It is flush with cash,has assets of more than $100 million and a membership of 98 per cent of its workforce. And it’s about to flex its muscles.
When notorious seven-time killer Andrew Veniamin was on the verge of losing his cool,it was Kerley who marched up to restrain him.
What the overwhelming majority of lawyers fail to see is that the biggest failing in the justice system is ... lawyers.
A bombshell book claims innocent people are in jail because of questionable evidence and contentious forensic testimony. And its authors are raising doubts about one of Victoria’s most notorious murder convictions.
Mark “Chopper” Read once declared:“Sydney may have all the razzle-dazzle,but most of the deadly serious work gets done in Melbourne.” Times have changed.
From insulting his interviewer,to wild rides with cops,John Silvester recounts the hilarious start of his career:“I have been doing it for 45 years. Not once,not ever,have I wanted to do anything else.”
The new law gives the friends and family of Denyer’s three victims (and us) certainty. He will rot in prison.
Eloise Worledge was taken from her bedroom – and the mystery of her disappearance never solved. But the police investigation could have taken a very different course.
Over the years,detectives have found bodies in barrels,burnt-out cars,acid baths,bush graves and tips,and a head in a kerosene tin dumped in the Barwon River.
Take the money,take their power. There are crime figures worth more than $10 million who haven’t worked for 20 years. Hit them where it hurts.
From dead man walking,to live one talking – how one crime boss lived to tell the tale.