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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... Court later decided that several drug cases, including Williams', should be delayed until the detectives' prosecutions were completed. It was while Williams was on bail for those (and other) drug charges that he organised the underworld ...
... Court later decided that several drug cases, including Williams', should be delayed until the detectives' prosecutions were completed. It was while Williams was on bail for those (and other) drug charges that he organised the underworld ...
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... court- ordered bail curfew altered so his movements would not be easily anticipated by would - be hit men . Detective Senior Sergeant Swindells gave evidence at the bail hearing in the forlorn hope he could save Moran's life . He said ...
... court- ordered bail curfew altered so his movements would not be easily anticipated by would - be hit men . Detective Senior Sergeant Swindells gave evidence at the bail hearing in the forlorn hope he could save Moran's life . He said ...
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... court his lawyers argued that Williams had not been able to hold or touch his young daughter since being in maximum security . No - one mentioned the feelings of the children of the men he'd had murdered in the previous five years ...
... court his lawyers argued that Williams had not been able to hold or touch his young daughter since being in maximum security . No - one mentioned the feelings of the children of the men he'd had murdered in the previous five years ...
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... court process began before Justice King with pre-trial discussions. It was legal tent-boxing with a few slow punches ... court that day. But Williams had left the court and was heading down the Princes Freeway to Barwon Prison ...
... court process began before Justice King with pre-trial discussions. It was legal tent-boxing with a few slow punches ... court that day. But Williams had left the court and was heading down the Princes Freeway to Barwon Prison ...
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... court . According to an insider , he began to waver as his mother begged him to change his mind . The observer said the deal was ' within a hair's breadth ' of collapsing . ' If we had lost him then maybe we would have lost him forever ...
... court . According to an insider , he began to waver as his mother begged him to change his mind . The observer said the deal was ' within a hair's breadth ' of collapsing . ' If we had lost him then maybe we would have lost him forever ...
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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