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“I didn’t want the bastard to beat me” Retired Detective Superintendent Dennis O’ Toole – Part 1

The Granny Killer was a middle-aged pie salesman by day and a ruthless serial killer by night, stalking the helpless old ladies of Sydney’s elite lower north shore. His rampage ended only when Detective Superintendent Dennis ‘Miles’ O’Toole burst in upon a murder scene and found John Wayne Glover attempting to drown himself in his victim’s bathtub. 

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