Once upon a Time in Melbourne. Once upon a Time in Melbourne. Once Upon a Time in Melbourne

by Liam Houlihan
ISBN: 9780522869378 / 0522869378
Publisher: Melbourne University Press, 2015
Edition: Softcover
Language: English

About the book

Once upon a time in Melbourne there was a gigolo who thought he was a vampire. He bit the tongue off a prostitute and was then murdered in broad daylight on a suburban street. His execution, top brass believed, was organised by police. The aftershocks of this killing-and the murder of a state witness and his wife inside their fortress home&mash;rocked the police force and the Parliament, vanquished one government and brought the next to its knees.
This is the story of police corruption for years swept under the carpet to avoid a Royal Commission. It is the story of a police force politicised to the point of paralysis and a witness protection program that buries its mistakes. It involves a policeman still free and living in a