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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... later Williams told the author he did not see his attacker . ' I have no idea who shot me and I've never asked I don't know who did it . Police told me who they think did it , but that's their business . ' When the author suggested they ...
... later Williams told the author he did not see his attacker . ' I have no idea who shot me and I've never asked I don't know who did it . Police told me who they think did it , but that's their business . ' When the author suggested they ...
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... Later that day, Detective Sergeant Andrew Balsillie was passing, and noticed two cars at the house. He recalled his team to issue the warrants and, after bursting in, found a pill press, 30,000 tablets (almost certainly the Moran pills ...
... Later that day, Detective Sergeant Andrew Balsillie was passing, and noticed two cars at the house. He recalled his team to issue the warrants and, after bursting in, found a pill press, 30,000 tablets (almost certainly the Moran pills ...
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... later decided that several drug cases, including Williams', should be delayed until the detectives' prosecutions ... later, Jason Moran was jailed for affray and sentenced to twenty months jail. That meant Mark Moran had lost his ...
... later decided that several drug cases, including Williams', should be delayed until the detectives' prosecutions ... later, Jason Moran was jailed for affray and sentenced to twenty months jail. That meant Mark Moran had lost his ...
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... later said . For Williams it was the beginning , and for the Morans it was the beginning of the end . Much later , Lewis Moran , said to still hold the first dollar he ever stole , tried to take out a contract on Williams , first at ...
... later said . For Williams it was the beginning , and for the Morans it was the beginning of the end . Much later , Lewis Moran , said to still hold the first dollar he ever stole , tried to take out a contract on Williams , first at ...
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... later said he didn't see Barbaro , let alone intend to kill him . Williams received news of the hit with the message that ' the horse ... had been scratched ' . Later , Williams and The Lieutenant congratulated The Runner on a ' job ...
... later said he didn't see Barbaro , let alone intend to kill him . Williams received news of the hit with the message that ' the horse ... had been scratched ' . Later , Williams and The Lieutenant congratulated The Runner on a ' job ...
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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