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Killer's book would add to trauma: group
A jailhouse manuscript penned by Victoria's worst serial killer should never be allowed to be published, a victims of crime support group says. Seven-time murderer Paul Steven Haigh lays blame on some of his victims for their deaths in his book The House of the Blue Light, which contains a harrowing account of how he killed two of his victims. Crime Victims Support Association president Noel McNamara said the book should never be published. "It's just showing a complete disrespect and disregard of victims," Mr McNamara said on Tuesday. Mr McNamara said if the book was ever released, it would add to the grief felt by families dealing with the traumatic murder of a loved one. "When you've got cold-blooded killers writing their thoughts, it just leaves a very nasty taste in your mouth," he said. "As far as I know, there's no laws about cold-blooded killers saying what they like, which is pretty disgusting. "That shouldn't be allowed to happen. Something's got to be done." In the book, Haigh gives a harrowing account of how he killed Sheryle Gardner and her nine-year-old son Danny Mitchell in 1979, News Ltd has reported. "I shot the mother first. Then, while consoling the boy, I shot him with the second gun when his back was turned to me," he writes. He writes that some of his victims only had themselves to blame, News Ltd reported. Haigh was jailed for life over the murders of six people in the late 1970s. He also helped a sex offender hang himself in Pentridge Prison in 1991. He has filed an application to seek a minimum non-parole term. Mr McNamara said Haigh was remorseless and he would write to the Victorian government in a bid to prevent the book being released. "You can't let these people out. You can see he's learnt nothing by putting out something like that." AAP (10-4-2012) http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/national/13378357/killers-book-would-add-to-trauma-group/ |
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Serial killer Paul Steven Haigh wins right to seek parole
A SERIAL killer who says he is no longer a monster, despite having killed seven people including a child, has won the right to have his sentence reviewed to determine whether he should be entitled to parole. Paul Steven Haigh, 53, who is serving six life sentences without parole, appealed a 2009 Victorian Supreme Court decision to deny his request to be given a minimum term. Representing himself in the Victorian Court of Appeal, he said his remorse, as well as the mental disorders he suffered at the time of the killings, had not been considered by Justice Betty King in 2009. He argued her decision was flawed because she had based it on a 2005 pre-sentence report that was later withdrawn by the Victorian Parole Board and replaced in 2007. The first report had portrayed him so negatively that he "considered stepping into the shower and cutting my throat". Last week Haigh told justices Peter Buchanan, Geoffrey Nettle and Emilios Kyrou that he no longer suffered mental disorders and no longer posed a threat to society. "Jail has served its purpose in allowing me to rehabilitate so it is a needless cruelty to keep me (there)," he said. "I once belonged there because I was once a monster but having become something less, then I deserve to be let out of the cage." Justice Buchanan today said the order made by Justice King should be set aside. He ordered the matter be heard by another judge in the trial division. Haigh was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Lisa Brearley, 19, Tattslotto agency worker Evelyn Adams, 58, 45-year-old pizza shop operator and father of two Bruno Cingolani, Sheryle Gardner, 31, and her 10-year-old son Danny Mitchell and associate Wayne Keith Smith, 27, in the late 1970s. Haigh, who has spent more than 30 years in prison, was also convicted of killing sex offender Donald George Hatherley, whom he helped hang in a jail cell at Pentridge Prison in 1991. AAP (19-4-2011) Belinda Merhab http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/serial-killer-paul-steven-haigh-wins-right-to-seek-parole/story-e6frf7jx-1226041471485 |
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Serial killer Paul Haigh says he's no 'monster', seeks parole
A serial killer convicted of the murder of seven people including a 10-year-old boy says he is no longer a "monster" and deserves to be given a chance at parole. 
Representing himself in the Victorian Court of Appeal today, Haigh said that at the time he committed the offences, he had been suffering from up to three mental disorders. He said this should have been considered as a mitigating factor by Justice Betty King, who rejected his request for a minimum term in 2009. He also disputed Justice King's finding that he was someone who remained "a callous individual" who had "no real empathy". Haigh said he felt remorse for the suffering he caused and believed he could be a contributing member of society if released, now that he was no longer suffering from the personality disorders that he claimed he experienced at the time of the killings. "Jail has served its purpose in allowing me to rehabilitate so it is a needless cruelty to keep me (there)," he said. "I once belonged there because I was once a monster but having become something less, then I deserve to be let out of the cage." He said he hoped to be given the chance to "establish myself in the community ... having a productive life and contributing in ways that because of my affliction when young was unable to". Haigh was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Lisa Brearley, 19, Tattslotto agency worker Evelyn Adams, 58, pizza shop operator and father of two Bruno Cingolani, 45, Sheryle Gardner, 31, and her 10-year-old son Danny Mitchell and associate Wayne Keith Smith, 27, in the late 1970s. Haigh, who has spent more than 30 years in prison, was also convicted of killing sex offender Donald George Hatherley, whom he helped hang in a jail cell at Pentridge Prison in 1991. The hearing before Justices Peter Buchanan, Geoffrey Nettle and Emilios Kyrou continues. AAP (11-4-2011) http://www.news.com.au/national/serial-killer-paul-haigh-says-hes-no-monster-seeks-parole/story-e6frfkvr-1226037212742 |
Serial killer's book of evil (10-4-2012)
Serial killer Paul Steven Haigh mocks victims' loved ones in book The House of the Blue Light (10-4-2012)
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