Granny killer John Wayne Glover’s final murder location is demolished

A $3.5 MILLION mansion will be built on the site where John Wayne Glover was caught having tried to kill himself after leaving the bloodied body of 60-year-old widow Joan Violet Sinclair on the carpet.

The infamous murder house at 14 Pindari Ave, Beauty Point has been demolished.

A GRISLY chapter in Mosman’s history has come to an end after the house where the infamous Sydney ‘granny killer’ murdered his last victim was demolished.

A $3.5 million mansion will be built on the land at 14 Pindari Ave, Beauty Point where John Wayne Glover was captured, having tried to kill himself in the bath after leaving the bloodied body of 60-year-old widow Joan Violet Sinclair on the carpet on March 19, 1990.

The home, on a 1,427 sqm site, was sold in April 2016 for $3.8 million. It had previously changed hands for a heavily discounted price of $915,000 in 1991. The six-bedroom house, built in 1920, had been rented out for $2,500 a week since last May.

The Granny Killer, John Wayne Glover. He was convicted in 1991 of the murder of six elderly women.

Applicants Chateau Architects and Builders say the tennis court where Sinclair and Glover are believed to have played together will be removed as part of the extensive landscaping. The pool will also be rebuilt.

A Chateau spokesman said the new building will be in the style of a traditional home, but it will be significantly larger than the original house.

He added it has been bought by family from the lower north shore, who did not want to be named and are looking to build their dream home.

The property had not changed hands for 25 years, since it was put on the market at the end of 1990, only months after the tragic murder of its owner.

A court drawing of John Wayne Glover.

Vehicles at the property on March 19, 1990.

In the DA, neighbours have raised concerns about the removal of 20-23 trees on the site and say the development is “out of proportion” and “overwhelming” for the area.

Mark Whittaker, a journalist who co-wrote Granny Killer — The Story of John Glover, said the house is only really known as the site of the famous final murder by “true crime aficionados”.

“But, it was a really huge day in annals of Australian crime,” he said.

“The police copped a lot of criticism because they were waiting outside when the murder happened.

Artist's impression of the front of the new home to be built at 14 Pindari Avenue,

And the back.

“But they had tracked Glover and seen him visit the house many times before, because Sinclair and Glover had been romantically involved.

“They had no reason to suspect that she would be murdered and, if they went in, they would blow the investigation because Glover would know they were following him.”

He said the police decided to go in when the house’s lights did not come on at night.

An undated photo of John Wayne Glover.

GLOVER’S OTHER MURDERS

Glover, a middle-aged pie salesman from Mosman, had previously bludgeoned to death five other women.

He was convicted in 1991 of the murder of six elderly women and other counts of attempted murder, indecent assault and robbery.

His other victims over a 13-month period included Gwendoline Mitchelhill, 82, who was killed at the entrance to her Military Rd home near Mosman Village.

The Mosman Daily's coverage of Glover’s first court appearance over the six murders.

Glover also killed Lady Winifreda Ashton, 85, outside her unit in Raglan St, Muriel Falconer, 93, in Muston St, Mosman, and Margaret Pahud, 85.

Doris Cox, 86, was bashed by Glover but survived the attack.

Margaret Pahud, 78, was murdered in a Lane Cove backstreet and Olive Cleveland, 81, was killed at a Belrose retirement village.

He attempted to kill Doris Cox, 86, at The Garrison retirement complex at Spit Junction but she survived.

The home the day after the murder.

Glover was sentenced to jail and marked never to be released but committed suicide in jail by choking himself on a bedsheet in 2005.

His wife and two daughters fled to New Zealand after his arrest.

Glover was also suspected of killing at least 11 other women including artist and socialite Florence Broadhurst but he never confessed to any other murders.

The Mosman community was horrified when Glover was arrested.

He was often described as a charming man “a pillar of the Mosman community” who frequented the Mosman RS Club and had even safely escorted elderly women home, warning them of the dangers of the Granny Killer.

Police at the scene of Muriel Falconer’s murder in November 1989.