Naked City
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The crucial DNA questions that remain over Easey Street cold case
The justice system has been blinded by science before. In Victoria, suspects were previously wrongly convicted based on what appeared to be black-and-white results.
- by John Silvester
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How to write a media column (and get away with it)
Some columns are unforgettable – from the immeasurable pain of a young widow to the memory of a predawn excursion, where a father shared the wonder of wetlands.
- by John Silvester
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Easey Street’s sliding doors moment, and the scoop I never thought I’d write
Detectives work on facts but every now and again, you need a bit of luck to get the break.
- by John Silvester
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‘The consequences are much greater’: John Silvester on the Easey Street secret he kept
The Age crime columnist unpacks the major breakthrough in the notorious Easey Street cold case – and takes us behind the scenes of the long police operation that led to it.
- by Samantha Selinger-Morris
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Easey Street suspect unmasked as link to victims emerges
Perry Kouroumblis, now 65, is suspected of killing two women in the 1977 Easey Street murders – and one of Melbourne’s oldest schools links him to the victims.
- by John Silvester, Sherryn Groch, Ashleigh McMillan and Hannah Kennelly
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Identity of Easey Street suspect revealed after arrest in Rome
Police in Victoria will seek to extradite the man from Rome over a double murder mystery dating back to the 1970s.
- by John Silvester, Hannah Kennelly, Josephine Mckenna and Ashleigh McMillan
The retired detective who still ‘lives and breathes’ the Easey Street murder case
Peter Hiscock said the arrest of a suspect at an airport in Rome was a great relief: “I thought I would go to my grave with the case unsolved.”
- by John Silvester
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How police tracked the Easey Street suspect
For six years this masthead has agreed to keep the breakthrough secret to avoid alerting the suspect.
- by John Silvester
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The cop, the sovereign citizen and the arrest that ruined a life
“I stood up, completely spent, utterly out of breath but relieved that I had survived the scariest and most dangerous arrest of my career.”
- by John Silvester
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From Pell to Gobbo, Kerri Judd faced ‘the familiar drumbeat of difficult decisions’
Victoria’s former director of public prosecutions was a magnet for controversy as she tackled cases where many have opinions and few have the responsibility.
- by John Silvester
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The predators that locked doors can’t stop
Criminal syndicates will provide anything for a price – and that includes child abuse material. For police, it’s a race against time to rescue the victim.
- by John Silvester
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