Untangling the twisted mind of a sex fiend
AFTER decades in jail, Robert Fardon will soon be a free man as his psychiatrists deem him a low risk of reoffending.
Crime In Focus
Church-going housewife burned alive
A BRISBANE mum was preparing a Bible reading in the kitchen of her home with her three year-old daughter beside her when a man burst in and set her on fire. Neighbours came running when they heard the screams but they were too late.
Bandidos bikie infiltrator granted refuge in Canada
A QUEENSLAND man has reportedly been granted refugee status in Canada amid fears for his life after he infiltrated the Bandidos bikie gang.
How book plot inspired outback slayings
CELEBRATED mystery writer Arthur Upfield was looking for the recipe for a perfect murder. Little did he know a mate would try it and hang for his heinous crimes.
The man who tried to break out of jail with Milat
HE had already embarrassed the authorities with one audacious escape, and within weeks of his recapture he was plotting another. This time Ivan Milat was going with him.
Sex killings or something else entirely?
A TAXI driver who’d had his throat cut; a mum-of-three whose body was burned beyond recognition; and a church-going preschool teacher who’d been viciously killed in her own home. What was the link between these three horrific murders?
Conman, fugitive, playboy says life of crime is over
HE’S out of jail. Again. But for Queensland conman Peter Clarence Foster, there is an eerie sense of deja vu that has plagued him for most of his adult life. But this time, he says in an exclusive interview with The Courier-Mail, it’s different.
How Comancheros boss rose to the top
WHAT does it take to lead one of Australia’s most feared bikie gangs, the Comancheros? He might be a thug but Mick Murray is a highly-organised one, writes Andrew Rule.
Standover man who ‘ran Eastern Suburbs’ back in trouble
A STANDOVER man who once claimed to “run the Eastern Suburbs” is back in strife for moving counterfeit money on slain gangster Pasquale Barbaro’s behalf.
How a cop faced off with a hitman — and survived
NOT many people survive receiving the Last Rites from a priest. Even fewer face a stone cold underworld killer’s gun and live to tell the tale. But Melbourne cop Michael Pratt did.
How the Bandidos bikie gang was born
BORN from the ashes of their former Comanchero colours, the Bandidos have carved a bloody history of public shootings, tit-for-tat violence and brutal acts of retribution.
How Comanchero became Australia’s most vicious bikies
MORE than just outlaws or gangsters, the Comanchero have climbed the ranks to become the country’s most powerful bikie gang. But it was a violation of their most sacred law that sparked Australia’s most infamous bikie battle — and the tit-for-tat-violence that followed.
The bank robber convicted by his own arrogance
FOR two police officers, the call out seemed like a simple enough request. Instead, it brought them into the crosshairs of one of Australia’s most successful bank robbers — but exceptional police work wasn’t the only thing that finally ended Harry Nylander’s string of violent hold-ups. It was his own arrogance.
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