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State:WA Sentence: Sentenced to life in jail/ 20 yrs non parole- eligible for parole in 2007. Offence/Other: Birnie and her de facto David Birnie were sentenced to a minimum 20 years in jail for kidnapping,sexually abusing and murdering 4 young women in Perth in 1986..Their fifth victim (a 17yr old girl) managed to escape. "THE young woman who escaped the Birnies and stopped their evil spree has this week sought a personal assurance from the Attorney-General that serial killer Catherine will never be released". (extract from news article-see below). |
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NEVER RELEASE HER: The fifth and only surviving victim of Catherine and David Birnie, who murdered four young Perth women, has urged authorities never to release her. Source: PerthNow THE young woman who escaped the Birnies and stopped their evil spree has this week sought a personal assurance from the Attorney-General that serial killer Catherine will never be released. A week before Catherine Birnie's life sentence is reviewed again - the second time in 23 years behind bars - her last victim, and only survivor, has demanded to be told by WA Attorney General Christian Porter if he will ever grant her parole. The woman's plea comes amid calls from victims' rights campaigner and former parole board member Georgia Prideaux for the WA Government to stop or delay regular parole reviews for serious murderers and sex criminals because of the impact it has on victims and their families. In a letter faxed to the Attorney-General's office on Friday, the woman, who has asked not to be named, told Mr Porter she had been informed by all his predecessors that Birnie would never be set free. "I have asked Christian Porter what his position is on it (Birnie's release), given the fact that I have been assured by attorneys-general previously that she will never be released," she told The Sunday Times. "I faxed him a letter on Friday afternoon, so I will expect a response next week." The woman, who has left Perth but remains in WA, was abducted at knifepoint by the Birnies as a 17-year-old while walking along Stirling Highway, Nedlands, on November 9, 1986, after leaving a hotel. She was kept at their house in Moorhouse St, Willagee, and raped repeatedly until she managed to escape. Birnie and her de facto David were sentenced to a minimum 20 years in jail for kidnapping, sexually abusing and murdering three women and a teenager. After Birnie's parole was first considered and rejected in 2007, former attorney-general Jim McGinty announced she would never be released while he was in office. But last month, Mr Porter stopped short of giving a complete guarantee, saying: "I will consider the Prisoners Review Board report on Ms Birnie when it arrives in due course, but to date nothing has come across my desk to make me take a different view to the previous attorney-general." When asked if he would give the woman his assurance that Birnie would not be freed, his spokeswoman yesterday declined to comment further. She would not confirm whether the letter had been received. The Prisoners Review Board will meet on Friday to discuss Birnie's case. A review must be made every three years for life and indefinite sentence prisoners after they become eligible for parole. The board will consider psychiatric, psychological and behavioural reports on Birnie and her own written submission before handing a report to Mr Porter within six weeks. Mr Porter will make the final decision. Ms Prideaux, who ended her term on the Parole Board a year ago, said the reviews created great stress for people who suffered at the hands of criminals. "Parole reviews are a constant reminder for victims," Ms Prideaux said. "Each time they are notified about the upcoming review and have to go through the same pain. "In cases when there is hope that the person can be released, then every three years is a good time frame, but in cases where there is still too much risk and release is very unlikely, especially with sex offenders, these decisions should be delayed for longer or not at all." Mr Porter said he did not support the idea of scrapping the reviews for indefinite prisoners. "While I am sympathetic to the impact review processes have on victims, I consider that reviews every three years is about right, so long as they are done with the victims' interests being strictly observed," he said. David Birnie was found dead in his cell in 2005. The Sunday Times (20-1-2010) Todd Cardy |
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SERIAL killer Catherine Birnie's hopes of freedom have been dashed, with Attorney-General Christian Porter saying she will never be released. Mr Porter said yesterday he had the same views on Birnie as former attorney-general Jim McGinty, who said in 2007 that Birnie would never be released under his watch. There have been reports that Birnie, 58, who is in Bandyup Women's Prison, is preparing for a new parole hearing in nine months. Birnie, who has been behind bars for 22 years, claims to have found God in prison and is telling people she is a changed person. A prison source confirmed that Birnie was spending time preparing her case. But he said Birnie had told other prisoners that she did not expect it to be successful. "Catherine said she knows that no politician would ever agree to it because it would end their political career," he said. "She seems resigned to the fact that the appeal will fail." Birnie was refused parole by the Prisoners Review Board two years ago and is hoping she will be freed when she fronts the board again next year. Mr Porter gave Birnie little hope. He said her offences were among the most serious in WA history. "Nothing has come across my desk to suggest that I would take a different position to the previous attorney-general in relation to Catherine Birnie," he said. Birnie and her husband, David, kidnapped, sexually abused and murdered four women in the 1980s. They were caught when a fifth kidnapped teenager escaped from their Willagee house. David Birnie hanged himself in his cell in 2005. Perth Now (14-3-2009) Nick Taylor |
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One of Australia's most notorious serial killers, David Birnie, has been found dead in his cell in a maximum security prison. Birnie, 55, was serving a life sentence in Casuarina prison, south of Perth in WA, for the abduction, rape, torture and murder of four women in 1986. The offences were committed in partnership with his de facto wife Catherine Birnie, 52, who is serving a life sentence in Bandyup women's prison, in Perth's north-east. Police this morning confirmed the prisoner's identity as David John Birnie. Birnie's body was found hanging in a cell about 4.30am (WST) today. The prison squad and forensic police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. The Birnies embarked on a five-week killing spree in October and November 1986, luring the women to their house in suburban Willagee or abducting them, before raping them and stabbing, strangling and clubbing them to death. The spree ended when a fifth rape victim managed to escape and alert police. Catherine Birnie left her husband and their six children in 1985 to live with David Birnie. She never married Birnie, but took his surname. The pair were due to be eligible for parole in 2007. "Police can confirm that sentenced prisoner David John Birnie, 55 years, was found deceased in his cell at Casuarina Prison at approximately 4.30am (WST), this morning," police said in a statement. "The police investigation into his death will be coordinated by the Police Prison Unit, on behalf of the coroner. "At this point in time, the circumstances do not appear to be suspicious." AAP (7-10-2005) |
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