Pedophile link to 4th murder (Australia)

by **professorpan** » Thu May 26, 2005 10:32 pm

<a href="http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,15419157%255E2682,00.html">www.theadvertiser.news.co...82,00.html</a> Pedophile link to 4th murder: Lewis By BRYAN LITTLELY 27may05 AN Elizabeth man murdered in an execution-style shooting was the fourth person to be killed after alleging a state MP was a pedophile, former speaker Peter Lewis told Parliament yesterday. The body of Walter Handley, 38, was found with a single bullet wound to the head in the Smithfield Sports and Social Club carpark on Wednesday. Mr Lewis yesterday stunned Parliament when he said Mr Handley was an associate of Shaine Moore, 33, Robert Woodland, 36, and Jaynee Sheridan, 58. All had claimed to have knowledge of – or to have been the victim of – an alleged pedophile MP. "He, too, has just been murdered," Mr Lewis told Parliament. "I have not had conversations with him for six months or so, but I have tried to make contact with him lately to encourage him to take courage and to give statements of his knowledge to police. "I say now to the House that there is a stench of the most heinous kind arising from these crimes and associated activities which comes right into this place and into the front bench." Mr Lewis said other alleged victims of pedophilia he had spoken with had also been threatened with murder. Police, however, believe the likely motive for Mr Handley's murder was an outstanding debt. "It may have been an issue regarding a debt that was outstanding," said Detective Superintendent Peter Woite from the Major Crime Investigation Branch. Det-Supt Woite revealed Mr Handley was shot in the head in the carpark about 1.50pm on Wednesday. He died soon after being taken to Lyell McEwin Hospital. Police last night would not comment on Mr Lewis's claims. Det-Supt Woite said Mr Handley, who was separated from his wife, is believed to have met his killer at the club. "It is not believed that the shooting was a random incident and his death has now been declared a major crime," he said. Early investigations suggested the murder was not connected to other crimes, he said. Information so far "does not indicate it to be bikie gang-related" and there was no evidence to suggest drugs or the gay scene was involved. "From information from some of the people in the near vicinity, it appears there may have been more than one vehicle in the vicinity," he said. Police had spoken to "a whole range" of the victim's associates in their investigations. For operational reasons, he would not disclose if the victim was armed or was in possession of money. The type of gun used in the shooting is not known, and police could not confirm how many shots were fired. There were no witnesses to the murder. Anyone with information about people or vehicles in the vicinity of the club between 1.30pm and 1.50pm on Wednesday should contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

by **Rigorous Intuition** » Thu May 26, 2005 11:49 pm

and that doesn't seem so long ago. And it seemed too many to ignore then.

by **biaothanatoi** » Fri May 27, 2005 12:05 am

We are to believe that a loan shark would shoot a man in the head for non-recovery of debt, but a paedophile ring would't do the same to stay out of jail. Four men - identical allegations - all dead. You might want to read a summary of the Victorian situation, which I tapped up yesterday. ---------------------------------------------------------- Over the last twenty years, hundreds of children and adults have contacted sexual assault services in Victoria claiming to be the victims of organised paedophilia and ritual abuse.(1) A number of police investigations have been undertaken but none have resulted in a conviction. In 2002, the Victorian Ombudsman began investigating seven separate allegations that the police had mishandled investigations into ritual abuse. The alleged mishandling involved lost evidence, altered police files, overlooked witnesses and insults against child victims. Four cases were to be reviewed in which child victims alleged that paedophiles had worn police uniforms and identified themselves as police officers. The complaints were referred to the Ombudsman by the Victorian Police Commissioner after a dossier containing several independent allegations of ritual abuse by men wearing police uniforms on police premises was the only item stolen during the home invasion of a child protection worker in 2002. In all four investigations, police did not lay charges. In one case, they stating that a victim was “too well groomed” by the paedophiles, although the alleged offender and the paedophile ring were well known to the police, and the victim had provided a twelve paged statement to police.(2) In another investigation, the officer stated that the jury would not believe an alleged victim because “"similar behaviour of males attempting to touch other men's penises happens in football rooms after the game". (3) In a series of articles in 2004, the Melbourne newspaper The Age reported on the ongoing problems within the Ombudsman’s investigation. These included: long delays in interviewing witnesses, anonymous tampering with Ombudsman’s case files, the leaking of confidential information to alleged perpetrators, the removal of one investigator due to his close personal relationships with alleged perpetrators, and the removal of another after he falsely claimed not to have spoken to two witnesses. The Ombudsman’s report into four alleged cases of ritual abuse and organised paedophilia was released in July 2004.(4) The report found that: • Children remained at risk following the failure of the sexual crimes squad to adequately investigate the allegations. In one case, the Ombudsman’s office found that children were still visiting the home of an alleged offender four years after an investigation into his alleged offenses was closed. • A senior sexual crimes squad detective blamed a 12-year-old schoolgirl for her alleged abuse at the hands of a 63-year-old man. Another police officer told Ombudsman investigators the same girl was a "slut", despite admitting she had most likely been sexually abused. "My view was that if anything was going on it was at the hands of . . . the instigator, which was the child," the detective said. "She was standing over or was probably standing over (the alleged offender) for money, cigarettes and alcohol and the allegations that she had made were unable to be proven and unable to be substantiated." … when it was suggested that his belief a 12-year-old girl could "stand over" a much older man indicated a considerable power shift, he "stated that this was not an unusual situation".(5) • Interviews with alleged child victims were cursory and notes of the interviews failed to provide any details of questions or responses. A welfare co-ordinator who sat in on a string of interviews in a small country town described the interviews as designed "to stop a child from talking". • Crime Stoppers improperly passed on an allegation against a senior member of the sexual crimes squad to the squad itself, rather than the ethical standards department. A range of senior officers, including two inspectors, failed to inform the department that the allegations had been made. • The sexual crimes squad failed to investigate allegations against a teacher, and falsely told the Education Department that investigations had been carried out and the teacher cleared. The teacher is still employed at a Melbourne secondary college. • One investigation centering on an allegation about a Melbourne commercial television executive was limited to a detective ringing a family member. • An investigation into the ritual abuse of a children at a day care centre was closed on the basis a denial by the alleged perpetrator. The report recommended that the four cases be reopened. The Ombudsman's investigation found there was no evidence of any direct police involvement in pedophilia, as had been alleged. However, the Ombudsman had "serious concerns as to the truthfulness" of evidence provided under oath to his investigators by two of the state's most senior sexual crimes investigators. A senior member of the sexual crimes squad displayed "unprofessional conduct" during the Ombudsman's investigation, to the point that his behaviour and attitude "raises doubts about his continuing suitability to his current position". An officer was called in from interstate to review the operations of the sexual crimes squad, and two senior members of the sexual crimes squad faced a disciplinary inquiry. Neither were transferred or removed from their position due to the threat of industrial action.(6) Parents of the alleged ritual abuse victims quickly began expressing doubts about the handling of the reopened sexual abuse investigations. In one case, neither the parents, nor the children, at the centre of ritual abuse allegations were contacted for interview, or received an official notification of the case being reopened. "I can't really trust the police force any more," said one mother. "I can't understand why nothing is being done." Another parent said the police "never put in the resources required to solve this" and called for an independent inquiry into child sexual abuse in Victoria.(7) In late 2004, during a period where alleged police involvement in organised paedophilia, drug running and gangland execution shared the front page, the Victorian government established the Office of Police Integrity (OPI) to investigate police corruption. Child protection agencies supplied the OPI with names of ritual abuse victims and witnesses. No Victoria Police file was requested or re-examined in response, however, the OPI informed the child advocacy groups that it had investigated their complaints and would take no further action. Shortly afterwards, a senior investigator stated that the OPI did not have the resources to investigate police protection of organised crime.(8) The four reopened cases continue to be investigated, alongside concommitant Ombudsman's investigations into ritual abuse and sexual assault allegations, and threats made against child protection workers and their families. References: 1. Schmuttermaier, John, Arthur Veno., “Counselors' beliefs about ritual abuse: An Australian study Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.” Journal of Child Sex Abuse, 1999, 8 (3) p. 45; Bianca Wordley, “Vic: Abuse cover-up not being investigated by police; advocates abuse”, AAP, July 8 2004 2. Gary Hughes, “Police files on sex abuse 'vanished'”, The Age, April 19, 2004 at <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/18/1082226635777.html">www.theage.com.au/article...35777.html</a> 3. Gary Hughes, “Authorities ignored sex abuse claims”, The Age, April 6, 2004 at <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/05/1081017102180.html">www.theage.com.au/article...02180.html</a> 4. Gary Hughes, “Inquiry finds fault with sex crime squad”, The Age, July 8 2004, <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/07/1089000224780.html?oneclick=true">www.theage.com.au/article...click=true</a> 5. Gary Hughes, Ignoring a Plea for Help, The Age, July 10 2004, <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/09/1089000354976.html?oneclick=true">www.theage.com.au/article...click=true</a> 6. Gary Hughes, Police still under scrutiny on abuse cases, The Age, August 30, 2004 <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/29/1093717837797.html?oneclick=true">www.theage.com.au/article...click=true</a> 7. Gary Hughes, Police ‘bungling’ child abuse case, The Age, September 17, 2004 <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/16/1095320900955.html?from=storylhs&oneclick=true">www.theage.com.au/article...click=true</a> 8. Gary Hughes, New doubts on police corruption watchdog, The Age, March 2 2005 <a href="http://www.csapp.net/the_age020305.html">www.csapp.net/the_age020305.html</a>

by **Rigorous Intuition** » Fri May 27, 2005 10:12 am

<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1379000.htm" target="top">Here's</a> another story: Lewis claims possible paedophile link to murder South Australian Independent MP Peter Lewis says the person who shot and killed an Elizabeth man earlier this week may not have been acting alone. Mr Lewis claims the victim may have been targeted after giving him information about an alleged paedophile MP. Police have charged a 28-year-old man with the murder of Walter Handley. The 38-year-old died on Wednesday after being shot in the head in a Smithfield car park. Mr Lewis claims that more than one person may have been involved in the killing. "The murderer is not necessarily acting alone and may not even be sufficiently intelligent to be conscious of the fashion in which they've been manipulated into committing that crime," he said. Mr Lewis says the victim is the fourth person to have been killed after giving him information about an MP's paedophile activities. However police say there is no link between the murders.

by **gwbushmalecheerleader** » Sat May 28, 2005 5:12 am

"However police say there is no link between the murders." "All the cops are criminals, and all the sinners, Saints..."

by **rain** » Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:32 am

just a note. that editor 'exiled to Australia', Andrew Jaspan, mentioned in the comments of the Dunblane blog, is now Editor-in-Chief of Melbourne's 'The Age'.

Pedophile link to 4th murder (Australia)

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Four?!? Last I heard it was two,

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