Bad: The true story of the Perish brothers and Australia's biggest ever murder investigation
Jan 2012 · Allen & Unwin
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Strike Force Tuno and this investigation is soon to be the subject of the fifth Underbelly television series, Underbelly: Badness
When
Terry Falconer's dismembered body turned up in the Hastings River in
2001, detective Gary Jubelin was given the investigation to lead.
Falconer had been a violent criminal, a police informer, and possibly a
murderer. The suspect list quickly grew to 70 of the state's most
hardened criminals, all of whom had wanted him dead.
After a year
Jubelin had a name. Anthony Perish believed Falconer had carried out a
contract killing on his grandparents back in 1993. Perish was almost
unknown to police, but as Jubelin and his team dug deeper, they
discovered he was one of Australia's most successful drug manufacturers,
with strong links to the Rebels bikie gang and a reputation for
violence and professionalism. Only the personal nature of his revenge
murder of Falconer had brought him out of the shadows.
It took
the dozens of detectives involved with Strike Force Tuno a decade to
bring Anthony Perish and his brother Andrew to justice. It is an amazing
story of what police call serious 'badness', involving many murders,
professional killers, protected witnesses, electronic surveillance,
underground drug labs, secret hearings conducted by the New South Wales
Crime Commission, and over 180,000 recorded phone conversations.
Author
Michael Duffy was given almost unprecedented access to police force
files to write the story of what has been described as one of
Australia's most difficult murder investigations and its biggest. The
result is a chilling and forensic account of an Australian criminal
empire that dwarfs all others and a meticulous and enthralling chronicle
of an extraordinary police investigation.
When
Terry Falconer's dismembered body turned up in the Hastings River in
2001, detective Gary Jubelin was given the investigation to lead.
Falconer had been a violent criminal, a police informer, and possibly a
murderer. The suspect list quickly grew to 70 of the state's most
hardened criminals, all of whom had wanted him dead.
After a year
Jubelin had a name. Anthony Perish believed Falconer had carried out a
contract killing on his grandparents back in 1993. Perish was almost
unknown to police, but as Jubelin and his team dug deeper, they
discovered he was one of Australia's most successful drug manufacturers,
with strong links to the Rebels bikie gang and a reputation for
violence and professionalism. Only the personal nature of his revenge
murder of Falconer had brought him out of the shadows.
It took
the dozens of detectives involved with Strike Force Tuno a decade to
bring Anthony Perish and his brother Andrew to justice. It is an amazing
story of what police call serious 'badness', involving many murders,
professional killers, protected witnesses, electronic surveillance,
underground drug labs, secret hearings conducted by the New South Wales
Crime Commission, and over 180,000 recorded phone conversations.
Author
Michael Duffy was given almost unprecedented access to police force
files to write the story of what has been described as one of
Australia's most difficult murder investigations and its biggest. The
result is a chilling and forensic account of an Australian criminal
empire that dwarfs all others and a meticulous and enthralling chronicle
of an extraordinary police investigation.
Strike Force Tuno and this investigation is soon to be the subject of the fifth Underbelly television series, Underbelly: Badness
When
Terry Falconer's dismembered body turned up in the Hastings River in
2001, detective Gary Jubelin was given the investigation to lead.
Falconer had been a viol...
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Kevin Langford
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December 11, 2022
the best Australian true crime book I've ever read
Missus Jas
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January 15, 2018
A long time for justice
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Chris Wharton
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October 8, 2020
a well written and enjoyable read
About the author
Michael Duffy has been writing about Sydney for many years as a
journalist. Michael writes about trials and crime for the Sun Herald and
Sydney Morning Herald and co-presents 'Counterpoint', ABC Radio
National's challenge to orthodox ideas. He also writes crime fiction.
Michael Duffy has been writing about Sydney for many years as a journalist. Michael writes about trials and crime for the Sun Herald and Sydney Morning Herald and co-presents 'Counterpoint', ABC Radio National's challenge to orthodox ideas. He also writes crime fiction.
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