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we left part one just after the
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government announced the $500,000 reward
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for any information to help solve the
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case it was hoped this large reward
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would be enough to entice a male caller
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to make contact again police staked out
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phone boxes in the st. Kilda area in the
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hope that the caller wouldn't be able to
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resist the huge reward while laning to
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hear from him again
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police received hundreds of other calls
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from members of the public one female
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witness was of major interest she said
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she saw a man getting out of the bunker
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on Russell Street about 12:30 p.m. half
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an hour before the explosion an
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identikit sketch was made up of the man
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she saw detectives started to get
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excited when they felt the sketch
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resembled somebody who they knew well
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cláudio croupy he was known to have a
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hatred of police and held a special
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grudge against one particular detective
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in the magic crime squad when detectives
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started digging around creepy they got
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even more excited when they received
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information he was seen with sticks of
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gel ignite the morning of the bombing
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things got more interesting when
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creepies neighbors reported he left home
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before the bombing returned home after
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the bombing and then he quickly left him
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and hadn't been seen since search
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warrants were carried out at creepies
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house and at houses he was named a
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frequent nothing of interest was located
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including creepy himself they were
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unable to check him dinner a few hours
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after the bombing when all of the police
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resources were in Russell Street dealing
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with the aftermath a bank robbery was
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committed in Don Vale a suburb of
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Melbourne about 20 kilometers or 12
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miles away from Russell Street you
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couldn't pick a better time to rob a
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bank the getaway vehicle used was a
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stolen special edition Peter Brock
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Holden Commodore it was found on the 7th
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of April eleven days after the bombing
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in bank robbery police located at
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underwater in the Yarra River near Wonga
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Park not too far away from where the
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bank robbery was committed alarm bells
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started to ring when it was discovered
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that the Shazi number had been drilled
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through exactly the same as what was
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done in the bunker this unusual method
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of drilling through the chassis number
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and the fact the vehicle was used in a
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bank robbery when all available police
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resources were assisting with the
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bombing led police to believe the two
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cars were connected despite the shady
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number being Julia and the vehicle
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having no plates police were able to
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identify the Brock Commodore found in
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the river there was a special edition
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not exactly a common car it turns out
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the registration was CCH 997 and those
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registration plates had actually turned
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up three weeks before the bombing the
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plates were found in the boot of yet
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another stolen car that was involved in
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a police chase
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the car crashed but the driver was able
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to get away while stealing another car
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at gunpoint detectives quickly question
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the officer who was involved in the
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chase he did get a glimpse of the driver
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so they showed him a whole heap of mug
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books in the hopes he could pick out a
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face and they were in luck
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the officer picked out a me and by the
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name of Peter Reid you haven't heard his
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name until now but I have spoken about
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him he was the suspect at the very start
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of this story who is under police
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surveillance in the morning of the
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bombing the suspect driving the red
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Jaguar that surveillance operation was
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totally unrelated to the bombing he was
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under surveillance because he was a
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suspect for several violent bank
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robberies while some detectives were
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trying to piece together the stolen cars
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and Peter raids involvement others were
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still working hard on who was their
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number one suspect
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Claudia creepy and on the 15th of April
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they finally caught up with him and he
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was arrested he denied having anything
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to do with the bombing and he denied
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being seen with gel ignored on the
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morning of the bombing his story was
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that he was actually making a fake bomb
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that he intended to throw through the
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window of flemington police station just
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for a scare Flemington station isn't too
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far away from Russell Street it seemed
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ludicrous but it actually turned out to
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be true creepy couldn't have picked a
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worse day to make a fake bomb but he was
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eventually eliminated from the Russell
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Street investigation
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the day after creepies arrest and
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release the 16th of April the unknown
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caller got back in contact with the
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Victorian police commissioner the lure
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of the big reward had worked as soon as
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the call was made detectives in the area
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headed for the phone boxes in st. kilda
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where the other calls had come from a
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detective grabbed the phone off one man
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and on the other end was the Victorian
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police commissioner
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they had just beyond there unknown
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caller the man was a chemist vladimir
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richter and it didn't take long to work
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out he knew absolutely nothing about the
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bombing or who was involved he was
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charged with hindering a police
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investigation many many hours had been
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wasted investigating these calls and
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staking out phone boxes in st. kilda all
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for nothing a complete waste of time
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vladimir was later sentenced to two
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months jail for his efforts on the 20th
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of april twenty four days after the
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bombing
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constable Angela Taylor lost her battle
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her funeral was attended to by over
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1,000 people 500 of her fellow officers
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lined up outside the chapel forming a
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long guard of honour
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constable Angela Taylor became the first
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female officer to die in the line of
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duty in Australia
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constable Taylor's death only made the
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police more determined to find out who
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was responsible crew he had been cleared
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the unknown caller had been found and he
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knew nothing that left Peter Reed in the
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stolen cars since being picked out of a
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mug book by the officer involved in the
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police chase Peter Reid had been placed
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under close surveillance for a second
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time everywhere he visited everyone he
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spoke to it was all recorded
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now remember Reid hadn't been seen in
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the Brock Commodore he was driving
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another stolen car with the registration
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plates of the Brock Commodore in the
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boot that's how he was linked to the car
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and that car was used in the bank
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robbery a few hours after the bombing
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and had a chassis number drilled out in
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the same way as the banca which was
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unusual
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then something police hadn't encountered
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before there was a unique mo that's how
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Reid and the cars were linked to Russell
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Street police weren't exactly sure what
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his involvement was if any maybe he just
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supplied the getaway car maybe the cars
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with the drew Daz numbers were just a
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coincidence or maybe he was a major
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player there was Tom define dear
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payda raid was living in now Ponk resin
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Callisto Callisto is just the outside
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the metro area of Melbourne about 36
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kilometers or 22 miles from the city
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there was the 25th of April near one
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month after the bombing and police were
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ready to bring reading they had enough
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evidence on him for the police chase and
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other crimes not related to Russell
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Street but they did plan to interview
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him about the bombing as well police
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kicked in his door in the early hours of
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the morning a pre-dawn raid some
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officers made their way right while two
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officers opened the door to a bedroom on
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the left
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Reid was waiting for them he was
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kneeling on the bed pointing a gun
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straight at them the officers moved out
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of the bedroom doorway and screamed at
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him to drop his gun Reid responded by
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firing at them screaming take me out
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take me out
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police returned fire officer Mark Wiley
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was shot in the exchange before trade
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himself was shot twice Reid was hit
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making his way from the bed sweeping
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around the bedroom so he could get it
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clear a shot at police but raid was put
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down before he was able to hit any other
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officers the gun was kicked out of his
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hand and he was handcuffed an ambulance
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was called to take officer wiley and
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paid a raid to hospital
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crime-scene examiners were waiting
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outside ready to comb the house for any
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forensic evidence that could link Reid
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to the bombing things were now a bit
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more complicated the scene would have to
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be processed in relation to the shooting
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as well two crime scenes in one so what
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did they find
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well something immediately stood out on
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the gun Reid was shooting at police with
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the serial number had been drilled
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through in exactly the same manner as
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the bomb car and at the Brock Commodore
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they also found a shotgun underneath
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Reid's pillow the serial number had been
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drilled through that as well in the
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lounge room they found a heap with
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different stolen registration plates and
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three more shotguns two with the serial
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numbers drilled through and then the
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jackpot to detonators found inside a bag
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as well as four sticks of gel ignite
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individually wrapped in newspaper both
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the detonators and gel ignite match the
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ones used in the Russell Street bombing
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they also found a hand grenade
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knuckledusters stolen car parts that
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were from the Brock's special edition
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Commodore and police scanners wire found
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in his place was cut with the same tool
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used to cut the wires on the bomb the
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tool used to cut the wire had left a
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distinctive mark much like a fingerprint
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not only that they found plastic bread
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crates inside the house
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remember the robbery committed at brace
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ID six weeks before the bombing when the
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bread crates cigarettes and
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confectionery was stolen the bread
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crates were then used to put the bomb in
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will the bread crates that were found at
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Peter Reed's house matched the one
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stolen from the bracelet robbery police
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were able to pull a fingerprint off the
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newspaper that the gel ignite was
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wrapped in the print belonged to Rodney
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Minogue Rodney's brother Craig Minogue
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had also left the fingerprint on the
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toilet door the minogue brothers were
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both well known to police and had served
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jail time they were added to the suspect
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list at the same time that Peter reeds
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place was raided a raid was also done on
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his brother Stephens house
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Stephen lived in Boronia maybe out of 25
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minute drive away from Peter's place
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inside Stephens police found a chamois
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two tracksuit tops a red-handled
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screwdriver and a tow rope
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the reason these items were of interest
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was because they were reported as
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missing from the bomb car the owner of
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the bomb car later identified the items
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found in Stephens as belonging to him
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they also found a drill bit with paint
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fragments on it identical to paint from
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the bomb car and a number of guns with
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the serial numbers drilled through
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another person police were came to speak
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to was Carl Zelinka Carl didn't have a
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criminal record at all he was totally
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clean
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he lived in Harris Avenue nanawatai
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the house where the police surveillance
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team followed paid a raid - on the
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morning of the bombing
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Carl lived there with his girlfriend
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Karen police conducted a search of his
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place and they found cigarettes and
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confectionary that matched those stolen
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from the bright side robbery where the
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bread crates were stolen as well
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they also found a sawn-off shotgun
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during questioning Carl denied knowing
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Peter Reid at all police of course knew
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this was a lie because they had seen
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Reid at his house during surveillance he
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said he had no idea who the minogue
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brothers were ever get never heard of
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them police were unable to locate them
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and no brothers word on the street was
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they had skipped here and after the
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bombing both Peter Reid and Officer Mark
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Wiley made a full recovery from their
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gunshot wounds on the 3rd of May Reid
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was out of hospital and at the police
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station being questioned he denied
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having anything to do with the bombing
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and refused to answer any questions
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about the minogue brothers or Carl's
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alinker police were still processing all
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of the forensic evidence they didn't
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have enough to pin the bombing on him at
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directly but they certainly felt he was
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involved some here given what they had
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found they did have enough to charge him
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with shooting at police so he was held
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on that charge while the investigation
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continued despite the fact that nobody
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was talking police were able to find the
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link between Peter Reid and Randy
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Minogue they had served jail time
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together
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so that explained the connection and why
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Rodney's prints were inside Reid's house
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on the gel ignite it was through Rodney
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that Reid then met his brother Craig
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Minogue they found something else
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interesting
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in their Falls was a report of a vehicle
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that Craig Minogue was seen getting into
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after an unrelated court appearance from
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back before the bombing the vehicle
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belonged to Carl Zelinka so much for
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Carl not knowing the minogue brothers
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police went back and spoke to a number
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of cars or linkers neighbors they easily
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identified them in Oh brothers saying no
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wrote Carl's place all the time so why
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was Carl Zelinka lying on the 14th of
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May police paid another visit to Carl
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Zelinka by now the crime scene
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examiner's had worked out something else
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about the bomb
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remember the alarm clock was attached to
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a piece of metal which was then attached
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to the wooden fence post up until this
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point they had struggled to work out
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where the piece of metal was from but
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now they knew it was a handle from a
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metal rubbish bin when they went back to
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visit Carl Zelinka
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they saw attempts have been made to cut
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the handle off his metal rubbish bin
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whoever made these attempts had failed
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and the handle was still there but the
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lid was missing
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the lid would have had a handle as well
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Karl said he wasn't sure where he's been
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lead was or where the cut marks came
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from on the side handle up until now
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police had also failed to find out where
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the wooden fence post had come from that
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the alarm clock was attached to it
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didn't match any of the fences at the
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house as they had visited so far at that
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day the 14th of May that middle issue
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was solved as well a detective had a
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look at a few of Carl's neighbor's
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fences master his delight he found a
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perfect match it was hidden behind a
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large tree and wasn't immediately
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obvious but he found it Carl's
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neighbor's fence had been cut and it was
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a perfect match to the fence post found
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on the bomb given their discoveries
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police formed the opinion Carl's house
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is where the bomb was made bomb HQ as
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they called it and that was finally
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enough for Carl he had remained silent
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and played dumb up until that point but
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the evidence had become too much he said
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he would tell police everything he knew
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if they gave him his girlfriend and his
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family protection police agreed and his
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interview took several days
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Carl's story was that Craig and Rodney
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Minogue actually lived with him at
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Harris Avenue and Peter Reid was close
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friends with them and visited all the
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time Carl says he was talked into
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helping Reid and Craig Minogue do the
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robbery on the milk bar in Bray side six
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weeks before the bombing when the bread
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crates cigarettes and confectionery was
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stolen carl identified the bomb car as
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being at his place before the bombing as
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well as the special edition Brock
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Commodore he saw explosives in his
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garage one day and he asked Craig
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Minogue what they were for Craig told
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him he had better forget what he had
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seen Craig also had a bull terrier puppy
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who slept on a red and cream-colored
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blanket remember a red and cream-colored
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blanket with all Terrier dog hair was
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found inside the bomb car
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payda raid wasn't the only visitor of
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the minogue brothers either a person who
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call only knew as spin the men was
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hanging around all the time as well the
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day before the bombing
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Craig Minogue organized and paid for a
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trip away to Sydney for Carl and his
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girlfriend when they got back from their
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trip after the bombing Craig and Rodney
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were both moving in Craig told Carl
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before he left that he had better get
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rid of his rubbish bin lid Carl agreed
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and took it to the dump it was missing
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its handle it was all starting to come
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together based on Carl's statement
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police charged Peter Reed and his
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brother Stephen this was Peter reeds
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response when he was being escorted to
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court just after finding out he had been
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charged with the Russell Street bombing
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and the murder of Constable Angela
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Taylor police knew who stand the mean
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was - he was Stanley Brian Taylor born
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on the 28th of September 1937 he was no
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relation that constable Angela Taylor
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Stein had a lengthy criminal record
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he was sent to a boy's home when he was
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just 8 it is since coming out that boys
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at this home were severely abused and
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it's here that Stan says he first
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learned to be out crying his first
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arrest came when he was just 12 for
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stealing fish he moved on the vehicle
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theft and break-ins before eventually
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committing a string of violent armed
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robberies
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he was sent to jail but managed to
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escape during his escape he held up
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seven banks in five days before being
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recaptured he was eventually released
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from jail legitimately in 1978 at 40
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years of age he had spent most of his
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life locked up on his release he vowed
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to change he was quoted saying I've done
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my time there are a lot of young people
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who are down who are unemployed who
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could be thinking that crime is the
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answer
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my message is that crime is never the
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answer I have not met one person not one
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who has had a successful life because of
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crime Stan got a job as a project
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officer for the Commonwealth Youth
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Support Scheme helping guide troubled
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youths back on the right track Stan the
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reformed prisoner who could warn of the
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perils of choosing a life of crime one
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of those troubled years he helped was
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Craig Minogue police are about to find
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out the truth about Stan Taylor he
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wasn't helping anybody he manipulated
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and moulded trouble used to work for him
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Craig Minogue was his best student Craig
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introduced his brother Rodney to Stan
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and Rodney in turn introduced Peter Reid
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to Craig and Stan Stan referred to their
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little gang as the animals and the boys
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armed robbery and vehicle theft was
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their specialty Stan left his job as
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mentor for troubled youth it continued
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to live a double life though he moved to
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the small country town of Burchett which
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is 310 kilometres or 190 miles northwest
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of Melbourne population less than 1,000
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people
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he told the locals he was a retired
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horse trainer looking forward to
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acquired a country lifestyle he got
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involved with a local football club and
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he was even friendly with the local
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police he didn't know his real history
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Stan was known as a top bloke amongst
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the locals very friendly in down to
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earth
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the task force detectives tracks the N
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tuber chip and organized the pay him a
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visit it just so happened police had
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finally tracked down them and no
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brothers as well to the same small
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country town of Burchett they lived in a
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different house - Stan Taylor but they
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living in the same town police raided
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both houses at the same time 2:00 a.m.
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on the 30th of May Stan Taylor was
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arrested without incident but the
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minogue brothers weren't home Stan
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Taylor knew where they were though and
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he was only too happy to assist police
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both Minogue brothers were arrested
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without incident at a motel in Swan Hill
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at 5:00 a.m. later that morning Swan
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Hill is about an hour's drive away from
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Bergeon Stan Taylor denied having any
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involvement in the bombing he admitted
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making regular visits to cars or linkers
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house in Harris Avenue he even admitted
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he was there the morning of the bombing
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but he says he left well before anything
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happened
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according to Stan Peter aide Craig and
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Rodney Minogue were the ones who were
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responsible he was only too happy to
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throw them under the bus
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Craig Minowa gave police his name and
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his address during his interview but
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that was it he refused to answer any
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other questions didn't say a word just
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sat there with a smile on his face
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Rodney Minogue was happy to talk though
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he told police Dean Taylor was the one
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who was responsible for the bomb a
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search of Stan Taylor's house didn't
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turn up any evidence relating to the
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bonny however they did find a stolen car
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at the minogue brothers house they found
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a loaded shotgun police scanners in
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Craig's bull terrier dog the hairs on
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the dog were a match to the dog hairs
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found on the blanket inside the bomb car
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they also found a high-speed engraving
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device the end of which was a perfect
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match to the holes that were drilled
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through the Shazi numbers in the bond
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car and the Brock Commodore and the
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serial numbers on the firearms they also
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found a storage unit that Craig Minogue
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had rented in Aubrey Aubrey is a
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regional city area in New South Wales
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but it is directly on the border of
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Victoria about a four-hour drive away
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from Melbourne in that storage unit they
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found detonators that match the ones
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used in the bombing an explosives
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handbook and a pair of tin snips the tin
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snips were matched as being the tool
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used to cut the wires on the bomb they
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also found sockets that were missing
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from a tool set and they were matched
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two sockets used as shrapnel in the bomb
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things weren't looking great for Stan
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Taylor either when he was arrested two
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other people were also arrested in his
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house Paul Hetzel and his wife Julie
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Hetzel Paul met Stan Taylor in jail Paul
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was serving a 22-year sentence for armed
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robbery into the attempted murder of a
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police officer so he got on well with
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Stan to the point where Paul says they
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were best friends in jail
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when Paul got out of jail he hooked back
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up with Stan this was at the time when
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Stan was working with Craig and Rodney
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Minogue and Peter Reed
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Paul helped commit a number of armed
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robberies with them and Paul was also
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with them when they broke into the mine
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and stole the gel ignite and detonators
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he saw Craig Minogue and Stan Taylor
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doing some bond testing with the gelly
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night out on a remote property in
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country Victoria if that wasn't enough
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Paul says he also heard Craig Minogue
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Stan Taylor and Peter Reed talking about
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blowing up police headquarters in fact
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Paul says dent Taylor had been talking
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about blowing up Russell Street since he
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was in jail
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Paul Hetzel was part of the crew and he
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was facing some serious jail time for
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the armed robberies police suspected he
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had far more involvement in the Russell
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Street bombing than what he was letting
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on but they could never put him at the
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scene so they allowed him to turn Crown
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witness and the information he provided
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was vital to the prosecution case in
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exchange for his testimony his charges
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were dropped and he was put into witness
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protection
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Peter Reid his brother Steven Craig and
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Rodney Minogue and Stan Taylor we're all
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charged with the murder of Constable
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Angela Taylor the attempted murders of
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Constable Carlton REO and magistrate am
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west as well as a number of other
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charges relating to the bombing
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possessing explosives intentionally
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causing serious injury intentionally
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causing damage and a whole heap of other
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charges
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charges for the break-in and theft of
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jelly ignite from the mine and for the
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bracelet robbery the vehicle thefts and
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a number of other armed robberies
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including the one at Don Vale on the day
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of the bombing were also added
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Peter Aid was 29 his brother Stephen was
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25
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Craig Minogue was 24 ruddy Minogue was
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21
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in Steen Taylor who a few years earlier
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was supposed to be guiding these
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troubled youths out of a life of crime
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was 49
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after a committal hearing the charges
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against Peter aids brother Stephen were
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dropped he only ended up facing charges
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in relation to possessing stolen
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property
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the charges against Rodney Minogue were
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downgraded to being an accessory
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however the charges against Peter Reid
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Craig Minogue and Stan Taylor proceeded
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the trial began in March 1988 in
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Melbourne Supreme Court they all pleaded
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not guilty the prosecution alleged that
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the bond car was driven to Russell
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Street by Peter Reid and Craig Minogue
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Stan Taylor followed them there driving
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the stolen Brock Commodore once the car
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was parked on Russell Street Peter and
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Craig jumped in the Brock Commodore with
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Stan they waited nearby for the
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explosion and when it went off they
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clapped and cheered and high-fived each
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other unable to contain their excitement
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their only regret being that they didn't
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kill more police officers
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their original plan was for the bomb car
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to be driven down to the underground car
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park underneath headquarters however
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they had concerns about getting past
00:29:04
security they then took advantage of the
00:29:08
chaos and went out to Don Vale to commit
00:29:10
the bank robbery the trial went on for
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months the sheer amount of forensic
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evidence taking an age to get through
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the jury reached their verdict on the
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12th of July four months after the trial
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commenced Stan Taylor and Craig Minogue
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guilty Rodney Minogue on being an
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accessory guilty the jury needed more
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time in relation to the verdict of Peter
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Reid they reached their decision on him
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the next day the shootout with police
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when he was arrested guilty the murder
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of Constable Angela Taylor and all of
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the other associated Russell Street
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bombing charges
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not guilty it's thought they reached
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that verdict due to the fact he was
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under police surveillance on the morning
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of the bombing he was seen driving de
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Caza linkers house in Harris Avenue Nana
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wadding but he was never seen to leave
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the house
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it was the prosecution case that he left
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in the bond car which the surveillance
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police had no idea about so that's how
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he was able to get by them and when the
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bomb went off the surveillance team were
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called in to Russell Street to help so
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they weren't around to see anyone return
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to her o7u however the jury weren't
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satisfied there was enough evidence to
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convict Reid and he was acquitted Stan
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Taylor was sentenced to life in prison
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never to be released
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Craig grenade was also sentenced to life
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in prison but he was given a non-parole
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period of 28 years two years into that
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sentence he was feeling guilty of
00:31:03
bashing a fellow inmate to death using
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weights in a pillow case he was given
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another life sentence but he was allowed
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to serve it at the same time as the life
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sentence he already had meaning
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despite being convicted of a second
00:31:19
murder he wouldn't serve any extra jail
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time for it he is eligible for parole in
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August this year
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Peter ade was sentenced to 13 years jail
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for attempted murder relating to the
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shootout where he shot officer mark
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Wiley he was given a non-parole period
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of nine years he was released in 1995
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the officer he shot mark Wiley made a
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full recovery from his gunshot wounds
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but tragically took his own life in 2004
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Ronni Minogue immediately appealed his
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accessory conviction in relation to the
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Russell Street bombing and he was
00:32:06
actually acquitted of all those charges
00:32:08
but he did serve some jail time in
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relation to the armed robberies it's
00:32:15
thought that Stan Taylor was the main
00:32:16
man behind the bombing and would have
00:32:18
been the one who built the bomb or at
00:32:20
least played a major part in its
00:32:21
construction Stan Taylor always said
00:32:26
that if he was ever suffering from a
00:32:28
terminal illness he would strap a bomb
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to himself and walk into Russell Street
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blow himself up and take as many police
00:32:35
as he could with him well he is now
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suffering from a terminal illness and
00:32:40
prison officials say he is gravely ill
00:32:44
but he's never getting out
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the motive for the bombing they had all
00:32:53
been arrested before they had also jail
00:32:56
time and they resented their sentences a
00:32:59
life of crime and jail had bred a deep
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hatred of authority especially police
00:33:07
when the bomb went off they clapped and
00:33:09
cheered but also had a feeling of
00:33:11
disappointment that they didn't kill
00:33:13
more police officers they wanted to kill
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as many as they could the bomb wasn't
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aimed at anybody in particular just any
00:33:22
police officer who happened to be nearby
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and if they got an innocent bystander so
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be it the bomb was set for lunchtime
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maximizing the chances of there being
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more people outside there's a very
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common thing for schoolchildren to be
00:33:40
taken through the Russell Street police
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headquarters building on school
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excursions and where they lined up
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waiting to go in was along the wall
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directly next to where the bomb car was
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parked it's extremely lucky there were
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no excursions booked in for that day
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Craig Minogue says he's completely
00:34:03
reformed and has apologised for his part
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in the bombing he's completed a number
00:34:08
of Bachelor of Arts degrees in prison
00:34:10
and other qualifications and he's one of
00:34:13
the few prison inmates to have achieved
00:34:14
the PhD he got they didn't applied
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ethics human and social sciences
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he says he plans to repay the community
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by accepting his sentence and meeting
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his guilt and saying he's sorry making
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an effort to rehabilitate himself and by
00:34:31
not reoffending upon his release there
00:34:36
are those that think his apology and
00:34:38
displays of remorse are very well timed
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Craig Minogue is eligible for parole in
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August this year just a few months away
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his apology and displays of remorse only
00:34:49
came in recent times for many many years
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he refused to acknowledge his part in
00:34:55
the bombing or say he was sorry now it's
00:34:59
up to the parole board to determine if
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he's still a danger to society
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