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Keith William Allan (1946 – c. 28 May 2000) was an Australian solicitor, murdered in a contract killing. He was educated at Northcote High School and the University of Melbourne, where he completed the degree Bachelor of Laws. He practiced as a solicitor at Avondale Heights, a western suburb of Melbourne located in the City of Moonee Valley. He was a cousin of Jacinta Allan, a Minister in the Victorian state governments of Steve Bracks and John Brumby. He was also a cousin of former test cricketer Graham Yallop and former Australian rules footballers Ken Turner (Collingwood), Jamie Turner (Collingwood) and Max Oppy (Richmond). Three men - Sudo Cavkic, a Bosnian Australian; Costas Athanasi, a Greek-Cypriot Australian; and Julian Michael Clarke, also of Australian nationality - were tried and convicted for his murder after three trials before the Supreme Court of Victoria. Frank De Stefano, a former gambling associate of Clarke, gave evidence at each of the three trials, as did Jack C. Collins, Australian Football great and personal friend of Allan. The case received considerable media coverage, particularly by the Geelong Advertiser, as Clarke was a former Geelong resident. This case is an example of a murder conviction without a body; the whereabouts of Allan's corpse remain unknown.〔Emily Webb (2014), ''Murder in Suburbia: Disturbing stories from Australia’s dark heart'', The Five Mile Press, Scoresby, Victoria, p.99 ISBN 9781743465288〕 ==Murder case== The Allan murder was a contract killing.〔James Morton (2005), ''Gangland. The Contract Killers'', Sphere, London, p.327. ISBN 0-7515-3609-1〕 The architect of his murder was Clarke,〔James Morton and Susanna Lobez (2009), ''Dangerous to Know. An Australasian Crime Compendium'', Victory Books, Carlton, p.97. ISBN 978-0-522-85681-1〕 who was stealing substantial sums of money from the solicitor trust account of his employer Allan.〔James Morton and Susanna Lobez (2011), ''Kings of Stings. The Greatest Swindles from Down Under'', Victory Books, Carlton, pp.169-171. ISBN 978-0-522-85859-4〕 The money stolen was largely gambled at Crown Casino, where Clarke was a devotee of the high roller Mahogany Room. Clarke gambled with former Geelong Mayor Frank De Stefano, whom he allowed to launder considerable money through the trust account, without Allan's knowledge.〔John Silvester and Andrew Rule (2005), ''Gotcha. How Australia's baddest crooks copped their right wack'', Floradale and Sly Ink, Sydney, p.60. ISBN 0-9752318-5-5〕 The plan was for Allan to be executed, his body to be disposed of, and for him to be regarded as a missing person. Clarke paid Athanasi, an active drug dealer, about $93,000 to organise the murder. Athanasi then engaged his long-time friend Cavkic to actually carry it out. The plan almost succeeded but for two alert policemen, Senior Constables Michael Strongman and Travis McCarthy, who apprehended Cavkic driving Allan's car, a blue Mercedes Benz, in a dead end street at Altona Meadows, a western suburb of Melbourne.〔John Silvester and Andrew Rule (2004), ''Underbelly 8'', Floradale and Sly Ink, Sydney, pp.32-44. ISBN 0-9752318-2-0〕 The trial judge applied a precedent of the High Court of Australia in Green's Case of 1971 In 2006, the second trial resulted in a hung jury. In 2007, all three were again found guilty, and were sentenced by the trial judge, Justice Coldrey, to sentences that ranged from twenty three and a half years to nineteen years.〔http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22254504-5003500,00.html 〕 Justices Virginia Bell and Susan Crennan of the High Court of Australia refused an application seeking special leave to appeal on 11 December 2009.〔[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/HCATrans/2009/336.html Clarke v The Queen; Athanasi v The Queen; Cavkic v The Queen [2009] HCATrans 336 (11 December 2009)]〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Murder of Keith William Allan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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