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Furious Uncle ‘will never forgive’ Corey Breen over double murder at Killarney Vale

THE brother of murder victim Paul Breen has opened up for the first time on his “dog” nephew’s bloody 2013 Good Friday crime spree on the Central Coast that forever ripped apart his family’s lives.

Paul Breen with his mother Norma. Paul was stabbed to death on Good Friday in 2013 and Norma died of a broken heart nine months later. Picture: Supplied
Paul Breen with his mother Norma. Paul was stabbed to death on Good Friday in 2013 and Norma died of a broken heart nine months later. Picture: Supplied

THE  younger brother of stabbing murder victim Paul Breen has opened up for the first time on his “dog” nephew’s bloody 2013 Good Friday crime spree that forever ripped apart his family’s lives.

Tony Breen decided to break his silence after his double-murderer nephew Corey Breen called on his family to “move on with their lives” in a letter from jail to the Express­ Advocate.

“My message to that dog in jail is, you’re pus,” Tony Breen said. “We never want to see you again. We can never f---ing forgive you for what you’ve done. Our lives can never be the same.”

Tony Breen wants a “noose around the neck” of his “pus” nephew, who stabbed his brother and stepmum to death in 2013 at Killarney Vale. Picture: Peter Clark
Tony Breen wants a “noose around the neck” of his “pus” nephew, who stabbed his brother and stepmum to death in 2013 at Killarney Vale. Picture: Peter Clark

In Corey Breen’s letter, dated November 24, 2016 — a year after he was jailed for at least 33 years for the stabbing murders of his father, Paul Breen, 55, and 45-year-old stepmother, Felicia Crawford, at their Killarney Vale home — the former security guard said he hoped his shattered family could forgive him for his murderous rampage.

“I wish only that everyone involved can begin to heal and move on with their lives,” the 30-year-old said in the letter sent from Lithgow Correctional Centre, a maximum security jail for men. Tony Breen said he wished the death penalty was still in place.

“I want a noose around his neck. He’s a f---ing dog,” the 54-year-old said.

Corey Breen outside the Supreme Court in Sydney after being sentenced to at least 33 years in jail for the stabbing murders of his father and stepmother. Picture: Tim Hunter
Corey Breen outside the Supreme Court in Sydney after being sentenced to at least 33 years in jail for the stabbing murders of his father and stepmother. Picture: Tim Hunter

“I hope he gets the same stab wounds he put on my brother and (Paul’s partner Felicia Crawford) by someone in jail. He should be in (Goulburn’s Supermax) jail with the worst dogs like Ivan Milat.”

Tony Breen said his brother never believed Corey Breen — who will be eligible for parole in March 2046 — would carry out threats he had made years earlier­.

“Paul never once said he was worried Corey would do something,” he said.

A young Corey Breen opens Christmas presents with his father Paul, who he killed in 2013.
A young Corey Breen opens Christmas presents with his father Paul, who he killed in 2013.

In a 2009 letter to his mother Debbie, Corey Breen said: “I plot out murders of the people I hate … and one day soon the monster beneath will reach the surface.”

Tony Breen said he recalled his brother telling him about the threat, but “we never thought he was a murdering dog”.

He also lashed out at the judicial system over his nephew’s “piss-poor” sentence­.

Corey Breen had a happy childhood, according to his uncle, Tony Breen.
Corey Breen had a happy childhood, according to his uncle, Tony Breen.

“It’s a complete joke,” he said. “What a load of bulls … t that the judge thought Corey could be rehabilitated.

“He’s really killed three people, not just two. My mum (Norma) died nine months after Paul and Felicia were killed because she couldn’t get over what happened­.”

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