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Chapters: Julian Knight, Sef Gonzales, Douglas Crabbe, Australian Mass Murders, Ashley Coulston, Jimmy Goverr, George David Silva, Frank Vitkovic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Julian Knight (born 4 March 1968) is the mass murderer who on 9 August 1987, shot dead seven people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, in what became kwn in Australian history as the Hoddle Street Massacre. Knight is currently serving seven consecutive life sentences with n-parole period of 27 years. At the time of sentencing Victoria had provision for life imprisonment without parole, also as Knight was aged between 18-21 at the time, he was classed as a young offender meaning the sentencing judge had to give more weight to his prospects of rehabilitation. The judge who sentenced him, Justice George Hampel, stated that there were a number of mitigatory factors including his age and prospects of rehabilitation. Knight currently resides in the maximum security Port Phillip Prison near Melbourne and is eligible for parole in 2014; however, the Victorian government has stated that it is unlikely Knight will ever be released. Knight's case is similar to that of Mattias Flink, a 24 year-old Swedish Army Officer who shot dead seven people in 1994. Julian Knight is the eldest of three children. He was adopted by a family with strong army ties when he was 10 days old. His adoptive father was t a highly trained Army Officer, as reported by the press, but an Army Education Officer who taught Literacy and Numeracy, and later Chinese, to Soldiers. Julian Knight moved often as a child, living in Melbourne and Puckapunyal, and also abroad in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore. His parents divorced in 1980 when Knight was 12. He attende...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1208396Product Identifiers
PublisherBooks LLC
ISBN-101156023440
ISBN-139781156023440
eBay Product ID (ePID)185208536
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FormatTrade Paperback (Us) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound, Paperback / Softback
LanguageEnglish
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Out-Of-Print Date02/02/2017
Edited byBooks
Date of Publication15/09/2010
Content NoteBlack & White Illustrations
Country of PublicationUnited States