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19 September 1994. Hallam, Victoria


Constable Jason Bryant and Sergeant Allan Beckwith were patrolling north along Hallam Road, when they spotted a stolen Nissan Bluebird with stolen registration plates backing out of Bowens Timber and Hardware.


Neither of the officers knew the car or plates were stolen at that moment, but the driver was hasty to be on their way, so the police pulled over and let them pass, before putting on their lights and pulling the vehicle over. This was night time so the occupants of the Bluebird may not have known this was a police car, but they soon learnt.


As Sergeant Beckwith left his vehicle to approach the Bluebird, a middle aged husky looking man leapt out of the Nissan with a revolver pointed directly at the officer, then fired a shot...


Join Shaun and Chloe as they discuss the murders of Donna Hicks and Kristy Harty, the Pigout and Hamada Robberies, and a few other cases linked with Bandali Debs in this 2 part episode that culminates with the coverage of the tragic Silk-Miller Police murders on next week's episode.


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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below: 


  1. Eavesdropping on Evil, by Wayne Howell
  2. One Down, One Missing, by Joe D’Alo and David Astle
  3. 'Everyman' serial killer Bandali Debs pays price for murders of officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller, sex workers Kristy Harty and Donna Hicks, by Paul Anderson, HeraldSun
  4. Wikipedia - Narre Warren
  5. Man charged over $2.4m Melbourne security van heist 22 years ago
  6. DPP v Ghiller [2003] VSC 350; 151 A Crim R 148
  7. R v Debs [2012] NSWSC 119
  8. Rotten to the core, and now rotting in jail, John Silvester, The Age
  9. R v Debs [2007] VSC 220 (22 June 2007)
  10. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/true-blue-crime.

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