Underbelly: The Gangland War: The Gangland WarThe book behind the hard-hitting TV drama First he got lucky. Then he got life. They called Carl Williams 'The Truth' but the truth was he was just a fat kid with a pill press and a taste for fast food, fast women and fast bucks. He got lucky the day Jason Moran shot him in the belly instead of in the head. Carl didn't return the favour: one by one, Moran and his brother and father and their mates were shot dead during an underworld war that was really an extermination program. But Carl's luck ran out when the Purana Taskforce came calling. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years. And that's the truth. This is Australia's underbelly ... bullet holes and all. |
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... Melbourne since 1978. He worked for The Sunday Times Insight team in London in 1990, and has co-authored many crime books, including the Underbelly series, Leadbelly and The Silent War. He is currently senior crime reporter for The Age ...
... Melbourne since 1978. He worked for The Sunday Times Insight team in London in 1990, and has co-authored many crime books, including the Underbelly series, Leadbelly and The Silent War. He is currently senior crime reporter for The Age ...
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... Melbourne in the following few years). Mourners later said he spoke with real emotion, but the death notice he placed in the Herald Sun worried police. It read: 'This is only the beginning; it will never be the end. REMEMBER, I WILL ...
... Melbourne in the following few years). Mourners later said he spoke with real emotion, but the death notice he placed in the Herald Sun worried police. It read: 'This is only the beginning; it will never be the end. REMEMBER, I WILL ...
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... Melbourne. The arrest was captured brilliantly by ace Age photographer Angela Wylie, who snapped an image of the man who thought he was beyond the law lying helplessly on the ground with detectives standing over him. It was a sign that ...
... Melbourne. The arrest was captured brilliantly by ace Age photographer Angela Wylie, who snapped an image of the man who thought he was beyond the law lying helplessly on the ground with detectives standing over him. It was a sign that ...
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... beginning of the end of Melbourne's underworld war. It meant that after five years of trying, police were finally able to put Williams inside jail on charges that guaranteed he would not be bailed. For Gavan Ryan, the arrest was.
... beginning of the end of Melbourne's underworld war. It meant that after five years of trying, police were finally able to put Williams inside jail on charges that guaranteed he would not be bailed. For Gavan Ryan, the arrest was.
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... Melbourne's gangland murders, sinking any hopes for Williams in the process. Inspector Ryan, Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson, and senior detectives Nigel L'Estrange, Mark Hatt and Michelle Kerley questioned him for weeks. A stream of ...
... Melbourne's gangland murders, sinking any hopes for Williams in the process. Inspector Ryan, Detective Sergeant Stuart Bateson, and senior detectives Nigel L'Estrange, Mark Hatt and Michelle Kerley questioned him for weeks. A stream of ...
Contents
The fugitive | |
Out of his league | |
The first domino | |
The mourning after CONTENTS | |
Mad bad then | |
The Italian jobs | |
Inside | |
The tide turns | |
Quarter to midnight | |
Counterpunch | |
Cool beer cold blood | |
The double cross | |
Rats in the ranks | |
Body blow | |
Alas mad Richard | |
Black Mark | |
Pop culture | |
The deadly circle | |
A hole in the Iron Curtain | |
Sitting duck | |
Going the distance | |
Married to the | |
Playing with snakes | |
Endplay | |
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