Sunday, 31 December 2006

Murder in Australia: 2006


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7 January 2006
Bilpin, NSW
MARK GALANTE (27)
PG - Murder - Jody Galante (26)
S - 27y / 20y (Adams J)
P - 28 February 2026
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19 February 2006
Greenfields, WA
GUY RUSSELL GIDGUP (51)
PG - Wilful murder - Tracee Greenshields (39)
PG - Wilful murder - Chanel Dufall (16)
S - Life / 25y (McKechnie J)
P - January 2031
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28 January 2006
Loxton, SA
JAMES HALL (19)
PG - Murder - Nina Starr (53)
S - Life / 22y (Nyland J)
P - 30 January 2028
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28 January 2006
Nowra Hill, NSW1
KIM LEANNE SNIBSON (b. 30/7/70 - 35)
PG - Murder - Gregory Hosa (56)
PG - Murder - Kathryn McKay (44)
PG - Aggravated kidnapping x 2
S - 26y / 18y x 2, 8y 6m x 2; TS - 32y / 24y (Buddin J)
P - 28 January 2030
STACEY LEA-CATON (b. 16/1/79 - 27)
PG - Murder x 2
PG - Aggravated kidnapping x 2
S - 18y / 12y 6m x 2, 5y x 2; TS - 22y / 16y 6m (Buddin J)
P - 28 July 2022
Andrew Wayne Flentjar (b. 29/11/74 - 31)
PG - Aggravated kidnapping x 2
S - 8y 6m / 5y 6m x 2; TS - 10y / 7y (Buddin J)
P - 25 April 2013
Darlene Eleanor Cowen (b. 6/7/75 - 30)
PG - Accessory after the fact
PG - Failure to bring information
S - 9m periodic detention, 1y 6m bond (Buddin J)
X - 8 December 2008
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28 January 2006
Airds, NSW
JOHN FREDERICK THOMPSON (b. 8/6/83 - 22)
PG - Murder - Fallon Baker (18)
S - 20y / 15y (Hoeben J)
P - 27 February 2021
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20 February 2006
Annerley, QLD
ERROL GRAHAM HAYES (38)
C - Murder - Mark Stewart Christiansen (38)
C - Murder - Theresa Dominique Marchetti (32)
C - Murder - Joshua Hayes (18m)
C - Arson
S - Life / 24y 6m, 6y (MacKenzie J)
AD - 28 November 2008 (QCA)
LR - 25 June 2009 (HCA)
P - 24 August 2030
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23 February 2006
Box Hill, VIC
CORY ACUNA (b. 9/6/82 - 23)
C - Murder - Darren Jones (28)
S - 22y / 17y (Coghlan J)
P - 23 February 2023
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24 February 2006 - 25 February 2006
Southbank, VIC2
NEIL CAMERON CHALMERS (47)
C - Murder - Xiou Ling "Shirley" Liang (44)
S - 22y / 18y (Osborn J)
AD - 16 December 2011 (VSCA)
P - 2 March 2024
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2 March 2006 - 8 March 2006
VIC3
THOMAS KEITH HALLIDAY
C - Murder - Shelley Joy Stephenson (34)
C - Incest x 24 - "SS"5 6 (11)
C - Maintaining a sexual relationship with a child under 16
C - Engaging in an indecent act x 27 - ?8 9 (10)
C - Incest x 2 - ?10 11 (17)
S - Life / 30y (Harper J)
AU12 - 2 September 2009 (VSCA)
RT - Murder13
TS - 32y / 24y (Hollingworth J)
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3 March 2006
Kellyville, NSW
JONATHAN NATHANIEL HARVEY (18)
PG - Murder - James Malcolm Palmer (19)
S - 16y / 10y (Howie J)
P - 3 March 2016
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7 March 2006
Hallam, VIC
SARATH LAKSHAM HETTIARACHICHI (b. 30/1/60 - 46)
C - Murder - Samuel Perera (76)
C - Murder - Iranganie Perera (76)
S - 22y x 2; TS - 27y / 22y (King J)
AD14 - 26 November 2009 (VSCA)
LR - 9 February 2012 (HCA)
P - 6 March 2028
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9 March 2006
St Albans, VIC
HOA BOA LAM (b. 10/68 - 37)
PG - Murder - Vo Thi Vo (31)
S - 18y / 13y (Teague J)
P - 10 March 2019
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11 March 2006
Craigmore, SA
MICHAEL WAYNE KILSBY
PG - Murder - Kylie Kilsby
S - Life / 17y (David J)
P - 11 March 2023
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12 March 200615
Beenleigh, QLD
GEOFFREY WAYNE FREEMAN
C - Murder - Daniel James Wade (23)
S - Life16 (Byrne J)
AD - 17 November 2009 (QCA)
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25 March 2006
Yandaran, QLD
"CAW"17 (23)
C - Murder - "CL"18 (2)
S - Life19 (McMeekin J)
AD - 7 May 2010 (QCA)
P - March 2021
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9 April 2006
Fairfield West, NSW
LINARD SHAMOUIL (20)
PG - Murder - Ashoor Audisho (21)
S - 19y / 14y 6m (Hidden J)
P - 29 January 2026
Dilan Shaba
PG - Accessory after the fact
S - 2y 6m / 1y 7m 18d (Berman AJ)
P - 12 December 2007
X - 24 October 2008
Steven David (21)
PG - Acessory after the fact
PG - Assault
S - 2y 6m / 1y 3m, 6m (Hidden J)
P - 31 August 2009
X - 30 November 2010
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3 May 2006
Eimeo, QLD
JACK WILLIAM WHITEHOUSE (16)
PG - Murder - Peter Whitehouse (39)
S - 12y detention / 8y 5m
AD - 22 June 2007 (QCA)
P - 3 October 2014
Peter Alexander Thomas Mobbs (19)
C - Accessory after the fact
S - 5y suspended
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8 May 2006
Yagoona, NSW
HOAI VINH TRAN (b. 31/7/79 - 26)
C - Murder - Phuoc "Peter" Dang (45)
S - 26y / 20y (Mathews AJ)
AU - 19 May 2011
RS - 24y / 18y (NSWCCA)
P - 6 November 2025
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18 May 2006
West Melbourne, VIC20
YIWEN "ERIC" PAN (b. 9/81 - 24)
PG - Murder - Juan "Joanne" Zhang (24)
S - 19y / 14y (Teague J)
AD21 - 19 December 2008 (VSCA)
P - 22 May 2020
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23 May 2006
Bayswater, VIC
DONOVAN ALEXANDER BLAAUW (b. 1949 - 56)
PG - Murder - Linda Blaauw (54)
S - 11y / 7y (Forrest J)
P - 30 May 2013
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7 June 2006
Broadbeach, QLD
PETER PAPAS (47)
PG - Murder - So Ra Moon (32)
PG - Arson
S - Life22, 5y (Byrne J)
P - 7 June 2021
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18 June 2006
Collie, WA
"MICHELLE"23 (16)
"RENAE"24 (16)
PG - Murder - Eliza Jane Davis (15)
S - Life / 15y (Reynolds J)
P - June 2021
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19 June 200625
Bossley Park, NSW
DAVID MAXWELL SHEPHERD (36)
PG - Murder - Malissa Mayfield (29)
S - 19y / 15y (Hidden J)
P - 2 July 2021
Angela Wells (b. 16/9/77 - 28)
PG - Accessory after the fact
S - 3y / 1y 6m (Grove J)
P - 9 May 2009
X - 10 November 2010
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21 June 2006
Logan City, QLD
ROBERT IAN LOGAN (19)
C - Murder - Benjamin Peter Huntingford (23)
S - Life26 (Dick AJ)
AD - 17 August 2012 (QCA)
P - 23 June 2021
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26 June 2006
Canning Vale, WA
DANTE WYNDHAM ARTHURS (b. 8/8/84 - 21)
PG - Murder - Sofia Rodriguez-Urrutia Rey-Baltar Shu (8)
S - Life / 13y (McKechnie J)
P - 26 June 2019
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26 June 2006
Brunswick, VIC
FRANK BABIC27 (b. 13/9/62 - 43)
C - Murder - Raphael Innaimo (39)
S - Life / 28y (King J)
AD - 17 August 2010 (VSCA)
P - 10 August 203528
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27 June 2006
Richmond, VIC
ANTHONY JOHN DUTTON (b. 18/7/46 - 59)
PG - Murder - Angelique Portelli (b. 21/1/75 - 31)
S - 16y / 12y (King J)
AD - 27 September 2011 (VSCA)
P - 27 June 2018
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29 June 2006
Raceview, QLD
BRETT ADAM CROWLEY (17)
C - Murder - Violet Crowley (81)
S - Life29 (Chesterman J)
P - 29 June 2021
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9 July 2006
Callala Bay, NSW
"DN"30 (24)
PG - Murder - "RC"31 32 (11)
PG - Inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent to murder - "SC"33 34 (31)
S - 20y / 15y, 12y / 8y; TS - 25y / 20y (Hidden J)
P - 8 July 2026
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10 July 2006
Fairfield, VIC
JOHN THOMAS GLASCOTT (b. 18/12/63 - 42)
C - Murder - David Meredyth Robinson (56)
S - 28y / 24y (Cummins J)
AD/AU35 - 29 April 2010
RS - 24y / 20y (VSCA)
P - 11 July 2026
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24 July 2006
Gatton, QLD
AARON THOMAS WILLIAM GARDNER (27)
PG - Murder - Lauren June Taylor (20)
S - Life36 (Martin J)
P - 24 July 2021
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28 July 2006
Greenacre, NSW
VU MINH TRINH
C - Murder - Ross McAdam
S - 20y / 15y (Rothman J)
P - 27 July 2021
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1 August 2006
Parramatta, NSW
GABOR ZIHA (b. 15/3/50 - 56)
C - Murder - Barry Corbett (58)
C - Malicious wounding - Marija Ziha (54)
S - 24y / 18y, 4y (Barr J)
AD - 21 February 2013 (NSWCCA)
LR - 3 December 2013 (HCA)
P - 1 August 2024
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2 August 2006
Lara, VIC
ROBERT GORDON BAXTER (b. 26/11/57 - 48)
C - Murder - Linda Gaye Baxter (b. 13/1/64 - 42)
S - 20y / 16y (Forrest J)
P - 7 August 2022
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9 August 200637
Donvale, VIC
EYYUB BAYRAM ZAIM (b. 27/8/85 - 20)
C - Murder - Rajnesh Joga (27)
C - Theft - Peter Kondogonis
C - Attempted theft - Christopher Blain
PG - Attempted theft - Robert Orsillo
PG - Theft - Lakhwinder Singh
S - 17y, 1y, 6m, 2m, 14d; TS - 17y 6m / 14y 6m (Harper J)
AD/AU38 - 30 March 2011
RS - 17y 6m / 13y 6m (VSCA)
P - 5 February 2020
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9 August 2006
Coolbie, QLD
PAUL MALLARDI (41)
PG - Murder - Vito Mallardi (75)
PG - Murder - Maria Pia Mallardi (68)
S - Life / 20y (Cullinane J)
AD - 11 February 2009 (QCA)
P - 8 August 2026
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11 August 2006
Summerholm, QLD
DIANA FAE HUGHES
C - Murder - Gregory Ross Stewart (52)
S - Life39
AD - 14 August 2012 (QCA)
P - 13 August 2021
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13 August 2006
Mirboo East, VIC
MICHAEL PATRICK FLAHERTY (b. 1969)
PG - Murder - Stephen John Witham (42)
S - 21y / 16y (Kaye J)
P - 7 November 2023
JODIE ANNE WATSON
PG - Murder
S - 16y / 11y (Kaye J)
P - 7 November 2018
Aidan Connally
PG - Accessory after the fact
S - 3y bond (Kaye J)
AU40 - 11 November 2010
RS - 2y suspended for 2y 6m (VSCA)
Michelle Anne Churchill
PG - Assault41
S - 3m suspended for 3y (Kaye J)
Aidan Geoffrey McGillivray
PG - Assault42
S - 3m suspended for 3y (Kaye J)
Darren Whittaker
PG - Assault43
S - 3m (Kaye J)
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13 August 2006
Forster, NSW
JOHN HARRY FAEHNDRICH (50)
C - Murder - Dianne Julie Condon (36)
S - 20y / 15y (Price J)
P - 20 August 2021
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19 August 2006
Innisfail, QLD
LEW JAMES BAIRA
C - Murder - Luis Planas (53)
S - Life44 (Jones J)
AD - 30 October 2009 (QCA)
P - 19 August 2021
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19 August 2006
Punchbowl, NSW
GREGORY MARK HOWARD
PG - Murder - Jacob Digby (23)
S - 18y 6m / 14y (Hulme J)
P - 27 October 2021
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30 August 2006
Newstead, TAS
STEPHEN ALEXANDER HARPER (42)
PG - Murder - Roderick Alexander Harper (88)
PG - Murder - Helene May Harper (77)
S - 32y / 16y (Blow J)
D - April 201045
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1 September 2006
Reservoir, VIC
MATTHEW WAYNE BROOKS
C - Murder - Priscilla Chapple (19)
S - 17y / 13y (Coghlan J)
AD - 28 August 2012 (VSCA)
P - 1 September 2019
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12 September 2006
Swanhaven, NSW
ADAM PATRICK OWENS (32)
PG - Murder - Doris Owens (69)
S - 23y / 17y (McCallum J)
P - 4 March 2024
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19 September 2006
VIC46
DARREN JOHN ELLIS (35)
C - Murder - Naomi Marree Bernaldo (b. 17/7/87 - 19)
S - 21y / 17y (Coghlan J)
AD - 18 November 2010 (VSCA)
LR - 11 March 2011 (HCA)
P - 5 November 2023
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19 September 2006
Hobart, TAS
KEITH JAMIE LYNCH-WHITTON (28)
PG - Murder - Kamehn Schrader (41)
S - 18y / 14y (Evans J)
P - September 2020
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22 September 2006
Seaford, VIC
AARON JAMES JOHNSTONE (25)
C - Murder - Phillip William Higgins (46)
S - 18y / 14y (Coghlan J)
AU - 9 March 2011 (VSCA)
RT - Murder
S - 18y / 14y (Osborn J)
P - 23 September 2020
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15 October 200647
Geelong, VIC
NICHOLAS JOHN STRAIN (20)
C - Murder - David John McFadyen (34)
S - 17y / 13y 6m (Coghlan J)
P - 27 July 2020
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23 October 2006
Cawarral, QLD
HAYDEN MICHAEL FINCH (19)
C - Murder - Murray Finch (49)
C - Murder - Leone Musgrove (38)
S - Life / 20y (McMeekin J)
P - 26 October 2026
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27 October 2006
Redfern, NSW
MARK ANTHONY COLLON (b. 16/9/85 - 21)
PG - Murder - Daryl Ogden (24)
S - 21y / 14y 6m (Mathews AJ)
AD - 29 July 2009 (NSWCCA)
P - 26 April 2021
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27 October 2006
North West Cape, WA
TOBY LEIGH FRASER (29)
PG - Wilful murder - John Damien Blood (44)
S - Life / 27y (Blaxell J)
AD - 23 January 2009 (WASCA)
P - 30 October 2033
Kelly Jade Brown (21)
PG - Accessory after the fact
S - 4y 8m
AU - 22 August 2008
RS - 3y 8m (WASCA)
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18 November 2006
Scoresby, VIC48
ADAM CHARLES DENNIS HARGRAVE (b. 24/4/80 - 26)
C - Murder - Michael Daou (22)
C - Kidnapping
C - False imprisonment
C - Conspiracy to murder49 - Kylie Rachel McDonald
S - 26y, 8y, 5y, 10y; TS - 31y / 26y (King J)
P - 11 January 2033
LANH NGOC "LUKE" BUI (b. 2/4/85 - 21)
C - Murder
PG - Kidnapping
PG - False imprisonment
S - 24y, 6y, 4y; TS - 25y 6m / 20y (King J)
AD - 7 December 2011 (VSCA)
LR - 15 March 2013 (HCA)
P - 11 January 2027
ANDREW STEVEN JOHNSTON (b. 29/11/81 - 24)
PG - Murder
PG - Kidnapping
PG - False imprisonment
PG - Trafficking MDMA
PG - Trafficking methylamphetamine
PG - Trafficking MDA
S - 16y, 4y, 3y, 10y, 4y, 4y; TS - 23y / 15y (Bongiorno J)
AU - 29 July 2008
RS - 10y, 2y 6m, 2y, 6y, 3y, 3y; TS - 16y / 11y (VSCA)
P - 10 January 2018
Garry Charles Hargrave (b. 25/11/55 - 50)
C - Conspiracy to murder50
S - 9y, 6y; TS - 11y / 7y (King J)
AD/AU51 - 7 December 2011
RS - 11y / 5y (VSCA)
P - 11 January 2012
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2 December 2006
Ferntree Gully, VIC
JOHN GRAEME McKENZIE (20)
PG - Murder - Todd Leslie Laver (26)
S - 20y / 15y (Kaye J)
P - 1 December 2021
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6 December 2006
Sydney, NSW
"BH"52 (17)
PG - Murder - Mitchell Moseley (23)
S - 17y / 13y (Hidden J)
P - 8 October 2020
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14 December 2006
Woodridge, QLD
DAVID JUMA
PG - Murder - Lily Keji
PG - Inflicting grievous bodily harm - Gabriel Levi
S - Life53 (Martin J)
P - 13 December 2021
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15 December 200654
Penshurst, VIC
CLIVE HOSKING (b. 1953 - 53)
C - Murder - Judith Hosking (79)
S - 15y / 10y (Hollingworth J)
P - 29 October 2016
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18 December 2006
Lathlain, WA
JESSICA ELLEN STASINOWSKY (19)
PG - Wilful murder - Stacey Mitchell (b. 17/6/90 - 16)
S - Life / 24y (Blaxell J)
AD - 22 January 2009 (WASCA)
P - 20 December 2030
VALERIE PAIGE PARASHUMTI (18)
PG - Wilful murder
S - Life / 24y (Blaxell J)
P - 20 December 2030
David Ross John Haynes
PG - Accessory after the fact
S - 2y / 1y (Kennedy DCJ)
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19 December 2006
Forster, NSW
CLAYTON JOHN WILSON
C - Murder - Stephen Knowles
S - 25y / 18y (Latham J)
P - 10 May 2025
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Notes:

1. Bodies located at Tomerong, NSW, on 29 January 2006
2. Body located at Tallarook, VIC, on 14 October 2007
3. Body never located
4. Between 3 April 2005 and 18 April 2005
5. Victim's daughter
6. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
7. Between March 2006 and April 2006
8. Victim's daughter
9. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
10. Offender's daughter
11. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
12. Appeal against conviction upheld in relation to murder and sexual offences against offender's daughter
13. At retrial, convicted of murder and undisclosed offences
14. Offender appealed against convictions, DPP appealed against sentences
15. Assaulted on 11 March 2006
16. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
17. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
18. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
19. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
20. Body located at Glen Huntly, VIC, on 23 May 2006
21. DPP appealed against sentence
22. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
23. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
24. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
25. Assaulted on 15 June 2006
26. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
27. Convicted of 2 murders (15 July 1995 & 26 June 2006)
28. Pleaded guilty to recklessly causing serious injury to John Morris on 22 June 2009 at Anakie, VIC
29. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
30. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
31. Offender's stepson
32. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
33. Victim's mother
34. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
35. Appeal against conviction dismissed, appeal against sentence upheld
36. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 years
37. Assaulted on 8 August 2006
38. Appeal against conviction dismissed, appeal against sentence upheld
39. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 year
40. DPP appealed against sentence
41. At Berwick, VIC
42. At Berwick, VIC
43. At Berwick, VIC
44. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 year
45. Died of cancer at Royal Hobart Hospital
46. Body located at Creswick, VIC, on 2 November 2006
47. Assaulted on 12 October 2006
48. Body located at Narre Warren East, VIC
49. Between 28 December 2006 and 9 January 2007
50. Between 28 December 2006 and 9 January 2007
51. Appeal against conviction dismissed, appeal against sentence upheld
52. Cannot be identified due to a suppression order
53. Eligible to apply for parole after 15 year
54. Assaulted on 30 October 2006

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