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State: VIC Sentence:Jailed in 1969 (insanity plea).. He is currently (2005) still in prison. Offence/Other: In 1969 Percy was was found not guilty by reason of insanity, of raping and murdering, then mutilating a 12yr old girl. In 1998, Justice Geoff Eames, refused Percys release into the community. He said that Percy was still a serious danger to children and had never sought treatment for his unusual and deadly paedophile condition.
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CASHED-up child killer Derek Percy is crying poor as he makes a fresh demand on a suspected victim's mother to pay another $48,000 in legal costs. The latest insult comes as Premier Ted Baillieu and Attorney-General Robert Clark yesterday ignored calls to help pensioner Jean Priest, who must already pay $32,247 to Percy. The Supreme Court has issued orders, by consent, that Ms Priest pay Percy's legal bill after she lost a bid to force the killer to give evidence about her daughter Linda Stilwell, 7, whose body has never been found. She was abducted from St Kilda in August 1968. Hundreds of readers offered support for Ms Priest and pledged financial help after her plight was revealed in the Herald Sun. "I just want to thank everyone who has wanted to help. I just feel overwhelmed at the moment by all that love and support," she said. Ms Priest, 72, faces bankruptcy after losing two legal bids to make Percy answer questions. Percy has escaped being quizzed under oath despite a new law that allowed the Coroner to force Percy to give evidence without that evidence being used in a prosecution against him. Percy -- who was a navy seaman for less than 20 months before his psychiatric discharge in 1968 -- continues to collect ComSuper payments of up to $20,000 a year, based on half a recruit's annual salary. Over the past 42 years this has added up to $250,000 to $300,000. Percy remains in jail indefinitely for the 1969 killing of Yvonne Tuohy, 12, for which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. In an affidavit filed in the Court of Appeal, Percy argues through his lawyer that Ms Priest should pay another $48,700 as security in her final appeal to make him answer questions under oath. "(Percy) has funded, and is continuing to fund, his quite significant legal costs personally and from his own very limited resources," Percy's lawyer, Frank Randle, said in court documents. "He was not in receipt of legal aid." Deputy State Coroner Iain West in 2009 found Percy was in St Kilda in the vicinity of Linda on the day she disappeared. But Mr West decided not to compel Percy to give evidence because of Percy's apparent psychosis at the time, and his potential unreliability. In a police interview in 1969, when asked if he killed Linda Stilwell, Percy said "possibly, I don't remember a thing about it". Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews has called on the Government to say whether it will help Ms Priest. Mark Dunn |
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UPDATE 1.44pm: THE Opposition has demanded to know whether the Government backs a pensioner who has been ordered to pay the legal fees of killer Derek Percy. The Supreme Court has ordered that Jean Priest, 72, must pay Percy's legal bill after she lost the first stage of her fight to force him to give evidence about his suspected part in the killing of her daughter, seven-year-old Linda Stilwell, in 1968. Opposition leader Daniel Andrews has called on the government to come clean about whether it supports Ms Priest in her legal battle. Premier Ted Baillieu and Attorney General Robert Clark have both refused repeated requests to answer questions on the sad possibility that Ms Priest faces possibly bankruptcy after trying to seek justice for the death of her daughter. The State Government has refused to weigh into the issue, and has not returned calls to heraldsun.com.au, despite their "tough on crime" stance prior to the November election. "The Government has gone into hiding, but the public has a right to know whether or not they back Noel McNamara's suggestion of an ex-gratia payment,'' Mr Andrews said. Steve Medcraft of People Against Lenient Sentencing says the situation is a disgrace. "You have got to ask how criminals can use the legal system and the taxpayer pick up the bill, but when a member of the public, a victim of serious crime wants some sort of justice they are subjected to serious costs for asking for it," Mr Medcraft said. He said he would support a garnishment of Percy's money to pay the legal costs owed over the case. "I think the government has got to set a precedent," he said. But the State Government has ignored the plight of pensioner and has refused to weigh into the issue despite their "tough on crime" stance prior to the Novemeber election. "I just think the government has got to say, 'we have got to assist her (Jean Priest), this is just nonsense and we will take steps not to prolong her misery'," Mr Medcraft said. Ms Priest, pictured holding a cherished photo of Linda, is a community volunteer who lives in a retirement village. She says she could be bankrupted by Percy, who has amassed a fortune of up to $300,000 from a navy pension he receives in jail. Crime Victims' Support Association spokesman Noel McNamara said all Percy's money should be confiscated and redistributed to crime victims, but failing that, he should be forced to pay his own bills. "I think it should be garnisheed from his superannuation," he said. "A couple of years in the navy and you've got $300,000, it is just amazing. "I certainly think the money should come out from him and failing that, if they can't get the money out (of him) the government should pick it (the bill for legal fees) up. "I just think the government has to make an ex-gratia payment which they can do from time to time and help Jean out. "The whole system is a worry, it just leaves me mind boggled." The grieving grandmother plans one last bid for justice before the Court of Appeal, but she may face a total legal bill from Percy of $80,000 if that appeal fails. "We now have a bill for $32,247 and I don't know how I am going to pay that. I have no way of doing that," a tearful Ms Priest told the Herald Sun. "I can't sleep at night. "Prisoners seem to have all the rights, victims have no rights." Percy, 62, is Victoria's longest-serving prisoner and remains in jail for the mutilation killing of Yvonne Tuohy, 12, less than 12 months after Linda disappeared. Linda's body has never been found. Percy has been linked to nine child killings in the late 1960s across several states. He was prosecuted only for Yvonne Tuohy's death, where he was found not guilty by reason of insanity - a technicality that allows him to continue receiving his navy pension. "I feel I've got to go as far as I possibly can for Linda," Ms Priest said. She added that she was "physically sick" when told she might have to pay $80,000 in legal fees to Percy if the appeal were lost. Ms Priest said she would continue to try to find her daughter's body so she could be finally laid to rest with some dignity. "The coroner found Derek Percy was in St Kilda on that day and only metres from her," she said. "What is the possibility that there could be two child murderers in that kind of area at the same time? "We need her body so that we can have a resting place for her. "I believe he did it. I just can't bear to think of what he did to her." Both Deputy State Coroner Iain West and Supreme Court Justice Iain Ross declined to force Percy to give evidence because of his apparent psychosis at the time of the abduction and the potential his evidence would be unreliable. Ms Priest's barristers, Elizabeth McKinnon and Simon Gillespie-Jones, would not comment. Before the ruling on costs went against Ms Priest, Herald Sun readers late last year pledged $7300 towards her pending legal bill. "I'd like to thank the readers of the Herald Sun for the help they have given me. I just wonder if anybody else can help because it's financial ruin," she said. |
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WE often hear the noble maxim "justice is blind". But, as shown by Jean Priest's fight in today's Herald Sun, people might think justice can also be dumb. Grieving pensioner Ms Priest has for 42 years been tortured by the mystery of what became of her seven-year-old daughter, Linda Stilwell. She now faces financial ruin after being hit with a $32,247 legal bill from the man that she suspects killed her beloved daughter. Linda, last seen rolling down the grass foreshore at St Kilda on August 10, 1968, was abducted, and her body has never been found. Last year Deputy State Coroner Iain West began an inquest into Linda's death and made an official, interim finding that Derek Percy was in St Kilda on the day Linda disappeared. Percy remains in jail as Victoria's longest-serving prisoner, having been found not guilty by reason of insanity of the murder of Yvonne Tuohy, 12, in 1969. But, despite new coronial laws allowing indemnity from prosecution, Deputy Coroner West declined to compel Percy to give evidence at Linda's inquest and in so doing the chance to have him face questions under oath was lost. An appeal to the Supreme Court followed where Justice Iain Ross found Deputy Coroner West did not err in law. Being a civil jurisdiction case, Justice Ross has now ruled Ms Priest, as the losing party in the appeal, must pay Percy's costs. What makes matters worse, is that the bill could reach up to $80,000 if Ms Priest loses her final bid for answers before the Court of Appeal. This sad case of a mother's search for answers shows justice is indeed blind. |
A CONVICTED childkiller linked to the disappearance of the Beaumont children has been called to give evidence about a girl who went missing 41 years ago. Derek Ernest Percy has been called to give evidence in the coronial inquest into the disappearance and presumed death of seven-year-old Linda Stilwell in 1968. Percy has been in prison for 40 years over the murder of 12-year-old Yvonne Tuohy and has been linked to Australia's most notorious child killings of the 1960s, including the Beaumont children in Adelaide in 1966 and teenagers Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt at Wanda beach in Sydney in 1965. The inquest at the Victorian Coroner's Court is examining how Linda disappeared from the foreshore at St Kilda beach in August 1968. Linda's mother, sister and brother appeared deeply affected when Percy, 61, entered the court after being brought up from the cells under the County Court building. His thin face was framed by a long white beard and balding hair as he sat expressionless in a dark suit, flanked by two guards. His lawyer Paul Higham has objected to him giving evidence on the grounds of self incrimination. |
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Sadistic child killer Derek Percy will be quizzed at an inquest that could ulock the secrets of Australia's most baffling child murders. He will be subpoenaed to give evidence at the inquest into the 1968 murderof Sydney toddler Simon Brook. Breaking three decades of silence, the boy's father, Donald Brook, said he hoped justice would be done. "It is in the public interest that the facts should be established...even after such a long time." This is partly becuase it encourages trust in the police and in judicial process. "It is also partly because, assuming that the facts can be reliably established, it may become impossible to make sure that no other child will ever suffer the same fate, at the same hands." Prof Brooks will be among those called to testify in the hearing, to be held at the Glebe Coroner's Court in Sydney. Detectives from Victoria and New South Wales and an identity expert will also give evidence. A court spokesman said the inquest would be held in mid-december. The move follows a renewed push from the Victorian Police cold case unit to re-examine the suspected crimes of Percy. The Brook case is one in a string of unsolved child murders and disappearances over which Percy was recently questioned. Three-year-old Simon Brook's body was found in bushes near the family home at Glebe Point on May 19, 1968. An autopsy later found balls of newspaper stuffed down his throat. During the 1969 inquest into the child's death, a coroner ruled that the boy had died form suffocaiton. "It would be almost impossible to find words to express the revulsion felt at the fiendish crime perpetrated on this child," the coroner said at the time. The coroner found the death had been caused by an unknown person. Now a different coroner will now be asked to decide wether, on the balance of probabilities, Percy was that person. Percy remains among one of Victoria's longest serving prisoners after his trial over the murder of Yvonne Tuohy at Victoria's Western Port Beach in 1969. He was found not guilty on the grounds of insanity, but jailed at the Governor's pleasure. Victorian police have been working with detectives in three other states and territories to investigate Percy over other child murders dating back almost 40 years. Carly Crawford |
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VICTORIA'S most evil man has amassed a fortune from taxpayers. Sadistic pedophile Derek Percy has pocketed about $177,000 from a government-funded naval pension in the 36 years he has spent behind bars. He has told police he earns almost $200 a fortnight from the pension, which he has received since his discharge from the navy in 1969. The discharge followed his arrest for the horrific torture and murder of 12-year-old Victorian girl Yvonne Tuohy at Western Port Beach in July that year. Percy has since emerged as a suspect in eight other child murders across three states in the 1960s. He has been in jail, at the Governor's pleasure, since the jury in the Tuohy case found him not guilty by insanity. But a string of psychiatric reports in recent years have found him to be bad, not mad, and showing no remorse. "The most serious aspect of his personality is his sadistic fantasy life which revolves around children, their torture and mutilation," said a report. It is believed he may have used some of the money to pay lawyers at his various court hearings and reviews. He reportedly has also invested in gold. His total pension is almost four times that awarded to the man who helped jail him, Shane Spiller. Mr Spiller, who vanished from Wyndham in NSW in 2002, was awarded $50,000 in victim's compensation in 2000. As an 11-year-old boy, Mr Spiller was with Yvonne Tuohy when she was abducted, and gave police a description of Percy's car. The State Government has joined victims' groups in urging an end to Percy's taxpayer-funded bonanza. Police Minister Tim Holding said Percy should give his pension cheques to the families of his victims. "It's a great shame that money that should be going to veterans and their dependents is instead being spent on a man who has committed such a horrendous crime. "If this person had even a shred of decency he would give this money to people who have suffered as a result of his actions," he said. "I would call on him to do this and to finally express remorse for his heinous crimes." Crime Victims Support Association president Noel McNamara called on the Federal Government to cut Percy's pension. "The public will be shocked, and who could blame them? It's just another big stuff-up that shouldn't have happened." "Whatever he's got should be confiscated and the pension should stop." The office of Federal Veterans' Affairs Minister, De-Anne Kelly, directed the Sunday Herald Sun to the Department of Defence. A spokesman said the department would offer a response to the "sensitive" case next week. Carly Crawford |
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DETECTIVES will question notorious child killer Derek Ernest Percy over the disappearance of the Beaumont children in Adelaide almost 40 years ago. The disappearance of Jane, aged 9, Arnna, 7, and Grant, 4, near Glenelg Beach, Adelaide, on Australia Day 1966, remains one of the nation's most baffling mysteries. In an unlisted hearing in Melbourne Magistrates Court today, homicide detectives from Victoria's cold case unit and police from three other states were granted permission to quiz Percy over the crime. Percy, in his late 50s, is Victoria's longest-serving prisoner. He has spent 35 years in Ararat prison for the rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old Yvonne Elizabeth Tuohy. He abducted her from a spot near the beach in the Warneet area of South Gippsland on July 20, 1969. "This application has been sought following investigations by a multi-jurisdictional taskforce set up in early 2004," Inspector Craig Walsh said. "The task force includes detectives from Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and South Australia who are reviewing a number of unsolved murders and suspicious disappearances of children between 1965 and 1968." Media reports last week suggested Tasmanian Police Commissioner Richard McCreadie believed convicted child killer James O'Neill could have been responsible for the Beaumont abduction. But Mr McCreadie and South Australia police rejected the reports, saying O'Neill had been investigated and there was no evidence to link the prisoner to the case. |
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Shane was walking with his friend Yvonne Tuohy, 12, on the beach at Warneet when Percy confronted them on July 20, 1969. Percy abducted, tortured and killed the girl, but Shane escaped after he waved a small tomahawk. Percy is now the suspect in eight unsolved child murders from the 1960s. They include Adelaide's Beaumont children, who disappeared from Glenelg Beach on Australia Day, 1966. Police from Victoria, NSW, South Australia and the ACT interviewed Percy in Melbourne on Wednesday after detectives were granted a magistrate's order to question him. Percy was returned to Ararat Prison yesterday. Percy was identified and arrested largely on the recollections of Shane, then aged 11. The boy described the man, his car and accurately identified a navy insignia on the vehicle. Percy, a rating, was stationed at nearby HMAS Cerberus. Police found him washing blood from his clothes at the base. Percy was found unfit to plead over the Tuohy murder on the grounds of insanity. He has been in custody ever since. Shane remained terrified of Percy. "What happened stuffed me... In the line-up at Russell Street (police station), I had to pick him," he told The Age in 1998. "I had to walk up and point right at his nose. The look he gave me. I can still remember it. In 2000, Shane applied for crimes compensation and was awarded $5000. On appeal to VCAT he received the maximum $50,000. In late August 2002, Shane disappeared from the south- east NSW town of Wyndham, where he had lived for years. A Victorian police source said he feared Shane had been killed for his compensation payout. His four-wheel-drive vehicle is still parked at the front and squatters have moved into the house. A resident who knew him said: "He was always saying someone was after him. No one knows what happened to him." Local publican Bernadette Godfrey said: "He was really scared. He told me that one day he might just take off." Police are preparing a brief of evidence for the coroner on Shane's disappearance. Percy was interviewed on Wednesday about Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt, who were murdered on Sydney's Wanda Beach in January 1965; the disappearance of the three Beaumont children, Jane, Arnna and Grant, in Adelaide in 1966; Alan Redston, a six-year-old murdered in Canberra in September 1966; Simon Brook, a young boy killed in Sydney in 1968; and Linda Stiwell, 7, abducted from St Kilda in August 1968. Percy made no admissions and said he could not remember what he said when interviewed about some of the murders in 1970. A prison report stated: "Early in his incarceration he was questioned by police about similar child murders in NSW, South Australia and Victoria, where similar acts of sadism were carried out on victims." While Percy was found unfit to plead on the grounds of insanity, psychiatrists who have interviewed him since say there are no signs of mental disease. Professor Paul Mullen wrote: "In common with other psychiatrists who have examined Mr Percy subsequent to his trial in 1970, I could find no evidence suggestive of psychiatric illness." |
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