The Matriarch
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TO THE CORONERS’ OFFICES in Melbourne and Adelaide, for research
TO CHARLIE NIKAKIS, for reading the manuscript
TO MY EDITOR, AMANDA HEMMINGS, for her enthusiasm, insights, patience, and sharing of a strange obsession.
ADRIAN TAME
About the Author
Adrian Tame has worked as a writer, journalist and broadcaster for the past 58 years in Australia, the UK, North America and Mexico. He worked for Truth newspaper for thirteen years as a reporter and news editor at a time when the paper was selling 400,000 copies a week.
He is the author of The Matriarch, a bestselling true crime biography of Kathy Pettingill, Deadlier than the Male, and co-author with F.P.J. Robotham of Maralinga: British A-bomb, Australian Legacy, which was used extensively by the Royal Commission in its investigation into the bomb tests.
Tame has also scripted several award-winning TV documentaries, a feature film and produced a host of radio and TV programs. He worked as a specialist in crisis management and director of International Public Relations for eight years before going on to run his own media company for 20 years. He lives in central Victoria.
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Abdallah, Gary 224, 226, 227, 238, 247, 255–6
Alexandridis, Emmanuel 225
Allard, Victor Frederick 199
Allen, Dennis 52, 60, 64
Allard murder 199
bail 132–4, 135, 178–9
charges at time of death 217–18
childhood 17–19, 21–4, 80–1
colour green 138
cook 139–40
Coroner’s Court bomb 165–6
corrupt police 133–4
death 201, 212–17
development of life of crime 21, 32, 65, 79–85
drug addiction 91, 93, 94, 97–100, 110–11, 149, 201, 212
drug trafficking 93–4, 106–8, 110–13, 126–7, 131–2, 133, 143, 162, 200
early signs of violence 45
firearms 82, 131, 168
generosity 138–9
Gouroff murder 92, 156, 157, 164, 197, 199–200
growing ‘dash’ 89–90
and Harry 32, 80–5
headgear 96, 245
income from dealing 67, 110–11
and Jamie 60, 174, 175–6
Jamie’s death 173–82, 197
and Jason 56, 127, 134, 144, 245–6
jewellery 95–6, 191
and Kathy 30–1, 53, 76–9, 118, 134, 146, 147–50, 164–5, 214
Kenny murder 183–97
learns Kathy is mother 21, 30–1
legacy 220–1
living with Gladys 21, 24, 28–30, 32
marriage to Sissy 118–21
and Miss Jones 160–212
and ‘Miss X’ 113, 114–17
‘Mr D’ 91, 93, 127, 156
need for audience 77, 148–9, 201
Pasche murder 152–4, 156, 164, 197
personality 31, 45, 77, 82–3, 96–7, 99, 100, 139, 141–2, 148–9, 161, 172, 174, 201
and Peter 85–6, 202–3, 205, 206
physical appearance 22–3, 94–7
police helicopter shooting 104–6
police informer 93–4, 134–5, 171, 173, 192–4
prison 82, 84, 87, 89, 119, 217–18
property purchases 67, 99, 101–2, 122–7
Rogerson drug deal 113–18, 163, 182
role of Enforcer 140–4
Sandringham episode 85, 86–7
security 126–7, 129–30
Shaw death 197
Simpson murder 117, 162–5, 197
Stanhope murder 148–8, 157–61, 197, 213
stroke 209–12
and Sue Guy 200–1
and Vicki 158–9
Wagnegg murder 166–173, 197
Ward death 197–8
and Wendy 258–9
and Williams 162, 163–5
Allen, Harry 28, 29, 199, 215
and Dennis 32, 80–5
and Peter 32
Allen, Jade 66, 118, 119, 120, 184, 212, 215
Allen, Lindy 66, 118, 120, 184, 212, 215
Allen, Peter 25, 111, 134, 135, 185
break out from Beechworth 88–9
conducts own defence 85–6, 207, 252
dealing in firearms 206
and Dennis 85–6, 202–3, 205, 206
drug-trafficking 151, 205, 207, 282–3
and Harry 32
Jamie’s death 179, 180
Kathy on 283
living with Gladys 21, 28, 30
personality 31, 86
prison 64, 85, 86–87, 88, 89, 203–4, 218, 282–3
and Rhonda Meehan 205–6
Sandringham episode 85–8
‘the family’ 204–5
Allen, Sissy see Hill, Heather
armed robbery 175
bail 48–9, 51–2, 58, 59, 132–4, 135, 178–9
Beechworth 64, 84, 89
Black Rose massage parlour 48–50, 51, 64
Bolden, Heather 119, 120
Brooks, Mark 55
Brooks, Vicki 32, 33, 38, 44–5, 50–1, 155, 174, 215
debt to Kim Nelson 57–8
and Dennis 158–9
pinches Kath’s boyfriends 55–6
witness protection 229, 261–4
Walsh Street murders 219–220, 223, 228, 235, 238, 240–1, 243–4
Brosnan, Father 215–16
brothels 48–52, 64, 108–9, 110–12, 118, 167–9
Cassin, Jeremy 171
Caulfield, Albert 175–6, 199
Cherry Tree Hotel 102, 108, 123, 147
Chestut Street, Richmond 102, 122, 131, 133
raids 224, 225, 226, 234, 236, 253, 254–5
children in care 33–6, 37
Cole, Brendon 248
Collingburn, Neil 155
Collingburn, Rae Elizabeth 155–6
Comrie, Chief Commissioner Neil 223
Cook, Fred 91, 125, 144–5, 246
Coroner’s Court bomb 165–6, 177
Cox, Russell 50–1
Crabtree, Julie 256
criminal code 60–1, 190–1, 195
Crocker, William 198
Cubitt Street, Richmond 101–2, 120, 124
Dale (son of Wayne the builder) 146, 147, 159
Dane QC, Chris 163, 169, 216, 266
Dosser, Detective 192–4
drug trafficking 53
couriers 132
Dennis 93–4, 106–8, 110–13, 126–7, 131–2, 133, 162, 200
Kathy 56, 67, 110–13, 133
Peter 151, 205, 207, 282–3
Trevor 67, 133, 214
Drury, Michael 113–18, 162, 163
Duke, Carmel 179–80, 181, 182
Duke, Deidre 181, 182
Eyre, Constable Damian 221–2, 223, 224 see also Walsh Street
Fairlea, 62–72, 73–5
family loyalty 88, 204–5, 219–20, 249–50, 265
Farrell, Anthony 223, 225, 228, 231, 235, 236, 245, 252
Faure, Sandra 231
Findlay, Scott 167–9
Flannery, Christopher Dale (Mr Rentokil) 113–18
Forrest, T. 192–4
Fraser, Andrew 211, 213
Freeman, George 115
Gaslight Massage Parlour 76, 101, 108–10, 118
Geary, John 199
Gouroff, Victor 111, 112–13, 174
murder 92, 156, 157, 164, 197, 199–200
Pasche murder 153–4, 156
Grant, John 90–4, 132
Great Bookie Robbery 54
Grimshaw, Detective Rodney 248
Guy, Sue, 200–1, 246
Hallenstein, Hal 180–1, 191, 195
Hastilow, Peter 184, 185, 191
Hefti, Dominik 224, 226, 269
Hell’s Angels 183, 184
Higgins, Snr Sgt Paul William 170–1, 192, 193–4, 215
Hill, Heather (Sissy) 92, 106–7, 118–22, 199, 212
Hill, Tamara 119
Houghton, Jedd 224, 225, 228, 229, 236, 238, 247
Iddon, Keith 198
Jade see Allen, Jade
Janus series 278–9
Jensen, Graeme 223, 229, 230–2, 239, 259, 260
Jones, Gary 163
Jones, Miss
Dennis’s partner 160, 212
Kenny death 146–8, 159–60, 161, 184, 185, 189, 191–2
Simpson murder trial 163–4
Stanhope murder 213
Kemp, Albert Frederick 3, 5–6
Kemp, Barbara 1–2, 6, 21
Kemp, Gladys (’that lady’) 4, 199, 215
bigamous marriages 7–8
marriage to Albie 3, 6–7
relationship with daughters 5, 6–8, 9, 13–14, 20, 21, 24–5, 28–30
settles with Harry Allen 28, 80–1
takes Dennis and Peter 21, 24, 28–32, 83
Kemp, Wilma 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 21, 27
Kenny, Anton 183–97
Kent QC, Bob 216
kidnap of Kathy 127–9
Kirk, Lee 64
Lanfranchi, Warren 116
Lindy see Allen, Lindy
Loughnan, Jimmy 82, 134–5
Marshall, Donald 88
Martin, Harold 242
Mason, Bertha (’Nan’) 7, 11–12, 43
Mason, Lorna 14–15
Mason, Micky 12–13
Mason, Rowdy 7, 12
McEvoy, Peter 223, 225, 227, 228, 229, 231, 236, 238, 239, 240, 255, 261
McKay, Gary 167
McLaren, Detective Colin 256
Meehan, Rhonda 205–6
Minogue, Craig 44
‘Miss X’
Gouroff murder 157
Williams-Rogerson-Flannery trial 113–18
Moir, Detective Irene 157
‘Mr D’ 91, 93, 127, 156
Mr D Investments 124
murders
Allard 199
Caulfield 175–6, 199
Geary 199
Gouroff 92, 156, 157, 164, 197, 199–200
Kenny 183–97
Pasche 150, 152–4, 156, 197
Simpson 117, 162–5, 197
Stanhope 146–9, 157–61, 197, 213, 251
Wagnegg 166–73, 192, 197, 245–6
Walsh Street 219–72
Murphy, Brian (Mad Dog) 60, 155, 215
Nelson, Kim 42, 56–7, 58, 60, 212, 215
Neville, Tim 256, 259
Nikakis, Charlie 211, 213
Noonan, Detective Inspector John 222, 226–7, 228, 238, 257–8, 263, 264
Norden, Father Peter 215, 247
Operation Cyclops 108, 134, 136
Operation Earthquake 280–2
Parkinson, Susan 245
Pasche, Greg 150
and Dennis 152–4, 156, 164, 197
and Gouroff 153–4, 156
Peirce, ‘David’ 33, 37
Peirce, ‘Shelley’ 33–6
Peirce, ‘Stephen’ 33–5, 36
Peirce, Billy 28–9, 30, 32, 33
death 39–40
introduces Kathy to life of crime 27, 43
marries Valerie 37
police violence 39–40, 45
violence to Kathy 36
Peirce, Katie 234, 254–5
Peirce, Lex 33, 45, 47, 54, 58, 111, 150, 212–13, 277
Jamie’s death 179, 180
on Jimmy Pentingill 39
on Dennis 233
and Walsh Street 233
Peirce, Valerie 37, 40
Peirce, Victor 33, 47, 179, 246, 256
and adopted stepsiblings 34
alleged confession 242, 257
Dennis’s drug trafficking 133
Hefti murder 223–4, 226, 269
Kathy kidnap 128
personality 239, 252–3, 255
Stanhope murder 158
Turana 54
Walsh Street murders 219–44, 248, 265–9
after Walsh Street 269–72
Wendy’s evidence against 257
Peirce, Wendy
attempted murder charge 226, 227, 255, 256
changes evidence 229, 240, 243, 244, 257, 259–61
criminal record 252
and Dennis 258–9
Gouroff murder 156
infidelities 259
on Kathy 258
Kathy on 243, 253, 258–61
Pasche murder 154
Peter’s clerk 207, 252
raids on house 253–5
Stanhope grave 161, 255
and Victor 252–3
Victor’s infidelity 227, 240, 256
Walsh Street murders 220–30
witness protection 227–8, 256–7, 259
Pentridge 63–4, 72–3, 82, 119, 121–2, 203–4
Pentingill, F.J. 41
Pettingill, Jamie 44–5, 89, 111, 114, 232, 252
carrying gun 168
death and Dennis 173–80, 181–2, 197
Coroner’s Court bomb 165–6, 177
drugs 176–7
enforcer for Dennis 133, 176
and father 40, 174, 175
life of crime 174, 175–7
personality 60, 174
Stanhope murder 158, 160
takes rap for Dennis 174, 175–6
Pentingill, Jimmy 36, 37–9, 40–1, 49
Pentingill, Kathy
adolescence 14–16
alias Lee Kirk 64
and Billy Peirce 26–7, 29, 36–7, 39–40
boyfriends lost to Vicki 56
brothels 48–52, 76, 108–9, 118, 167–9
children in care 33–6, 37
criminal code 60–1, 190–1, 195
and Dennis 30–1, 53, 76–9, 118, 134, 146, 147–50, 164–5, 214
Dennis’s death 214–15, 217
drug trafficking 56, 67, 110–13, 133, 208
early involvement with death 2–3, 8–9, 10, 12–13
education 11, 15–16
family loyalty 88, 203, 207, 219–20, 249–50, 265
firearms 66–7, 128–9, 207, 208
first prison sentence 64–5
and Gladys 5, 6–8, 9, 13–14, 20, 21, 24–5, 28–30
Gouroff murder 164–5
heart attack 48
hunger strike in prison 63, 71
Jamie’s death 173–4, 177–82
Janus series 278–9
on Jason 247, 249, 251–2
and Jimmy Pentingill 37–8, 39, 41
Kenny murder 185–6, 190–1, 195–7
kidnap by soldiers 127–9
lives with Kathleen Shields 7, 11, 13, 15, 17–18, 23, 24
loses eye 42–3, 57–61
marries Dennis Ryan 17–19
on Peter 282–3
police 39–40, 45–6, 51–2, 54, 127, 196, 234, 237–8, 249, 250, 251, 254–5, 271
in prison 62–75, 207, 208
prison strikes 63, 71, 74–5
property 27, 101, 102
prostitution 49, 64, 76
reputation as brawler 54–5, 65–6, 70–1
Williams-Rogerson-Flannery affair 117–18
Sandringham incident 87–8
and Sissy 119–21
standing in criminal world 43–4, 51–2, 59, 108–9
support for weak and vulnerable 62–3, 70–1, 72–3
Venus Bay 55, 265, 266, 273–8, 280–2
on Vicki 219–20, 228, 240, 243–4, 261–2
Walsh Street murders 219, 230–44, 249, 251–2, 263–8, 271
on Wendy 243, 253, 258–61
Pentingill, Trevor 38, 44–5, 138, 178, 179
carrying gun 168
drug trafficking 67, 133, 214
earlier crimin
al history 48, 240, 271
heroin 111–12
personality 239
Stanhope murder 158, 160
Walsh Street 219–20, 225–30, 237–40, 241, 271
Phillips, Les 183
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and Dennis 84, 133–4
charges by Jason 224, 233, 247–8, 251
Kathy on 39–10, 45–6, 51–2, 54, 127, 196, 234, 237–8, 249, 250, 251, 254–5, 271
at Sentimental Bloke 45–6
police helicopter shooting 104–6
Pollitt, Ray ‘Red Rat’ 162–4
Prahran Police Station shooting 136
Prideaux, Paul Anthony 269
prison strikes 63, 71, 74–5
Raby, Margaret 68–71, 74
Richmond empire 100–3, 107–8, 118, 122–4, 208, 211–12, 215, 253
Rizio, Jimmy 188
Robertson, Peter Ian (’Robbo’) 183–96
Rogerson, Roger 113–18, 163, 182
Rountree, Lindsay 228, 231, 241–2, 269
Rountree, Penny 231
Rudd, Allen 85, 86–7
Ryan, Dennis James 16–19, 24–5, 27, 36
Ryan, Detective Col 248
Ryan, Jason 55, 179
cuts family ties 250–1
firearms 101, 167–8, 245
incriminates Victor over Hefti murder 224, 234, 246
on Kathy 250
Kathy on 247, 249, 251–2
lives with Dennis 56, 127, 134, 144, 245–6
Stanhope murder 146, 147, 148, 245
and Sue Guy 200–1, 246
Wagnegg murder 170, 245–6
Walsh Street murders 219–30, 235, 246–52
witness protection 225, 228, 249–50, 261
Sandringham episode 85, 86–7
Sandy (wife of Wayne the builder) 146, 147, 158, 159, 211, 212, 213, 214
Scotty 142
Sedgman, Bobby 15
Sentimental Bloke Hotel 44, 45–7
Shaw, Elizabeth 197
Shields, Kathleen (’Mum’) 7, 11, 13, 15, 17–18, 23, 24
Shields, Norman 4–5
Simpson, Leonie 162–3, 164
Simpson, Lindsay 117, 162–5, 197
Smith, Broderick 87
Smith, Neddy 113
soldiers 56, 127–9 151–2 see also The Enforcer
Sprague, Detective Chief Inspector David 226–7, 228, 257–8
Stanhope, Wayne 146–9, 157–61, 213, 251
Stephenson Street, Richmond 67, 100–1, 108–9, 123–4, 126–7, 131–2, 177, 208, 215
Stewart, Daryl 191
Stockley, Christopher 87
Strongman, Denise 168, 169
The Enforcer 66, 96–7, 98, 99, 125, 136–44, 185, 200
Kenny murder 189–90
police helicopter shooting 104–6
The Fairlie Arrow 75
The Talking Bone (Dee) 52, 103, 137–8, 172
Thompson, Keryn Jean 42, 57, 58, 60–1
Tongalini, Joe 64–5
Tsakmakis, Alex 44
Turana 82, 89
Tynan, Constable Steven 221, 223, 224 see also Walsh Street