Family of Salt Creek kidnapper Roman Heinze say he is harassing them from prison to raise money for new High Court appeal

Salt Creek sex predator and kidnapper Roman Heinze’s incessant demands for money are a campaign of harassment designed to raise money to fund a High Court appeal, his family says.

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Salt Creek predator Roman Heinze’s lawsuits are a campaign of harassment designed to raise money to fund a High Court appeal, his family says.

Speaking publicly for the first time, the Heinze family says it has been torn apart by the convicted kidnapper’s incessant demands for money and property.

They say his $53,000 worth of claims are grossly overvalued, based on lies and pointless, as Heinze was bankrupted by tax debts four years before his infamous offending.

“This all started 18 months ago and, just like his trial, these claims have split the family,” a family spokesperson told The Advertiser.

“He’s even tried to file theft charges with police, claiming members of the family have stolen his property, particularly his boat.

“It’s a way for him to harass us from prison, and it’s him trying to get the money together for a High Court challenge (to his convictions and sentence).”

Heinze posed with a handgun in this image from one of his online profiles.

Heinze also sustained injuries during his attack upon two women at Salt Creek.

Heinze, 62, is serving a 22-year prison term for violent sexual offending including the 2016 assault and kidnapping of two backpackers at Salt Creek.

Last month, The Advertiser revealed he was suing one of his sons, his daughter’s ex-boyfriend and SA Police.

He claimed police had no right to seize the 4WD used in his offending, claiming it belonged to his now-dead brother and he had only “borrowed it”.

Heinze further claimed one of his sons had become “a money-hungry turd” who had unlawfully kept his prized boat, while the ex-boyfriend had locked his possessions away.

In defence papers filed with the Adelaide Magistrates Court last week, the ex-boyfriend says he is willing to return Heinze’s property at any time, “at his cost”.

Police, meanwhile, say Heinze has “no entitlement” to any money and asks his “incompetent” cases be thrown out, deeming them “an abuse of process”.

On Sunday, the family spokesperson said Heinze had purchased the 4WD “in his own name, with his own money”.

The 4WD used by Heinze during his offending.

Convicted Salt Creek kidnapper Roman Heinze is harassing relatives with lawsuits to raise money for an appeal, his family says.

“Roman placed it his brother’s name, without asking, because he was bankrupted by an $80,000 debt to the Australian Taxation Office,” they said.

“His brother never drove that car once in his life … the boat was purchased in his son's name around the same time, to hide his assets, so it’s not Roman’s property.

“Roman claims the boat is worth $10,500, but you’d be lucky to get $6000 for it — and that’s after $4000 has been spent on repairs.”

They said Heinze’s purported $350 mirror was worth just $50, and that the “luxury quilts” he claimed to have owned never existed.

“The so-called ‘custom mattress’ was paid for by WorkCover following a claim … it was an insurance payout 20 years ago,” he said.

They said Heinze’s real goals were harassment and a new tilt against his convictions.

“That’s why he really started harassing us about what he claims are his property and his belongings,” they said.

Heinze’s lawsuits have yet to be assigned a magistrate and a hearing date.

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