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The Pettingill family is a Melbourne-based criminal family, [1] headed by matriarch Kath Pettingill. Family members have many convictions for criminal offences including drug trafficking, [2] arms dealing [3] and armed robberies. [2] Two of Kath Pettingill's sons, Victor Peirce and Trevor Pettingill, faced a murder trial for the 1988 Walsh ...
Pettingill is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Pettingill family, an Australian crime family Kath Pettingill (born 1931), Former brothel owner and matriarch of the Pettingill family; Kerry Pettingill (born 1958), retired American police officer, former chief of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Pages in category "Pettingill family" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
(with Jimmy Pettingill (died 1972)) Jamie Pettingill (1963–1985) – died of a heroin overdose aged 21. [4] Trevor Pettingill (born 1965) – acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, who has multiple convictions for firearms and drug-related offences and has served several jail terms. [5] He has been described as a "career ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 November 2024. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a list of Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes. Bank robbers Australians convicted of bank robbery ...
Four suspects were arrested as a result of the altercation. Including two murders in the capital city, 4 people were killed in the space of a week in Canberra and in Sydney. [22] As a result of heightening violence, New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees announced the state police anti-gang squad would be boosted to 125 members from 50. [23]
In 2005, Peirce's widow, Wendy Peirce gave an interview to Australian media detailing how her husband planned and carried out the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, a crime for which he was acquitted by jury along with three accomplices after she failed to give truthful evidence in court.
Peirce was considered a true underworld heavy-weight; he was born into the notorious Pettingill family. It is suspected that this contract killing was organized by Mick Gatto and Vince Benvenuto and executed by Andrew Veniamin; Faruk Orman was initially convicted of the murder, but was acquitted in 2019.