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on March 26 1996 long queues of people spilled onto the street outside the New South Wales Supreme Court as they
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desperately scrambled to gain entry into what was expected to be one of the longest and most highly anticipated
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criminal trials in the state's history inside a skylight in the domed ceiling flooded natural light down into the
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century-old courthouse illuminating the colonial architecture mahogany paneling in the gold trim that adorned to the
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cream-colored walls 30 journalists gathered in the press gallery at the rear of the courtroom
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representing media outlets from all over the world including Australia the United
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Kingdom Germany and to the United States upstairs the public gallery contained enough seats to facilitate 50 members of
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the public a small section of which had been reserved for the family members of the seven victims to show their support
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the New South Wales state government offered the family's financial assistance to help cover travel costs to
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attend the trial from an initial pool of over 1000 potential jurors eight men and
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four women had been selected they were briefed over what to expect and warned they were about to be exposed
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to a lengthy graphic and emotionally distressing trial that was expected to last for up to six months
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Ian Lloyd the senior Crown prosecutor who had overseen the committal hearing had since taken a leave of absence and
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two deputy senior Crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi was appointed in his place the trial was overseen by presiding judge
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Justice David Hunt while a team of Task Force Air detectives were on constant standby to manage the evidence and
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conduct the follow-up on any questions that may arise accused serial killer 51 year old Ivan
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Milat sat motionless before the court dressed in a navy suit white shirt and gray checkered tire he sported a fresh
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neat haircut and his face was cleanly shaven above his seat a small perspex green had been fitted to protect him
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from anything that may be held towards him from the public gallery he kept his gaze averted from the gallery at all
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times and expressed no concern with some witnesses detecting a hint of a smile on
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his face [Music] [Music] at the commencement of Ivan Milat trial a Royal Commission was underway into
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corruption within the New South Wales Police Force leading to the expectation his defense team would use this to their
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advantage and alleged police had planted evidence to frame their client surprisingly the defense chose to forgo
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this tactic and instead conceded that a male member of the Millat family was responsible for the seven backpacker
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murders and attempted kidnapping of Paul Onion's but that person wasn't Ivan their strategy relied on the lack of
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direct evidence implicating Ivan in the deaths and - thus aimed to spotlight his
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brothers Richard or Wally as the culprit who both adamantly denied the allegations in his opening address
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prosecutor mark Tedeschi acknowledged to the Crown's uncertainty over how many perpetrators were in the forest at the
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time of the murders and admitted they were unable to prove whether the accused acted alone instead their efforts were
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centered around proving Ivan Milat specific involvement in the crimes believing he was still legally
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responsible for the deaths regardless of whether or not he had an accomplice or accomplices Tedeschi explained the
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murders were quote killings for killings sake with the defendant acting purely to
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fulfill his own psychological gratification well the prosecution case was circumstantial Tedeschi established
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their strategy was to hone in on the discovery of key pieces of evidence that linked Ivan to both the victims and
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their deaths over the following weeks a total of 145 witnesses were called to testify including many members of the
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Millat family experts from a variety of fields and members of the victim's families Joanne Walter's mother Jillian
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broke down on her way to the witness box and was unable to testify her emotional
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turmoil clear to all observers accepted he accused who showed no reaction at one
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stage the jurors were escorted into Berlanga low State Forest to inspect the remote locations where the murders took
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place in an effort to enable them to better understand - the evidence presented in court at the advice of his
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legal team Ivan had admitted that the camping related items ceased from his home and to the homes of several of his
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family members did indeed belong to some of the deceased backpackers he accepted
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the tent water bottle sleeping bag and sleeping bag cover found at his property belonged to Simone Schmitt all as did
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the daypack located at his brother Wally's home and the backpack handed to police by his brother Alex and his wife
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Joan he also admitted that two sleeping bags a sleeping mat and a tent recovered
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from his brother Richard's home belonged to Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark Wally Millett testified that at the
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height of task force's investigation he allowed Ivan to store various incriminating items on his property
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this included several illegal firearms and what Wally later learned after Ivan's arrest was Simone's daypack in
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Richard mullets court testimony he maintained the camping equipment recovered from his home was his even
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though Ivan had already conceded a belonged to Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark
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Ivan's girlfriend chat Linda was called to explain how she came to be photographed wearing a long-sleeved
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Benetton brand shirt matching one owned by Caroline Clark Celinda said she had taken the shirt
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from a pile of ironing at Ivan's eagle-vail property one morning in 1994 wearing it to the beach that day where
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Ivan took the photo of her later that afternoon she returned to the shirt to the clothes pile and hadn't
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seen it since during to Linda's testimony Crown prosecutor mark Tedeschi presented the photograph to the court
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revealing handwriting on the back of the image that displayed a date 1992 a time
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when Ivan was still living at his mother's house in Guildford the prosecution was also able to connect the
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defendant to James Gibson's backpack into camera which were found on gulstan Gorge Road in North Western Sydney
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records provided by Ivan's former employer the roads and traffic authority confirmed he worked on the construction
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of a roundabout in the suburb of jewelle just a few weeks before James and his partner Deborah Everest went missing
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gulstan gorge road was along the route Ivan had taken when driving to his work citing Giroux indicating he was familiar
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with the area where the evidence had been dumped several leviathans former work colleagues and two relatives gave
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evidence regarding his known habit of carrying knives and guns with one of his nieces stating he once asked her
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security guard boyfriend to supply him with a pair of handcuffs Ivan's ex-wife Karen testified against her former
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husband referring to four separate occasions throughout their relationship where he took her to Belanger low State
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Forest during these visits he didn't require the use of a map as he seemed to know his way around the area
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Karen professed to seeing Ivan use pieces of sash cord as ropes and when shown a piece of blue and yellow rope
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recovered from Gabor Noida Bella and Dania had shades crime scene she recognized it as
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the same type her ex-husband once used to tie her sons go card onto the back of a trailer when questioned about the
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insured's rifle found at his property that had since been linked to the area a crime scene
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Wally mallet testified that the gun belonged to Ivan unprompted Wally then claimed to have borrowed the firearm in
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the past to shoot rabbits in Belanger the prosecution suspected wally was fabricating evidence in an attempt to
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explain how and why Ivan's weapon was discharged in the forest but he denied the accusation
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despite the prosecution's understanding that Wally was falsifying testimony to protect his older brother the defense
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counsel instead argued Wally had an incentive to frame their client for murder they exposed Ivan's romantic
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history with Wally's former wife Maureen some 15 years prior the Wally denied harboring any bitterness about the
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affair he confessed to knowing the security alarm code to Ivan's house but rejected allegations that he had planted
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the Ruger rifle parts inside the property the sense of unwavering loyalty ingrained within the Milaap family was
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further evident during the testimony provided by Ivan's sister-in-law carolyn in which she offered an alibi for Ivan's
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whereabouts on several key dates that some of the Bangalow victims were abducted
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Carolyn took the court back to Boxing Day of 1991 the day Gabor Noida Bella and Dania have she disappeared from
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Sydney she claimed Ivan was present at a family get-together at his mother's home in
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Guildford and couldn't have left the property at any time because her car was blocking the entrance to the garage
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where his vehicle was parked inside this alibi was backed by Wally's wife who claimed to remember seeing Ivan playing
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with her son at the same gathering the prosecution questioned the validity of these crucial accounts as Ivan didn't
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appear in any photographs taken at the get-together and to therefore his presence at the event couldn't be proven
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Carolyn offered another alibi for her brother-in-law claiming to have photographs of Ivan at a family trip on
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the east the long weekend of 1992 the time frame Joanne Walters and Caroline Clark went missing the photos were
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stored in an album that was originally marked 1991 the caralyn claimed to have changed the date to the following year
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after realizing she had made an error insisting the trip occurred in 1992 Carolyn was asked to inspect the
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backsides of the photographs in question scrawled in handwriting whether dates March 29 and March 31 1991 indicating
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the photos were captured a year earlier than Carolyn testified like other melot's Carolyn was suspected of
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deliberately providing false evidence in an attempt to protect Ivan following this accusation reporters swarm Carolyn
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outside court when a photographer snapped her photo her husband Bill Miller launched a violent attack
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smashing the photographer's camera he was subsequently charged with malicious damage and assault occasioning actual
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bodily harm and a later faced court for the attack where he was defended upon the LAT family lawyer
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John Marsden bill was convicted but received no punishment with the judge declaring there is no doubt in my mind
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he felt his privacy had been invaded to a very gross degree the defense relied on the fact that Wiley and Richard also
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matched descriptions of pool onions attacker all men had a Yugoslavian father and alike Ivan Wally had been
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divorced and had at one time worked for the roads and traffic Authority in 1990 Richard also sported a Merv Hughes
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horseshoes doll mustache and was known to hold racist views similar to those expressed
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by Paul's attacker both Wally and Richard denied assertions they committed the botched abduction while Richard also
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rejected allegations he had made several disturbing comments to co-workers implying he knew information about the
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murders Richard then admitted he might lie to protect himself and when Crown prosecutor mark Tedeschi asked if he
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would lie to protect a member of his family Richard responded possibly probing further to DES be questioned is it
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possible that you would lie about anything to which Richard replied anything is possible the prosecution's
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star witness Paul Onion's took the stand describing the horrifying moment he escaped the gun
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wielding assailant suspected to be the bolongo serial killer in an attempt to discredit his testimony the defense
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revealed the silver Nissen patrol four-wheel drive driven by Ivan at the time of the botched abduction was not
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fitted with a spare tire rack contradicting information provided in Paul's police statement
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Paul admitted he may have made an error regarding this specific detail when recalling the incident years after it
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occurred nevertheless he never forgot the face of his attacker and when asked to identify him to the court Paul
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pointed directly at Ivan Milat after 13 weeks of proceedings the most highly anticipated moment of the trial
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came on June 17 when Ivan Milat finally appeared on the stand the packed public gallery watched on in strained silence
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as the accused killer calmly maintained his innocence for all charges it took a day for Ivan to provide his full
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testimony during which he denied having ever interacted with any of the victims and claimed not to know how their
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belongings came to be in his possession during cross-examination a composed ivan
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rebutted all evidence presented to him offering vague and questionable explanations for everything from his use
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of fake gun licenses to his ownership of the two firearms linked to several of the crime scenes when confronted with
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the vast collection of evidence attesting to his guilt Ivan followed the defenses established a
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tactic of attempting to pin the murders on someone else relying on the theory that he was being framed but failing to
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name another suspect he denied fitting the description of the man who attempted to abduct Paul onions
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telling the court that he didn't sport a moustache in January 1990 this assertion
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caught the attention of one of Ivins former work colleagues who was following the extensive media coverage of the
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trial he immediately contacted police and provided for photographs survivin on a work site in January 1990 in which the
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accused killer had a thick horseshoe-shaped mustache in court the following day the prosecution confronted
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Ivan with the photographs asking do you see in that photograph would you tell the jury have you got a mustache to
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which a defeated Ivan replied yes Ivan was questioned about a green rubber surgical glove that had been discovered
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in the console of his holding Jack arute during police raids when asked whether he wore the item during the crimes in
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order to prevent leaving any fingerprints Ivan responded I wore no before cutting himself off mid-sentence
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and quickly following up with I never seen the glove before crown prosecutor mark Tedeschi paused then asked you war
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know what Ivan answered well I never wore that glove Tedeschi pressed Ivan about why he cut his original response
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short suggesting he intended to say he wore no gloves at all in the forest - which Ivan explained I was going to say
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I wore no gloves at all in the car following this exchange the court immediately adjourned for the day with
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attendees the later describing the palpable tension remaining after Ivan's slip-up there was a major breakthrough
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for the prosecution with many considering whether Ivan's fumbling explanation about the glove would be the
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closest he would come to making a confession in his closing arguments for the prosecution
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mark Tedeschi announced quote the evidence suggests a very real possibility of more than one person
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being responsible for at least some of the deceased backpackers however he remained steadfast about Ivan's
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involvement claiming the collective weight of evidence found at the murder sites coupled with the items uncovered
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at his home mentor was almost as though he had left a fingerprint in the forest he urged the jury not to be influenced
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by the defense's theory that a different mother could have been responsible for the
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attack on Paul Onion's as the case against Ivan was overwhelming quote it is my submission
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there is only one person in the whole of Australia who matches all of those descriptions the man the car the
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equipment and the place and that is the accused as the why Ivan would keep the incriminating evidence at his house if
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he knew the police were making inquiries about him Tedeschi explained the accused
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had never dreamt that there would be a blitz this is a man who had the utter arrogance to fire a shot during an
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attempted abduction of mr. onions on the Hume Highway with cars whizzing by that
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was the level of his confidence and he got away with it nothing happened nobody came knocking at his door a few days
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later the incredible arrogance and the unbelievable self-confidence that the murderer had is exactly the kind of
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arrogance and self-confidence that led the accused to believe that no one was going to come to his house and come
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straight in and search it eivin's barrister Terry Martin spent two days delivering his closing argument
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reiterating the defense's position that another member of the Millat family was the real killer he pointed the finger at
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Richard claiming he would have no hesitation in framing his brother as a person capable of committing serial
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murder would do anything to avoid a conviction Martin conceded that his client had to
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lied to the court about having a mustache at the time of the attack on Paul Onion's the reason that was an
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actor driven out of desperation rather than guilt not and told the jury you know that the accused is facing the
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worst possible charges imaginable in Australia's history you 12 people have currently got the worst job in Australia
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I am putting you under pressure the Crown's putting you under pressure the community's putting you under
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pressure there can be absolutely no doubt that whoever committed all eight offences must be within the MLAT family
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or very very closely associated to it the question is who wizard in the Millat family that has committed as they say
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defenses do you have a reasonable doubt that it was Ivan Milat as opposed to someone else in the family
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if for whatever reason you have a doubt that lingers with you you must give the benefit of the doubt to the accused as
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the trial drew to its conclusion a juror received a phone call from an unknown man who threatened quote look
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out if he find him guilty you're dead the juror believed the caller was about to say look out if you find my but
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quickly stop himself the call was traced to Queensland where two of Ivan Milat brothers resided but
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the caller could not be identified given that the jurors names were never disclosed justice David Hunt believed
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they may have been followed home from court there were concerns other members of the jury may have received similar
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threats but were too afraid to come forward as such Ivan's legal counsel attempted to have the entire jury
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discharged fearing the menacing behavior would cause immediate prejudice against the
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accused and jeopardized the verdict after four hours of deliberation justice hunt decided to discharge the juror who
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received the threat whilst not disclosing the reason for their dismissal to the rest of the jury
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justice hunt told the remaining members of the jury to focus their concentration
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on the circumstances directly linking Ivan Milat to the crimes rather than considering the involvement of other
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family members quote the experience of the Criminal Courts over the years is that a witness who may reasonably be
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supposed to be criminally involved may have a motive to shift the blame away from himself to play down his own part
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and to play up the part of others such as de accused under New South Wales law at the time
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the jury was required to reach a unanimous verdict with failure to do so resulting in a hung jury with the option
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of a retrial in a bid to ensure the integrity of the jury members were sequestered to a hotel for the duration
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of their deliberations lost awaiting a verdict members of the Millat family were interviewed by a journalist for the
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Sydney Morning Herald newspaper who asked how they would feel if ivan was found guilty
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Richard mullet responded it's hard to say mate are they going to prove it or are they going to say he done it it was
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a [ __ ] of a thing what happened to Ivan but it was more a [ __ ] of a thing for
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those people in the bushes they're dead it's over for them it's just a bad thing
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whatever happens to anyone now richard expressed no fear in relation to accusations that he was the Bangalow
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serial killer saying the police would have arrested him by now if they thought he was responsible bill Miller told the
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journalist his family had been treated like cheats and to liars claiming their words had been distorted
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by the media he maintained his belief that Ivan was being framed by police saying he would never know the truth
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regardless of the verdict due to the lies being told in court bill also expressed his devastation for the
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victims families saying there are no words that you can say to them they had kids just like my son and daughter who
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were enjoying life and were murdered that's horrendous Molly Millar refused to comment 18 weeks after the
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commencement of Ivan mallets trial for the murders of James Gibson Deborah Everest
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Simone Schmidt or Gabor Nagi Bella Anya have shade Joanne Walters Caroline Clark
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and the attempted kidnapping of Paul Onion's the jury reached a verdict on the morning of July 27 1996 the name
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of each a victim was read aloud in court with justice Hart asking the jury how do
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you find the accused the verdict was the same age time guilty Ivan showed no reaction as his verdicts
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were delivered one-by-one whilst family members of the victims gasped clapped and began to cry when asked by the judge
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if he had anything to say Ivan responded blankly on not guilty of it justice hunt told the court I agree
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entirely with those verdicts any other in my view would have flown in the face of reality he went on to
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condemn Ivan for cruelly and savagely attacking each of his victims with more force than necessary to cause death for
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no reason other than to satisfy his own psychological gratification he called Ivan's callous indifference to the
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suffering of his victims and complete disregard for Humanity as beyond a belief his voice quivering as he
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explained these seven young persons were at the threshold of their lives with everything to look forward to travel
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career happiness love family and even old age they would obviously have been absolutely terrified and to death is
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unlikely to have been swiftly applied these murders must unhesitatingly be labeled as falling within the worst
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class of case whilst he clarified it would have no impact on his sentencing Hunt said in my view it is inevitable
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that the prisoner was not alone in that criminal enterprise he stated that if another person was involved it wasn't
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possible to determine whether Ivan nor his accomplice was the one responsible for inflicting the injuries that caused
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the deaths regardless this hunt concluded I am satisfied that Ivan is just as responsible for that
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behavior as the person who did inflict the particular injuries which caused the death of age of the victims Ivan Milat
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was sentenced to spend the remainder of his natural life in prison during a subsequent press conference some family
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members of the victims expressed their hopes that the investigation into possible accomplices would continue with
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Debora Everest's brother Tim stating I think there'll be more to come Caroline Clark's father Ian questioned
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how a person as insignificant as Ivan Milat could have wrought such havoc he said his family would attempt to wipe
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the slate clean and get on with their lives quote we're not going to give him the LAT the pleasure of ruining our
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lives as well as Caroline's we've got other children that we are responsibilities to explaining why his
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family felt compelled to sit through the graphic and upsetting trial Ian said it
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was the last thing we could do for our children all we can say is that we were there for our children a statement
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written by James absence mother Pegg stated we'd like to thank the people who have helped us through the last six and
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a half years since our son went missing the loss of James the gradual unfolding of how he and the other young people
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were killed and being the focus of public attention have all been very traumatic
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we have been helped by many people our relatives our friends our church the Salvation Army various support groups
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and of course the police we would like to thank all the police involved but particularly the members of task force
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err whose kindness has far exceeded that of Judy from Germany Gabor Nagi Bella's father
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Manfred said that while the sentencing wouldn't bring their son back it was a huge victory for justice Jo Ann Walters
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father Ray agreed that justice had been served adding it can never repay for our
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children if you lose a child in these circumstances that's there forever I want people to know how much mallet has
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destroyed her lives like ours several members of Ivan's family told journalists that the Millat name had
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been irreparably tarnished to the point they were struggling to find employment Wally mullets wife told The Sydney
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Morning Herald while he's a nervous wreck we all are that day after the papers ran the story with Wally and
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Richards pitches on the front I said to Wally that he may as well have had murderer tattooed on his forehead
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although she expressed sympathy towards the victims into their families she stated that they weren't the only ones
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suffering quote we are - you know we are victims as well Bill Miller said his family was tired of the persecution
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following Ivan's conviction quote we're not the Boy Scouts but we're not the Mafia either the day after receiving his
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sentence Ivan Milat told a journalist from The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper he remained positive that he would soon
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be going home quote why wouldn't I be optimistic of course I am I've done nothing wrong if everyone tells the
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truth I'll be free he admitted it would be a challenge stating his belief that the
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police were determined to convict him even if the guilty person walked into the station and confessed to the crimes
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since his arrest Ivan told the journalist he had been sent letters of support from all around the world
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including photographs from female admirers that was advised not to respond in case anyone was seeking information
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that could pass on to police or sell to the media he also claimed to have received a phone call from a British
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relative of one of the Belanger Lowe victims during the trial who asked why he wouldn't just play to guilty and get
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it over with Ivan responded plead guilty to what I haven't done anything later that day Ivan was transferred to
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Maitland maximum-security prison in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales to begin his life sentence the arrival
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of the infamous serial killer was hotly anticipated as the bus full of new prisoners pulled up to the jail one
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inmate walked up to the fresh arrivals and asked which ones mala when someone pointed towards the convicted killer
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Dean made approached Ivan punching him in the head several times and and knocking him to the ground before saying
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despite the jury finding Ivan Malak guilty of all seven murders the case remained open as investigators continued
00:40:02
to explore the possibility that more than one perpetrator was responsible for the backpacker deaths again
00:40:10
the spotlight was shown on Richard Mille at with police forwarding a brief of evidence to the Director of Public
00:40:15
Prosecutions looking to charge him at the very least for being an accessory after the fact evidence relied heavily
00:40:23
on the statement provided by Philip Pohl glaze who told police that Richard and Ivan allegedly came home with a
00:40:30
blood-stained knife backpacks and passports on the same weekend Joann Walters and Caroline Clark went missing
00:40:38
Philip who had agreed to assist police by wearing a wire had since passed away leaving police unable to use his
00:40:46
statements even if police had been able to use Philips statements his story had changed during subsequent police
00:40:54
interviews casting some doubt on his version of events the Director of Public Prosecutions
00:41:01
decided there wasn't enough evidence supporting Richard mallets involvement in the crimes and ultimately decided not
00:41:08
to prosecute dr. rod Milton the forensic psychologist who created profiles on the
00:41:15
killer long before Ivan's arrest stuck by his initial theory that more than one killer was involved a belief he
00:41:23
continued to hold well into his retirement in an interview with the journalist Roger Maynard for the
00:41:30
independent newspaper dr. Milton said the nature of the crimes suggested the accomplice was highly dependent on Ivan
00:41:37
and would have therefore ended his killing spree following Ivan's arrest one of the strongest pieces of evidence
00:41:45
for the to killer theory was uncovered in area a the Berlanga low crime scene near where Gabor Noga Bela and Dania
00:41:52
have shades remains were discovered sergeant Jared daun one of the world's leading ballistic experts told Roger
00:42:00
Maynard quote that to me is suggestive of two people with two guns and two different boxes of ammunition whatever
00:42:10
they were doing whether they were target shooting at that time suggests there were two
00:42:15
different people that's not the Finity of proof but it's more probable in addition the contrasting methods of
00:42:25
murder between paired victims indicated to forensic psychologist dr. Milton that
00:42:30
more than one perpetrator inflicted the wounds quote when you look in the lap he's a cold distant person who might
00:42:39
have fired shots into the head he was more deliberate he was much more rigid whereas the other one gave the
00:42:47
impression of being impulsive and sadistic the nature of the actions suggested to people
00:42:56
since the outset of the investigation anthropologist dr. Richard Basham had also believed that the crimes were
00:43:03
committed by two men expressing this theory in the criminal profile he provided to Task Force Air in the book
00:43:11
fate written by Neil nur sir dr. Bassam explained the main reason he believed another person could be involved was the
00:43:18
decapitation of one of the victims quote I can just imagine one of these guys cutting her head off for the shock value
00:43:27
for a real statement of dominance to subordinate the other killer I've always thought the odds are in favor of at
00:43:35
least to being involved in some of the later crimes others supported the multi perpetrator Theory referring to the
00:43:45
difficulty a lone attacker would have faced when confronting restraining and controlling the paired victims whilst
00:43:51
driving and deleting them into the forest gabor Nigeria's father Manfred was not
00:43:58
convinced Ivan acted alone stating Gabor was one point eight six metres tall and
00:44:04
very strong when we sometimes went into the forest to cut firewood he would cut huge logs and carry whole tree stumps it
00:44:14
would have taken two men to kill him it was a sentiment shared by a juror for Ivan Milat trial who told the Herald Sun
00:44:24
newspaper they too felt there must have been another person involved in the crimes again making their assumptions
00:44:31
based on Kapoor's physique quote that would have been difficult for someone even as strong as Ivan the LAT to move
00:44:39
someone as tall as Naga Bela not everyone involved in the Belanger lo serial killer investigation was
00:44:49
convinced that Ivan Milat operated with an accomplice to explain how Wathan could have controlled two victims at
00:44:56
once those critical of the multi perpetrator theory suggest that the victims may have been drugged to subdue
00:45:02
them or render them unconscious several of the victims spines had been severed leaving them paralyzed which some viewed
00:45:10
as Ivan Milat zwei to maintain control of two people at once head of Task Force Air superintendent
00:45:18
cloth small staunch we believed that while some members of the Millat family may have suspected ivan was up to no
00:45:24
good none of them were directly involved in the cries small believed Ivan would not
00:45:30
have trusted anyone else to assist with the murders quote Ivan was a loner determined to be in control of his own
00:45:39
destiny an accomplice would have been too much of a risk in his book titled inside Australia's biggest manhunt clive
00:45:49
small explained at the various reasons why he believed Ivan Milat acted alone he cited the 1971 rape charge that Ivan
00:45:58
was later acquitted of as proof that he was confident and capable of attacking two hitchhikers at once detectives also
00:46:06
believed Ivan was responsible for the 1977 incident reported to the Task Force their hotline where two young female
00:46:14
hitchhikers were picked up by an unknown dark-haired man who drove them to a remote area before initiating an assault
00:46:22
the women managed to escape and although Ivan was never charged for the attack it
00:46:28
was believed to this incident served as yet another example of his confidence in
00:46:32
confronting two people at once small detailed Ivan's predatory process using the pool onions incident to establish
00:46:41
the pattern Ivan would lure his victims into his vehicle by offering them arrived making them comfortable with
00:46:48
small talk before holding them at gunpoint under the guise who was conducting a robbery
00:46:54
in relation to victims traveling in pairs he likely instructed one to restrain the other reassuring them this
00:47:01
was simply to prevent them from doing anything to jeopardize the holdup small also believed Ivan kept the backpackers
00:47:09
camping equipment and personal belongings as trophies for his crimes giving some of the items to members of
00:47:15
his family to derive gratification from watching them wearing and to using them this allowed him to relive the killings
00:47:22
in his mind over and over attaining pleasure from the memories of the violence he inflicted as for the
00:47:30
incriminating comments Richard mullet allegedly made to co-workers about the crimes small sighted the flurry of media
00:47:37
reports about missing backpackers that were circulating at the time quote if the comments were made it is likely that
00:47:46
tasteless as they were the comments were not based on any specific knowledge of Ivan's murders but were perhaps simply a
00:47:54
crass attempt by Richard to draw attention to himself based on things he had read in the media small argued that
00:48:02
the murder is becoming more ritualistic over time coupled with the evidence suggesting the
00:48:07
killer spent more time at each new crime scene did not indicate an accomplice was
00:48:12
involved quote I suggest the opposite that the more often I haven't killed the more self-absorbed and self-obsessed he
00:48:21
became asking himself what could I do to make it better to get more satisfaction
00:48:28
the answer was to make the killings more ritualized and to take more time carrying them out I suggest there is no
00:48:36
compelling argument for any person other than Ivan having committed the crimes as the debate continued over whether or
00:48:47
not Ivan Milat acted alone the question was raised as to whether he could be linked to any other crimes despite Ivan
00:48:55
being behind bars task force there continued to investigate the convicted killer focusing on other unsolved
00:49:02
missing person and murder cases involving backpackers and hitchhikers as well as violent crimes that involved
00:49:08
either a 22 caliber rifle or hunting knife they focused on persons aged between 17 and 40 who had disappeared in
00:49:18
New South Wales between 1970 and 1990 to identifying 43 missing person cases and
00:49:25
16 unsolved murder cases they believed fitted Ivan Milat SEMO according to cliffs mores book further investigations
00:49:35
revealed there was no concrete evidence directly linking life into any of the missing people but three of the unsolved
00:49:42
murder cases were cause for suspicion 18 year old Peter Letcher was last seen alive on Friday November 13 1987 when he
00:49:53
intended to hitchhike the 180 kilometers ernie west from the Sydney suburb of Busby to his hometown of Bathurst two
00:50:02
months later bush walkers in the journal and state forest were trekking through the remote wilderness 20 kilometers away
00:50:09
from the popular jenolan caves tourist attraction in a shallow ditch underneath a pile of forest debris they came across
00:50:17
a heavily decomposed body that was later identified to be Peter Letcher Peter's shirt had been used as a blindfold and
00:50:25
he had been shot several times in the back of the head three spent 22 caliber bullets confirmed to have been fired
00:50:33
from a Ruger rifle were located nearby according to the book sins of the brother by les Kennedy and amok Winokur
00:50:42
Alex mullet had made a strange comment to police following his brother Ivan's arrest in which he allegedly said
00:50:50
there's lots of strange deaths around to the Southern Highlands you ever checked
00:50:55
out any unsolved murders in the jenolan state forest following Ivan's conviction
00:51:02
an investigation revealed the convicted killer had started maintenance work on jenolan caves Road on Monday November 16
00:51:10
1987 three days after Peter Letcher was last seen alive eivin's former co-workers confirmed it
00:51:19
was possible he may have traveled to the area a few days earlier in anticipation
00:51:24
of beginning work on the Monday morning as was common for employees Ivan's ex-wife Karen recalled her former
00:51:32
husband took her on a trip to a forest the near the jenolan caves in 1982 where they drove around to the tracks of a
00:51:39
pine plantation in his four-wheel drive navigating the area with apparent familiarity for Task Force Air
00:51:47
detectives the location burial style of Peter letters remains the manner of his death and to the murder weapon used all
00:51:56
fit Ivan Milat SEMO 20 year old Karen Roland was four months pregnant when on Friday February 26 1971 her car ran out
00:52:09
of petrol along the then rugged parks Way Road in Canberra she was last seen walking towards a car driven by an
00:52:17
unknown male who appeared to have pulled over to offer assistance the following day
00:52:23
Ivan Milat who was working nearby at the time allegedly boasted the colleagues that he had killed someone and buried
00:52:30
the body in the bush three months later Karen Rowland's body was discovered ten kilometres away in the Fairburn pine
00:52:39
plantation a short distance off the fire track her remains covered with branches
00:52:46
although the exact cause of her death could not be determined a forensic examination indicated she had been
00:52:52
sexually assaulted and strangled given the location method of attack and the manner in which Karen's body was
00:53:01
disposed police believed the crime may be connected to wife in Malaya Karen's abduction and murder occurred just two
00:53:10
months before Ivan was charged with attacking two female hitchhikers one of whom he raped 100 kilometres away
00:53:17
near Goulburn 29 year old Oh Diane Pinocchio was last seen leaving a pub in the suburb of bung and or near Canberra
00:53:28
on Friday September 6 1991 she had informed friends she intended to hitchhike the 30 kilometre journey home
00:53:37
to Queanbeyan two months later Diane's remains were discovered in the telegin de state forest approximately
00:53:45
120 kilometers southwest of Belanger she had been sexually assaulted and repeatedly stabbed before her body was
00:53:54
concealed behind a log a short distance from the closest fire trail and covered with forest debris
00:54:02
detectives remarked that Diane's body was left in an almost identical position to Berlanga low victim and Caroline
00:54:09
Clark they also acknowledged other similarities between Diane's crime scene and to those associated with Ivan Milat
00:54:16
including that several of Diane's personal items were missing as these items hold a no monetary value police
00:54:25
suspected the killer likely took them as mementos as with Peter Leger and Karen Roland the location timing and
00:54:34
circumstances of Diane Pinocchio's death along with the rudimentary burial of her
00:54:39
remains has led investigators to suspect Ivan Milat may be responsible however with
00:54:47
insufficient evidence to proceed with charges none have ever been filed and all three cases remain unsolved on
00:54:56
November 30 1996 just over three years since its creation task force err formally disbanded in order to review a
00:55:09
number of unsolved disappearances that occurred in the New South Wales city of Newcastle over the past two decades a
00:55:15
new task force titled strike force Fenwick was established it was led by Detective Inspector Wayne Gordon the
00:55:24
negotiator who had facilitated the phone call with Ivan on the morning his eagle-vail property was raided Wayne
00:55:32
Gordon along with 37 other investigators and analysts compiled existing police records and relevant documents into a
00:55:39
modern computerized system to facilitate efficient management of the available information a monumental task made even
00:55:47
more challenging given that some exhibits were unable to be located while others had been destroyed due to age
00:55:55
extensive inquiries were carried out with government agencies to ensure there was no evidence that any of the missing
00:56:01
persons in question was still alive while blood samples were taken from their families to store for DNA
00:56:07
profiling news of strike force Fenwick's work generated a large amount of public
00:56:13
interest and investigated were flooded with information within the first few months calls placed from
00:56:21
members of the public who led to 130 different locations being named as potential burial sites of victims with
00:56:28
many locations visited by forensic anthropologists cadaver dogs police divers and botanists some areas were
00:56:37
searched using ground-penetrating radar but despite these efforts no human remains were uncovered existing
00:56:45
witnesses were also reinterviews that no new witnesses came forward before long strike force Fenwick had
00:56:55
narrowed its focus on ten specific missing person cases dated between 1978 and to 1993
00:57:02
generating a list of 40 potential suspects Ivan Milat was considered a person of interest in the unsolved
00:57:10
disappearances of three females Leanne Goodell Robin Hickey and Amanda Robinson but during subsequent interviews he
00:57:19
denied any involvement after having exhausted all investigative inquiries into these three disappearances
00:57:27
Strikeforce Fenwick presented their findings to the New South Wales State Coroner John Abernathy given the cases
00:57:34
shared many similarities to one another the coroner agreed to conduct a joint inquest
00:57:42
twenty-year-old aspiring artist to Leanne Goodell was last seen by a friend at the star hotel in Newcastle at 4:00
00:57:49
p.m. on Saturday December 30 1978 where she left some belongings behind at the counter and had never returned Ivan
00:57:59
Milat was known to frequent this hotel during trips to the area four months later on Saturday April 7 1979 18
00:58:09
year-old dental nurse Robin Hickey was last seen standing at a bus stop opposite her home in the Newcastle
00:58:15
suburb of Belmont north she was on her way to meet some friends at the Belmont hotel but never showed up
00:58:22
and was never heard from again Ivan Milat was believed to be working for the roads and traffic authority on
00:58:30
the Pacific Highway at the time just a few kilometers from where Robin was last seen in addition one witness believed
00:58:38
they saw Ivan at the Belmont hotel the night before her disappearance 13 days later 14 year older mentor robinson
00:58:47
failed to return to her home in Swansea after her school dance she was last seen
00:58:52
in the early hours of Saturday April 21 1979 as she walked towards her house from a bus stop as strike force Fenwick
00:59:02
investigators were unable to account for Ivan the lacz whereabouts on the dates Leanne Robin or Amanda went missing he
00:59:10
was listed as a person of interest in all three cases although their inability to verify an alibi for Ivan was not
00:59:18
particularly unusual given that 20 years had passed since the disappearances yet
00:59:25
he was confirmed to have worked in the Newcastle area several times throughout the 70s and 80s where he stayed in local
00:59:32
hotels motels and pubs the inquest into the three disappearances was no easy task
00:59:41
considering the amount of time that had passed and that several witnesses were now deceased it was made even more
00:59:48
challenging by what coroner Abernathy noted as dysfunctional and a lazy police work during the original investigations
00:59:56
which included a complete lack of record-keeping the coroner labelled the deficient effort as a complete failure
01:00:04
of the New South Wales Police Force and associated personnel approximately 160 witnesses and six persons of interest to
01:00:14
a call during the inquest one of whom was Ivan Millar he denied any knowledge or involvement in the disappearances of
01:00:22
Lian Robin or Amanda although he did concede he often stayed in the Newcastle region around the time they went missing
01:00:31
coroner Abernethy stated that Ivan the lats known propensity for violence he's habit of picking up hitchhikers
01:00:37
dating back to at least to 1971 his possession of firearms and other weapons and his connection to the Newcastle area
01:00:46
for work and social reasons made him a major person of interest in all three missing person cases especially in
01:00:54
regards to LeAnn Goodell a vanetti presented his findings concluding that despite their bodies having never been
01:01:02
located LeAnn Robin and Amanda were likely all deceased as there wasn't enough evidence
01:01:09
to proceed with criminal charges against the suspect no one was held responsible
01:01:14
and all three cases remain unsolved Ivan Milat has since been named and remains a
01:01:22
person of interest in a number of other unsolved missing person and murder cases
01:01:26
throughout Australia the validity of the connections vary with authorities hesitant to directly implicate Ivan in
01:01:34
these matters due to their degree of uncertainty and a lack of evidence despite Ivan Milat son welcomed arrival
01:01:44
to Maitland's maximum-security prison he soon became a mini celebrity within the
01:01:49
complex autographing copies of the WHO magazine that featured his photo on the cover one inmate who had previously
01:01:56
shared a cell with Ivan described the Berlanga lo killer to a journalist for the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has
01:02:03
so typically average that he stood out from other prisoners all he would talk about was his family his loved ones what
01:02:12
he ate all straight out of the suburbs Ivan Allah was suburbia in March 1997 Ivan was just eight months into his life
01:02:25
sentence when he formed a bond with a fellow inmate named - Jorge service service was a major figure in Sydney's
01:02:33
criminal underworld serving a 25 year sentence for drug importation and trafficking along with an additional
01:02:39
18-year sentence for attempting to import heroin whilst serving his time in prison
01:02:45
although they were under constant electronic surveillance the pair concocted an elaborate and far-fetched
01:02:51
escape plan that involved to them overwhelming the guards tying them up stealing their uniforms and - then
01:02:58
scaling the eight meter higher razor wire talked to prison wall after slipping through the gates in the past
01:03:05
the armed guards an accomplice would meet them outside the jail and drive them to freedom
01:03:11
the two prisoners made it clear they intended to kill or injure anyone who stood in their way
01:03:18
two months later on May 16 1997 they put their escape plan into action however guards had already caught wind
01:03:28
of their scheme and too knew exactly what the pair were up to promptly placing both inmates under arrest
01:03:36
later that night George Savas took his own life Ivan Milat was relocated to the segregation unit at Long Bay Jail in
01:03:47
Sydney before being transferred to Goulburn Correctional Center where he was placed in the notorious Supermax
01:03:54
wing known as a prison within a prison Supermax is responsible for housing the state's worst criminal offenders it is
01:04:03
surrounded by high perimeter walls fitted with sound and emotional arms and is kept under strict surveillance at all
01:04:10
times like his fellow inmates Ivan was dressed in an orange jumpsuit shackled and regularly rotated between different
01:04:19
cells to mitigate the risk of hidden contraband in November 1997 a few months after the
01:04:31
thwarted escape attempt with the George Sarris Ivan chose to represent himself as he lodged an appeal against his
01:04:37
murder convictions once again he challenged Paul Onion's witness testimony accusing the Englishman's
01:04:44
identification of his vehicle as unreliable due to his error in describing a non-existent spare tire
01:04:50
rack he also argued a Justice David hunt did not fairly present the defense case
01:04:56
before dismissing the jury to deliberate and that inflammatory and prejudicial evidence such as his 1971 rape charge
01:05:04
should not have been admitted during the committal hearing the New South Wales Court of Appeal rejected the application
01:05:12
stating that Ivan had received a fair trial in the eyes of the law and the matters he was complaining about did not
01:05:20
exhibit any miscarriages of justice in 2004 Ivan's request to appeal to the High Court was thrown out the following
01:05:30
year he submitted a 50-page handwritten request for the Court of Appeal asking to launch an inquiry into his case an
01:05:38
act reserved for when doubt exists over proof of the convicted person's guilt a review of the evidence in Ivan Milat
01:05:47
case confirmed that there was no such doubt and his application was rejected in 2006 controversy ensued when media
01:05:58
reports revealed Ivan had been rewarded for good behavior in prison and was allowed to keep a toaster and television
01:06:04
in his cell the news angered the homicide victim support group and family members of the seven murdered
01:06:11
backpackers with Caroline Clark's father expressing his displeasure by remarking
01:06:16
that Ivan hadn't given his victims any privileges and should therefore not receive any himself within hours of the
01:06:24
story hitting the press New South Wales premier Morris Yemma ordered a full review of the reward system in Goulburn
01:06:31
supermax prison and as a result Ivan's toaster and television privileges were revoked
01:06:38
ivenn launched his next appeal that same year criticizing just as david hunts conduct - during his trial alleging he
01:06:47
led the jury to act on evidence that hadn't been established by the prosecution this application was also
01:06:54
rejected following this Ivan lodged yet another appeal this time noting a televised interview featuring
01:07:03
Superintendent Clive small in which the detective said there was no police evidence to suggest the second person
01:07:10
participated in the murders in the same segment Crown prosecutor muck Tedeschi stated it was not part of their case to
01:07:18
prove that anyone other than Ivan Milat was involved in the killings Ivan used these remarks to argue that he
01:07:25
had been denied procedural fairness during his trial expressing justice Hunt made an error by ruling the Creon didn't
01:07:33
have to prove whether he acted alone he debated that he shouldn't have been convicted if the prosecution couldn't
01:07:40
prove whether someone else was involved but once again his appeal was rejected in January 2009 Ivan used a plastic
01:07:52
knife to deliberately cut off the little finger of his left hand he placed the severed digit into an envelope addressed
01:07:59
to the Supreme Court judge who had twice denied his applications for appeal he was taken to Goulburn hospital for
01:08:07
treatment the medical staff were unable to reattach the finger in a letter to his brother bill Ivan explained to the
01:08:16
act was an attempt to quote highlight the difficulties of a prisoner who wishes to appeal his case others viewed
01:08:26
the mutilation as Ivan's desperate attempt to obtain a transfer to a medical facility as part of an escape
01:08:32
plan in November 2010 Ivan lodged another application to appeal his convictions citing unease
01:08:42
over the reliability of the Crown's primary evidence the availability of new evidence and the fact that DNA evidence
01:08:49
did not implicate him in the cry this application was rejected over the years Ivan's self harmed by swallowing foreign
01:09:00
objects breaking his own hand and initiating numerous hunger strikes in May 2011 after serving 15 years of his
01:09:10
life sentence 66 year old Ivan requested to have a Sony PlayStation video game console allowed in his cell
01:09:18
arguing it would provide him the opportunity to exercise his mind upon the refusal of this request
01:09:26
Ivan staged a nine-day hunger strike losing 25 kilograms before eventually giving in Corrective Services
01:09:34
Commissioner Ron Woodham told The Sunday Telegraph newspaper there's no win made
01:09:40
on my watch who would ever get anything close to a Playstation particularly Australia's worst serial killer alluding
01:09:49
to Ivan's missing finger commissioner woulda mattered he can stage as many protests as he likes but there'd be no
01:09:57
point if he got one because he needs two hands to use it in 2005 Ivan's former lawyer John Marsden spoke to a news
01:10:09
limited journalist stating his opinion quote Ivan's a weirdo I don't know whether he did it or not yes he probably
01:10:18
did it but I don't think there was a brother involved it was definitely a woman Marsden suggested that Ivan's accomplice
01:10:28
was actually a mullet sister Shirley whom Ivan was residing with at the time of his arrest
01:10:35
prior to her death in 2003 Shirley visited Ivan in prison during which he informed her that he had buried a 45
01:10:43
Colt pistol in the backyard of their eagle-vail home and needed her to dig it up and to get rid of it
01:10:50
he claimed police had missed uncovering the weapon after deciding not to excavate the yard given it was clear he
01:10:58
made a very little attempt to hide any evidence Shirley did as she was told and after recovering the firearm enlisted
01:11:06
the help of her brother Wally to sell the gun for $800 the next time she visited Ivan in prison
01:11:13
Shirley reassured him everything had been taken care of although the gun in question was never
01:11:21
linked to any of the Berlanga lo murders Shirley was subsequently charged with possessing an unlicensed firearm to
01:11:28
which you pled guilty and was fined $1000 following the publication of the rumors about Shirley's involvement in
01:11:37
the backpacker murders superintendent cliff small contacted the man who originated the theory John Marsden
01:11:46
Marsden who was seriously ill at the time told smore he was so heavily medicated that he didn't recall making
01:11:53
the accusations at all not long after small visitor goblins supermax prison when he happened to
01:12:01
cross paths with Ivan Milat small detailed their interaction in his book inside Australia's biggest manhunt
01:12:09
describing a much thinner older and a more fragile man than the one he had arrested more than a decade earlier
01:12:17
as soon as Ivan laid eyes on small he started protesting his innocence and asked why the police were trying to say
01:12:24
Shirley was involved small told Ivan you're wrong I never said that Shirley was involved in fact I know she wasn't
01:12:35
you killed them all yourself Ivan allegedly hesitated before responding yes so why are you telling
01:12:45
them she was involved in his book small explained it was as close to an admission of guilt as I'd ever heard
01:12:55
from Ivan as soon as he had finished speaking his whole demeanor changed as if he had suddenly realized that the
01:13:03
significance of what he had said on November 21 2010 New South Wales Police experienced a chilling moment of deja vu
01:13:15
when local teenager chase arrived to the picton police station southwest of Sydney to report a
01:13:21
murder in Berlanga low state forest chase led police into a clearing in the forest revealing the recently deceased
01:13:29
the body of a 17 year old male covered crudely with branches after directing police to the body
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chase was charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact the statements he provided police enabled
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them to promptly arrest the duo responsible for the murder itself Matthew Moomin had a relatively
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uneventful childhood before his personality took an unexpected turn during high school the otherwise passive
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into sociable teen suddenly developed a darker and poorer decided he began distancing himself from friends and
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carrying a flint knife wherever he went at age 14 Matthew decided to adopt the surname of his extended family Millar
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and started bragging to friends about his great-uncle Ivan he seemed to take pride in being the
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nephew of a serial killer making frequent visits to Belanger where he would hang out in the bush and smoke
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cannabis on November 20 2010 17 year-old Matthew now going by the surname Millar
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told his girlfriend that he and a friend had plans to kill someone later that afternoon the couple and another friend
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18 year-old colon Klein were sitting together when Matthew excitedly rubbed his hands together and said we're going
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out to buy Langille Oh someone's going to die after making a few phone calls Matthew and colon collected chase before
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picking up another mate David doc Delaney David was celebrating his 17th birthday
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and had been lured out by Matthew who had suggested they go away after Berlanga low to have a few drinks and a
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bit of fun the four young men drove a short distance into the forest before pulling over to smoke some cannabis and
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to listen to music Matthew and colon exited the vehicle where the ladder activated the audio recording feature on
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his mobile phone catching him whisper yeah go it - which Matthew asked can you feel the
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adrenaline Cohen then coached the birthday boy out of the car under the guise of needing help looking for a bomb
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when David walked around to the back of the vehicle : climbed inside holding his
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phone out the window to record the events that were about to unfold armed with an axe
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Matthew caught David off-guard swinging at his torso and hurling verbal abuse and threats as he bled profusely and
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begged for his life after 10 minutes Matthew finally administered the fatal blow
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Koen remained in the vehicle recording audio of the murder on his mobile phone while pacifying chase who was unaware of
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the duo's morbid a plan the three men then dragged to David's body into a clearing and covered him
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with branches as they made the 50 kilometer drive back to their hometown of Bargo Mathieu remarked that was such
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an adrenaline rush Cohen said I told you that you were going to go down the same
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path as your uncle the next day Mathieu gloated about the murder to several friends and was quoted as saying
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you know me you know my family you know the last name Muller I did what they do after chase led police to David's body
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and Mathieu and Cohen were arrested for the murder they both play the guilty but
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maintained the crime had had not been premeditated their defense was that Mathieu only intended to injure and
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assault David over rumors he had allegedly been spreading whilst the waiting sentencing Matthew told a
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forensic psychologist that there was no special meaning in the location where his victim was killed he insisted the
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intention behind changing his surname was not to bask in his uncle's notoriety but to distance himself from his
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stepfather whilst in custody Matthew also wrote a number of disturbing poems that appeared to relive the murder which
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were intercepted by authorities and passed on to police to be used as evidence against him at trial Matthew's
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remarks about his plans to kill someone prior to inviting David to belong below coupled with the audio taken during the
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murder in which he and Cohen excitedly encouraged one another to proceed with the attack provided proof of
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premeditation during the Supreme Court sentencing in June 2012 acting justice Jayne Matthews rejected the defendants
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claim that the decision to conduct the murder in Belanger Lowe was not significant stating she was convinced
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that Matthew was trying to emulate his great uncle Ivan judge Matthews described the death of David octal Oni
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as falling within the worst category of murder consequently sentencing Matthew mullet 243 years imprisonment and :
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client 232 years prior to his death in 2006 Ivan's former lawyer john marston released the book titled I am what I am
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in which he wrote there is no doubt that the case against Ivan was a strong one but the damage done to his family has
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been immense they are a loyal family and of course they believe that the allegations are untrue
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Margaret Millar went to her grave believing her favorite son was innocent but Ivan's brothers including Richard
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and Wally who must still represent have told me that if Ivan is indeed guilty he
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deserves to be locked up for life Marsten had lamented to a news limited journalist about what may have happened
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had he not helped divert MLAT avoid a prison sentence for the rape charges against him in 1971 quote do I think
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those lives would have been saved Ivan might have been out by them so maybe maybe not do I ever think about it
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yes Marsten who had relied on the jury's prejudice to attack the sexuality and credibility of Ivan's rape survivors
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left part of his sizable estate to various gay and lesbian organizations many members of the Millat family still
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maintained their loyalty to eivin continuing to support him by attesting his innocence in 2005 his sister-in-law
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carolyn who had previously been accused of trying to provide him with a false alibi for several of the murders told a
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BBC documentary series australian story i suppose life would be easier if we could accept that he has been found
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guilty and has done this crime but that is not the case in our eyes he's not guilty of it and until the day that we
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find it different we will support him we believe that Ivan was framed in a 2010 interview for television program
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crime investigation Australia Richard mullet was asked how he felt about Ivan's defense team naming him as a
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possible suspect in the backpack of murders Richard replied Ivan would do anything
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and I wouldn't blame him it was okay by me on that part because I knew it weren't me so I got no worries no matter
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how much implication you can say I knew why he was dragging me into it trying to
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save himself however there are also members of Ivan's family who believe he is guilty
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his younger brother George believes Ivan murdered for pleasure and would never have stopped if he hadn't been caught
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Morris mullet shares these sentiments and claims he has since been shunned by the rest of his family for expressing
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his belief in his younger brother's guilt quote Ivan is a completely completely evil person and I would say
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if he never got caught he would have went on to do more evil things I'd say ten thousand Ivan's die before I'd see
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one of the backpackers die I just hate him for what he's done when 19 year older James Gibson went
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missing his mother Pegg worked tirelessly to find her youngest son fronting the media to urge anyone with
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information about his whereabouts to come forward wherever she went she would look twice at any dark-haired boy with a
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ponytail who even slightly resembled James asking herself you were always hopeful larger you have
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to be a mounting pile of letters addressed the James during his disappearance sat in his bedroom
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untouched with PEG pausing at the door every time she walked past overcome with the tormenting fear that her son may no
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longer be alive speaking to now retired superintendent cliff small for his book inside Australia's biggest manhunt
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Deborah Everest brother Tim explained his father was already ill when 19 year old - Deborah was reported missing and
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passed away before her remains were found saving him from ever having to hear the name of her killer their mother
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Patricia passed away in 2009 still consumed by the pain of her loss and haunted by the memory of having
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encouraged her daughter to go on the trip that ended her life Deborah had been helping out with her father's
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ailing health and her mother told her that a break would do her good Tim Everest quote I didn't believe what
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was happening when it first started you always think it won't happen to me I thought Deb would walk through the
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door one day I tended to deal with it by not confiding in anyone choosing at times not to believe what happened
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on learning that all would be called to give evidence and on facing Millar I had an unearthly feeling of rage
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torment and disbelief that someone could have absolutely no respect for innocent
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human life my mother had to endure a life sentence of hell over this horrific event having to hear in court the detail
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of what happened to her daughter was nearly unbearable in itself a month after 21 year old Simone Schmidt was
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remains were found a memorial service was held in her honor at the northern suburbs crematorium in Sydney service
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organizer Marie Westall told the gathering mourners these young people were not just headlines for a few days
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but a tragedy which has shaken our innocence Simone's parents have honored their
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daughter with her own memorial in Blowing below marked by a small cross with a German inscription that
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translates to say you live on in our hearts we love you Gabor Nikki Bella's father Manfred told Klaus small he
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remained haunted by the fact that Ivan Milat never confessed to his crimes leaving him to imagine the horrors that
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his son enjoyed in Berlin glow Christmas was a particularly difficult time for the neue Bell family as the last contact
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they had with Gabor was on Christmas Eve of 1991 Manfred explained every year it
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is still a time of grief for us the days are short and - the nights are long as the snow covers the ground around our
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home in Germany we remember the familiar sound of good boys voices other son named one of his own children after his
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beloved brother ensuring the Gabor neugebauer name lives on friends and former classmates of the adventurous
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nature loving German visit his graveside each year to honor his memory Manfred Nagi Bella told clothes small a
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few days ago I met the mother of a classmate of Gabor we spoke and she said to me that when she talks with me she
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feels like she is looking at the face of Gabor she reminded me of the saying a man is not dead until he is forgotten
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Gabor is not dead Gabor was buried a 5-minute walk from his family home and his mother Anka visited and cared for
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the grave on a near daily basis she often made the 650 kilometers early to Munich to join Anja have shades mother
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Olga had the graveside of her 20 year old daughter so the two mothers could support one another Olga and her husband
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Gunther found it incredibly difficult to talk about their daughter to people outside their family
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in an interview for the book Born Killers but Christopher Barry day and Steve Morris Caroline Clark's parents in
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and Jackie explained they were still anguished by Ivan Milat absence of remorse and believed he lacked the
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feelings of a human being Ian's record being a little apprehensive when their voracious and optimistic 21
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year old daughter departed for her big Australian holiday warning her against the dangers of hitchhiking and
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encouraging her not to travel alone Ian said I don't think we really until quite
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later on finally faced up to the fact that they weren't coming back then a different kind of anger which comes in
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when you know they are dead the Clarks have remained resolute throughout the devastating ordeal wanting to make sure
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their daughter's killer never gets the satisfaction of their grief when the body of 22-year old - Joanne Walters was
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identified her parents ray and Jillian were inconsolable with her father ray later stating the miracle we'd always
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hoped for just didn't occur we have cried so much since she went missing now we're too numb to take it in four years
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later the couple were overwhelmed with relief when the guilty verdict was announced with ray consoling Jillian as
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she broke down in tears they later expressed their gratitude for the people of Australia and the police many of whom
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they maintained strong friendships with quote it would be unfair to name individuals for they have all been
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tremendous there is only one monster responsible for this tragic case Ivan Milat trial took its toll on Paul
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onions who said I was naked mentally for 10 years on more at peace now for providing authorities with key
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information that helped secure Ivan Milat arrest Paul was rewarded with a $200,000 payment from the Australian
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government yet he felt the reward was joyless blood money and was unable to cash it knowing that anything he bought
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would always remind him of the 7 billing below victims he returned to the money to the Australian government and a
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sought happiness by living a full life enjoying his favorite hobbies skiing and a yacht racing in 2008 he was a member
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of the winning team that took first place in the clip around the world yacht race he hoped to visit Australia again
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one day in 2005 after public and political backlash local business Goulburn Ghost Tours was forced to
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cancel their extreme territories of bolongo state forests the website enticed visitors to come with us to
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palanga lo where Ivan Milat buried the bodies of his victims and featured the crass warning once you
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enter galangal o state forest you may never come out the tour company was slammed by
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supporters of the deceased backpackers families with New South Wales premier Mike Baird stating it's not only in bad
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taste it's just terrible horrendous the notoriety of mullets crimes near eliminated the practice of hitchhiking
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throughout Australia with young travelers heeding the warning of the dangers presented by accepting rides
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from strangers the legacy of the backpacker murders remains providing part of the inspiration for the
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fictional eyes dost rallyin horror film and to TV series of the same name Wolf Creek marketed as being based on true
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events the plot revolves around two backpackers taken captive and hunted by main antagonist Mick Taylor who bears a
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strong physical and behavioral resemblance to Ivan Milat now waged in his 70s Ivan Milat
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continues to serve his life sentence inside the Supermax wing of Goulburn Correctional Center with no chance of
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parole burl Angelo State Forest remains relatively unchanged since the murders with campers hikers and day-trippers
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continuing to venture into the remote terrain as motorists bypassed the Forester via the Hume Highway now called
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the Hume freeway the ominous green sign at the entrance that once warned to visitors the police be careful no longer
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stands it has been replaced by a smaller less foreboding forestry corporation sign today those who traverse the acres
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of the Blanco State Forest pine plantations and surrounding rugged Bush land note the ominous feeling that
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emanates from the isolated dirt tracks and large trees the memorial Clarks paying homage to the seven backpackers
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still stands in a remote area of the forest at the end of a long four-wheel-drive track as journalists
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Roger Maynard described in his book Berlanga lo the next chapter those who visit bolongo are consumed by a
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spine-tingling sense of death it is cloaked in an eerie silence there is little sign of animal life and even the
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birds are strangely silent it's as though nature is in mourning [Music]