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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The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. 'Here we go again, fasten your seatbelts.' CARL WILLIAMS MINUTES AFTER HIT MAN ANDREW VENIAMIN WAS SHOT DEAD. CONTENTS 1 Gut reaction 2 The House of Mokbel 3.
The Gangland War John Silvester, Andrew Rule. 'Here we go again, fasten your seatbelts.' CARL WILLIAMS MINUTES AFTER HIT MAN ANDREW VENIAMIN WAS SHOT DEAD. CONTENTS 1 Gut reaction 2 The House of Mokbel 3.
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... shot him off his feet. It was 13 October 1999, Carl Williams' birthday. He was 29. Williams was unlikely to have ... dead drug dealer and the case would probably have remained unsolved. Instead, the wounded Williams turned into an underworld ...
... shot him off his feet. It was 13 October 1999, Carl Williams' birthday. He was 29. Williams was unlikely to have ... dead drug dealer and the case would probably have remained unsolved. Instead, the wounded Williams turned into an underworld ...
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... shot dead in eerily similar circumstances outside his Sydney home eighteen years earlier. But Mark's stepfather, Lewis Moran, was very much alive and drinking in a north-western suburban hotel when he first heard of the shooting. He ...
... shot dead in eerily similar circumstances outside his Sydney home eighteen years earlier. But Mark's stepfather, Lewis Moran, was very much alive and drinking in a north-western suburban hotel when he first heard of the shooting. He ...
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... dead. Marshall had just got out of his four-wheel drive, his five-year-old son still in the vehicle. The Runner later told police that he shot the drug dealer four times in the street before escaping. Later The Runner rang Williams to ...
... dead. Marshall had just got out of his four-wheel drive, his five-year-old son still in the vehicle. The Runner later told police that he shot the drug dealer four times in the street before escaping. Later The Runner rang Williams to ...
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... shot dead on 13 December 2003, carrying groceries from his car to his house. Next day, Williams told one of the authors he was not involved. NINE days after Kinniburgh's murder three edgy men met at Crown Casino. They were Carl Williams ...
... shot dead on 13 December 2003, carrying groceries from his car to his house. Next day, Williams told one of the authors he was not involved. NINE days after Kinniburgh's murder three edgy men met at Crown Casino. They were Carl Williams ...
Contents
The fugitive | |
Out of his league | |
The first domino | |
The mourning after | |
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 | |
The summing | |
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