p. 126
| He was a great safe blower: Brian Bourke, Victorian Bar Oral History , 10 October 2005.
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p. 127
| The judge, perhaps charitably: Hugh MacMaster, Mostly Murder 2 .
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p. 128
| When the wife expressed distress: R v Murray [2000] NSWCCA 159.
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p. 128
| When counsel asked how much: Mick Gatto, I, Mick Gatto ; Paul Heinrichs, âThe Oldest Kid on the Block', Age , 13 May 2007.
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p. 129
| Throughout the trial, he denied: Kidd v Chief Executive, Department of Corrective Services (2000) QSC 405; Robert Douglas Kidd v R [2009] NSWCCA 229; Kidd v R [2014] NSWCCA 319; James Morton and Susanna Lobez, Dangerous to Know ; Sydney Morning Herald , 5 July 2003; Sunday Telegraph , 12 December 2004; Kate McClymont, â“It takes a Crook to Catch a Crook”: How a Jailed Armed Robber Pursues His View of Justice', Sydney Morning Herald , 13 February 2010.
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p. 129
| The court decided that the evidence: Kidd v R [2014] NSWCCA 319.
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p. 130
| It's just paperâI think: Janine Cohen, âInterview with Bernie Matthews' on Four Corners , 23 February 2004.
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p. 132
| His efforts to obtain compensation: Steve Warnock, âNine Months Behind Bars for a Robbery He Didn't Do', Sun Herald , 22 December 1991; Bernie Matthews, âHow to Rob a Bank', Bulletin , 26 January 2006.
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p. 132
| Then, in April 2008, he was: Dang v R & Matthews v R [2013] NSWCCA 326; Sun Herald , 22 December 1991.
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p. 133
| The Director of Public Prosecutions: R v Orchard and Sullivan , [1992] QCA 106.
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p. 135
| Police in this State and: â“Jockey” Smith in Nowra: 10 Charges', Canberra Times , 15, 16 September 1977.
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p. 135
| The same month he was charged: Age , 17 December 1977.
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p. 136
| Francis Montgomery, who pleaded guilty: Canberra Times , 1 March 1979; 20 January 1980.
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p. 137
| He left the indelible impression: Arjun Ramachandran, âHow Bikie Peter Zervas Survived Hail of Bullets', Sydney Morning Herald , 31 March 2009.
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p. 137
| The killing was thought to be: James Morton and Susanna Lobez, Dangerous to Know , pp. 267â8; Sydney Morning Herald , 5 July 2003; Sunday Telegraph , 12 December 2004.
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p. 138
| He could've used that mace rather: Bryan Cockerill, âTough Nuts 2'; John Silvester and Andrew Rule, Leadbelly ; John Silvester and Andrew Rule, Tough ; Sydney Morning Herald , 13 February, 13 June, 7, 8, 20 December 1992, 26 July 1994, 30 May 1998; Sun-Herald , 20 December 1992.
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p. 138
| An associate commented that: Chris Murphy, âInside Jockey Smith', Sydney Morning Herald , 20 December 1992.
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p. 139
| He thought fellow prisoner and: John Silvester and Andrew Rule, Tough .
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p. 141
| By then, Binse's container: John Silvester, âMeet Badness, the Man Behind the Siege', Age , 23 May 2012.
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p. 142
| Justice Weinberg thought that: Binse v The Queen [2014] VSCA 329.
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p. 142
| This time, he was given leave: Earlier in the year, in August, his long-time enemy Gavin âCapable' Preston had been sentenced to eleven years for killing drug dealer Adam Khoury, after pleading guilty to a charge of defensive homicide.
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p. 142
| On 26 February 2016 Binse: Christopher Binse v Clive Williams (As Governor of HM Prison Barwon) and John Van Groningen (Correctional Services Commissioner of Victoria) [1997] VSC 12; Binse v The Queen [2014] VSCA 329.
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p. 143
| His team, which over the years: Sydney Morning Herald , 30 January 2007.
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p. 143
| He was put on an identification: New Straits Times , 22 October 1980.
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p. 144
| No charges were ever brought: Times , 24 August 2006.
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p. 144
| At the time of his death: Daily Telegraph , 20 June 2001; Kate McClymont, âSlipping the Net', Sydney Morning Herald , 24 January 2007; Clive Small and Tom Gilling, Smack Express , p. 184 et passim .
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p. 146
| Cody received six years: Age , 17, 19, 20 August 1932.
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p. 146
| This meant that only after: Maryborough Chronicle , 5 December 1938; Age , 3, 21 December 1938.
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p. 148
| His appeal failed, and whether: âWhat Happened to the £28,985 Which Vanished?', Mirror (Perth) 14 August 1954.
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p. 149
| Standing slightly apart from the others: Brian Hansen, The Awful Truth .
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p. 149
| Turner had a diamond in his front tooth: Tom Prior, The Sinners' Club .
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p. 149
| Now Turner was warned that: Argus , 19 July 1952.
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p. 151
| He was killed when his car: Mike Ryan and Don Greenlees, âJoey Stays One Jump Ahead', Sunday Press , 5 September 1982.
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p. 151
| He died in 2014, aged: Brian Carroll, Hurry Back, An Illustrated Centenary History of Mayne Nickless , Mayne Nickless, Melbourne, 1986.
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p. 152
| Before he left Australia, he supplied: Mark Buttler and Andrew Rule, âInside Melbourne's Perfect Heist', Herald Sun , 1 May 2016.
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p. 158
| When there is nobody else, where do you go? Barbara Toner, âRedemption of the Angel of Death', Sydney Morning Herald , 6 July 1990.
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p. 159
| She never even gave up the: Peter Hansen, âAngel of Death's Wild Times', Sunday Mail (Brisbane), 23 February 2003.
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p. 159
| Meeting the quieter ones in these: Adrian Tame, Deadlier than the Male ; Julie Wright, Angel of Death .
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p. 160
| Described by the judge as a: R v Kleehammer, Larraine (sic) Ann [1968] VicSC 230; â15 Years Gaol for Man, 30', Sun , 5 September 1968.
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p. 161
| It was this case that led: Nicholas Cowdery, âWhere Did I Leave My DNA?', Annual DPP Solicitors Conference 2002; Canberra Times , 4 October 1986, 26 October 1989.
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p. 161
| Detective Walsh had also: Re Maston, Brett Ronald [1984] VicSC93.
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p. 162
| What this amounted to in real: R v Maston [1998] VSC 221; Age , 30 November 1995. For Maston's subsequent career, see James Morton and Susanna Lobez, Gangand, North South & West .
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p. 163
| Although she was not bound: Festa v R [2000] QCA 73; [2001] HCA 72; Bernie Matthews, âDNA and the Justice Game', Griffith Review , Edition 4.
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p. 164
| In 2000 Parr pleaded guilty: Age , 19 May 2000.
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p. 164
| The papers were happy: Newcastle Herald , 17 October 2008.
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p. 165
| The Court of Appeal: Jorgensen v The Queen [2010] VSCA 171.
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p. 166
| She received a minimum sentence: R v Ridden [2016] NSWDC 2.
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p. 167
| Arnott's calculated that $22 million: Gold Coast Bulletin , 27 April 2002.
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p. 167
| When she later found a minder: Mark Russell, âMother Jailed for Taking Toddler on Armed Robbery Spree', Age , 27 April 2012.
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p. 168
| In August 2008 Kurrle pleaded: Courier Mail , 17 August 2008.
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p. 169
| Shore received a minimum of five: R v McDonald [2003] VSCA 137; Age , 30 April 2002.
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p. 170
| Some escapees might disagree: Nigel Hunt, The First Police Union ; John Silvester and Andrew Rule, Tough ; âPolice Let Wanted Man Off the Hook', Sydney Morning Herald , 13 January 1982; Advertiser , 12 September 1983; Patrick McDonald, âLife and Crimes of Colin Creed', Advertiser , 11 April 1996.
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p. 172
| In 2012 two of his plays: Ross Honeywill, Wasted .
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p. 173
| MacDonald indicated that he did: Australian , 6 February 1998; John Silvester, âBandit Who Became Dead Man Walking', Age , 10 October 1998; John Silvester, âIn Identity Crisis, We'll Always Have Paris', Age , 22 February 2014.
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p. 175
| We will never forget him: Ronald Morley, Greybeard .
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p. 176
| In 2008 he died in a hospice: R v Nylander [2003] SASC 89, 191; Sunday Mail (Adelaide), 3 February 2008.
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p. 177
| For this, he received another three months. R v Beale [2003] QCA 373.
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p. 177
| Their guns and disguises had been sent to Perth Airport. R v Clune & Gergis [1999] SASC 45.
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p. 178
| In May 2003 he received a relatively modest nine years. Gold Coast Bulletin , 30 August 2002.
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p. 179
| The judge was told: Age , 25 August 2015.
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p. 180
| Hardly more successful: Sydney Morning Herald , 20 October 2015.
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p. 180
| She had already: Anthony Prince, âBank Robbery for Beginners', Sydney Morning Herald , 22 October 2005.
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p. 182
| Nor was the judge: Guardian (UK), 11 July 2013.
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