Dad’s plea for justice four years after Simon Crisp was shot in the back outside the Marrawah Tavern

THE father of a man executed in a midnight ambush on Tasmania’s remote West Coast has broken his silence over the “mongrel act”.

THE father of a man executed in a midnight ambush on Tasmania’s remote West Coast has broken his silence over the “mongrel act”.

Simon Crisp, 44, was gunned down outside the Marrawah Tavern after it had closed on July 13 2013.

On the fourth anniversary of the murder it remains unsolved.

A photo of murder victim Simon Crisp.

Simon’s father Albert Crisp has urged police to “keep going” and bring his son’s killer to justice.

“I’m not really happy (it’s not solved) but it one of those things. It’s just waiting to catch up with them,” he told the Mercury.

“It was just a gutless thing to do — shoot a man in the back three times.

“You don’t do that to a dog do you? To do that you a have to be a mongrel.”

Mr Crisp said he was left shattered by his son’s brutal killing.

“It was a hell of a shock, a thing like that,” he said.

Mystery surrounds the murder which shook Marrawah’s small, close-knit rural community.

No solid motives have emerged and police appear no closer to closing the case.

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Police at the scene of the shooting at the Marrawah Tavern four years ago.

As he often did, Simon Crisp, a dog catcher for the Waratah-Wynyard and Circular Head councils, had gone to the tavern to help his then partner close the pub.

After a busy night Allison Summers had managed to get the last customer out by 11.50pm.

Her young daughter was sleeping by the tavern’s fire waiting for the couple to finish up so they could prepare for their holiday to Western Australia the next day.

Simon went to empty the rubbish at the rear of the tavern.

He never came back.

Instead he was shot and killed by a gunman lying in wait, police believe.

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Ms Summers, who was inside cleaning when the three fatal shots rang out, still lives with the trauma and suffers from PTSD.

Allison Summers.

“It’s a nightmare I live with everyday,” she said.

“I’ll always be waiting for justice for Simon.”

Like police, Ms Summer’s believes those behind the murder live in the area.

“Absolutely I believe there was local involvement,” she said.

“This has been one thing that plays on my mind as people knew my 10-year-old daughter was at work with me and as a result she is still suffering also.

“I would implore any person with the slightest piece of information to share, even if it’s anonymously as I understand they could be scared. Just speak up.”

Burnie CIB Detective Inspector Rob Gunton said the investigation remained active with a $50,000 reward on offer for informed about the murder.

“His family and loved ones deserve to know that the person or people responsible have been brought to justice,” he said.