
PG - Murder - Sarah Cafferkey (22)
S - TBA
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Notes:

1. Found dead at Floreat Beach, WA, on 19 November 2012
2. Offender's wife
3. Body located at Birringup, WA  
4. Assaulted on 26 August 2012
5. Body located at Gisborne South, VIC, on 28 September 2012
6. Body located at Point Cook, VIC, on 17 November 2012 
7. Convicted of 2 murders (9 April 1986 & 10 November 2012)

Saturday, 31 December 2011

Murder in Australia: 2011

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1 January 2011
Sadadeen, NT
EVELYN NAMATJIRA (b. 3/8/64 - 46)
C - Murder - Jennifer Namatjira (43)
S - Life / 15y (Southwood J)
P - 1 January 2026
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26 January 2011
Seacliff, SA
"TBB"1 (16)
"AMJ-M"2 (b. 1/94 - 17)
PG - Murder - Anne Redman (87)
S - Life / 20y (Nyland J)
P - 12 October 2031
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27 January 2011
South Plympton, SA
JASON WAYNE ORMOND
C - Murder - William Michael Rankine
C - Aggravated causing serious harm - Karruck Rankine-Meredith
S - Life / 22y, 6y (David J)
P - 27 January 2033
DUANE JOSEPH MANNIX
C - Murder
PG - Aggravated causing serious harm
S - Life / 17y, 6y (David J)
P - 27 January 2028
Andrew James Melbourne
C - Aggravated causing harm with intent
S - 3y / 1y 6m (David J)
P - 27 July 2012
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6 February 2011
Carnarvon, WA
ROGER PHILLIP PEARCE (40)
C - Murder - Shannon Chubby (aka Shannon Noble) (27)
S - Life / 14y (Jenkins J)
P - 7 February 2025
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14 February 2011
Narromine, NSW
DAVID ALLAN HARDING (b. 9/53 - 57)
PG - Murder - Christine Anthony (aka Christine Darcy) (50)
S - 27y / 20y 3m (Garling J)
P - 13 May 2031 
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18 February 2011
New Town, TAS
JAMIE PETER SMART (31)
C - Murder - Michael David Williams (39)
C - Causing grievous bodily harm - Shayne Waller
S - 21y / 12y (Porter J)
P - 27 January 2024
RHYS LOUIS GARDNER (18) 
C - Murder
C - Causing grievous bodily harm
S - 21y / 12y (Porter J)
P - 2 March 2023
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19 February 2011
Moe, VIC
RICHARD STEPHEN DE VRIES (b. 16/4/74 - 36)
C - Murder - Evan Hugh Rudd (29)
C - Manslaughter - Roy Theodore Poole (29)
S - 24y, 13y; TS - 31y / 24y (Lasry J)
P - 19 November 2036
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22 February 20113
Darlinghurst, NSW
ADAM JAMES MATTHEWS
C - Murder - Scott Miller
S - TBA
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7 March 20114
Liverpool, NSW
GANG KAEWKLOM
PG - Murder - Frank McGregor (69)
PG - Recklessly causing grievous bodily harm5 - "X"6 (15)
S - 20y / 13y 6m, 3y 9m / 2y 9m; TS - 22y / 15y 6m (Johnson J)
P - 15 August 2026
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9 March 2011
Croydon, NSW7
DANIEL STANI-REGINALD8 (b. 23/8/91 - 19)
PG - Murder - Tosha Thakkar (24)
PG - Aggravated sexual assault
S - 45y / 30y, 15y / 10y (Price J)
P - 10 March 2041
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28 March 2011
Kingswood, NSW
PETER JOSEPH KELLY (b. 5/57 - 53)
PG - Murder - Maria Lourdes "Lou" Devrell (55)
S - 18y / 13y (RA Hulme J)
P - 9 October 2024
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29 March 2011
Ravenswood, TAS9
NEVILLE LINDSAY WHITING (31)
C - Murder - Scott Rock (43)
S - 20y / 11y (Evans J)
P - 5 April 2022
Sean Timothy Hudson (36)
C - Accessory after the fact
PG - Assault
S - 7y 6m / 5y 6m (Evans J)
AD - 19 December 2012 (TASCCA)
P - 5 February 2017
Teena Louise Kelly
PG - Perverting the course of justice x 2
S - 1y / 8m susp for 2y (Evans J) 
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8 April 2011
Colyton, NSW
JOHN MICHAEL MEYN (b. 1/5/78 - 32)
C - Murder - Yvette Rathbone (26)
S - 22y / 16y 6m (Beech-Jones J)
P - 7 October 2027 
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14 April 201110
Kuranda, QLD11
ANDREAS MUELLER
PG - Murder - Erica Liddy (21)
S - Life12 (Henry J)
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16 April 2011
Marino, SA
SHANE TROY CLARK (40)
PG - Murder - Hamilton Keith Wiseman (61)
PG - Arson
S - Life, 6y; TS - Life / 21y (Nyland J)
P - 10 August 2033
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17 April 2011
Islington, NSW13
MARCUS JOHN LEE (b. 20/12/79 - 31)
PG - Murder - Trisha Cobeanou (27)
S - 18y / 13y 6m (Bellew J)
P - 9 November 2024
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17 April 2011
Beachmere, QLD
CRAIG ANTHONY LEONARD (28)
PG - Murder - Nicholas David Spohn (23)
PG - Murder - Jennifer Anne Bachmann (43)
PG - Arson
PG - Causing grievous bodily harm - Rina Linda Mayall (24)
S - Life / 20y, 6y, 4y (Douglas J)
P - 18 April 2031  
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20 April 2011 - 28 April 2011
Strathalbyn, SA
JASON LEE GARDINER (31)
C - Murder14 - Katherine Dulchie Towner (28)
S - Life / 23y (Anderson J)
P - 26 April 2034
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21 April 2011
Camillo, WA
JOHN NEVILLE COLLARD (42)
PG - Murder - Tamarra Marie Newton (29)
PG - Aggravated burglary
PG - Breach of violence restraining order
S - Life / 22y, 2y, 1y (McKechnie J)
P - 21 April 2033
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22 April 2011
Rushworth, VIC
THY SOK (b. 5/5/73 - 37)
PG - Murder - Lakhwinder Singh
S - 18y / 14y (Beach J)
P - 22 April 2025
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26 April 2011
Dromana, VIC
DWAINE ANTHONY GRANT (22)
PG - Murder - Julie Simmonds (54)
S - 20y / 16y (Osborn J)
P - 26 April 2027  
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27 April 2011
Maylands, WA
ROGER DENNIS CABLE (35)
C - Murder - ? Balmer (24)
S - Life / 18y (Sleight C)
P - 29 April 2029
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8 May 2011
Cottesloe, WA
STEFAN PAHIA SCHMIDT (b. 10/1/86 - 25)
C - Murder - Andrew Marshall (29)
S - Life / 14y (Simmonds J)
P - 9 May 2025
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10 May 2011
Mareeba, QLD
TIMOTHY CEDRIC MITCHELL (24)
C - Murder - Gary Michael Gregory (47)
S - Life15 (Henry J) 
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9 June 2011
Dromana, VIC
JUSTIN PATRICK PETER HILL16 (b. 2/10/74 - 36)
C - Murder - Erin Kate Burriss (30)
S - 18y 6m / 15y (Robson J)
P - 8 June 2026
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23 June 201117
Elizabeth South, SA
DANIEL GLENN FITZGERALD (24) 
C - Murder - Kym Bruce Drover (b. 6/8/88 - 22)
C - Causing serious harm with intent
S - Life / 20y (David J)
P - 24 January 2032
GRANT ANDREW SUMNER (18)
C - Murder
C - Causing serious harm with intent
S - Life / 20y (David J)
P - 24 June 2031 
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10 July 2011
Ultimo, NSW
SEAN LEE KING (25)
C - Murder - Jazmin-Jean Ajbschitz (18)
S - TBA 
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15 July 2011
Dandenong, VIC
BORONIKA GAM HOTHNYANG (23)
C - Murder - William Awu (26)
S - 14y / 10y 6m (King J)
P - 15 January 2022 
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17 July 2011
Ballina, NSW
DOUGLAS ELWIN BARLOW (b. 3/12/86 - 24)
PG - Murder - David Newport (b. 19/5/71 - 40)
S - 23y / 17y (Harrison J)
P - 17 July 2028  
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4 August 2011
Subiaco, WA
MOHAMMED AHMED ALMANSOURI (38)
C - Murder - Kenneth Francis Horack (48)
S - Life / 15y (Jenkins J)
P - 4 August 2026
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6 September 2011
Dandenong, VIC
"ZN"18 (b. 15/9/93 - 17)
PG - Murder - Latjor Gatkuoth (20)
S - 14y / 10y (Coghlan J)
P - 16 September 2021
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28 September 2011
Swan Hill, VIC
DARREN WILLIAMS (37)
PG - Murder - Garry Beggs (65)
PG - Theft
S - 17y 6m / 14y 6m, 3m (King J)
P - 1 April 2026 
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1 October 2011
Wishart, QLD
JAKKAPONG JITTAVECH (29)
PG - Murder - Saginay Batyrkhanova
S - Life19 (Douglas J)
P - 1 October 2031     
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2 October 2011
Geelong, VIC
BRADLEY JAMES WALTERS (45)
C - Murder - Edwin Singer (55)
S - 20y / 17y (Macaulay J)
P - 3 October 2028
Brett Ross Drummond (45)
PG - Manslaughter
S - 9y / 6y (Osborn JA)
P - 5 October 2017 
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8 October 2011
Hurstville, NSW
DRAGI MAGLOVSKI (59)
C - Murder - Rosa Maglovski (48)
S - 20y / 16y (Beech-Jones J)
P - 7 October 2027
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8 October 2011
Preston, VIC
CON VLAHOS (40)
C - Murder - ?20 (41)
S - 26y / 20y (Lasry J)
P - 8 October 2031
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14 October 2011
Rye, VIC
JAMES MARTIN MULHALL (b. 13/1/54 - 57)
PG - Murder - Joy Rowley (60)
S - 19y / 16y (King J)
P - 18 October 2027
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25 October 2011
Katherine, NT21
DARREN JASON HALFPENNY (22)
PG - Murder - Raphaelli "Ray" Niceforo (41)
S - Life / 20y (Mildren J)
P - 27 October 2031
ZAK GRIEVE (b. 16/2/92 - 19) 
C - Murder
S - Life / 20y (Mildren J)
P - 27 October 2031 
CHRISTOPHER MALYSCHKO (b. 3/10/87 - 24)
C - Murder
S - Life / 18y (Mildren J)
P - 27 October 2029 
Bronwyn Buttery (b. 14/10/59 - 52) 
C - Manslaughter
S - 8y / 4y (Mildren J)
P - 27 November 2015
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30 October 2011
Brooklyn, VIC22
MARK BUDIMIR (b. 15/11/68 - 42)
C - Murder - Dino Moresco (35)
S - 18y / 16y (Nettle JA)
P - 29 October 2027
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23 November 2011
Wallan, VIC
CLARENCE STANLEY NELSON (68)
PG - Murder - Graeme Benney (62)
S - 18y / 12y (Nettle JA)
P - 23 November 2023
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2 December 2011
Wanneroo, WA
HAYDEN SHANE WAYNE JOSEPH (23)
DAMIEN PHILLIP MATHEWS (23)
C - Murder - Jeremia Iskander (21)
S - TBA    
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6 December 2011
Deer Park, VIC
RIAD BARBOUR (32)
PG - Murder - Dzung Nguyen (48)
PG - Theft
S - 22y, 2y; TS - 23y / 19y 6m (Macauley J)
AU - 3 May 2013
RS - 19y, 2y; TS - 20y / 18y (VSCA) 
P - 6 August 2031
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12 December 2011
Bouvard, WA
KYLE ROHAN GARTH (19)
PG - Murder - Jessie Paula Cate23 (15)
S - Life / 18y (Jenkins J)
P - 14 December 2029
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17 December 2011 - 18 December 2011
Eggs and Bacon Bay, TAS
STUART BARRY RUSSELL (40)
C - Murder - Brett Edward Williams (46)
S - 22y / 13y (Evans J)
P - 17 December 2024   
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26 December 2011
East Devonport, TAS24
PETER WILLIAM LEARY (32)
PG - Murder - Neil Warren Harwood (54)
S - 20y / 11y 6m (Wood J)
P - 29 May 2022
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Notes:

1. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order

2. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
3. Assaulted on 19 February 2011
4. Assaulted on 25 February 2011
5. On 10 February 2011
6. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
7. Body located at Meadowbank, NSW, on 11 March 2011
8. Son of convicted murderer Stani Reginald Joseph
9. Body located near Lilydale, TAS
10. Assaulted on 10 April 2011
11. Body located at Freshwater, QLD, on 11 April 2011
12. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
13. Body located at Lambton, NSW, on 9 May 2011
14. Convicted by Anderson J in a trial by judge alone
15. Eligible to apply for parole after 20 years
16. Brother of convicted murderer Mark James Hill
17. Assaulted on 19 June 2011
18. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
19. Eligible to apply for parole after 20 years
20. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
21. Body located on Gorge Road, 12.5km outside of Katherine
22. Body located elsewhere in Brooklyn, VIC
23. Jessica's father, Paul Cate (46), murdered on 31 May 2012, allegedly by Timothy Skipper (41) at Dawesville, WA
24. Body located at Beulah, TAS, on 29 December 2011