Lewis Caine

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subject_name = Lewis Caine


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date_of_death = May 8, 2004 (aged 39)
place_of_death = Brunswick, Victoria
alias = Sean Vincent Adrian Bligh
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conviction = Murder
penalty = 15 years imprisonment 10 year non-parole period
status = Murdered
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Lewis Caine (also known as Sean Vincent and Adrian Bligh [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/12/1084289749395.html Dead man had links to city's underworld] , The Age, May 13, 2004] ) was an Australian murderer who was himself murdered on May 8, 2004 during the Melbourne gangland killings.

A self-proclaimed martial arts expert but disputed by police [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/12/1084289744346.html Dumped body identified as convicted killer] , The Sydney Morning Herald, May 13, 2004] , Caine was portrayed by actor Marcus Graham in the television series Underbelly.

Murder of David Templeton

Caine was convicted of the murder of David Templeton outside Lazars nightclub in King Street, Melbourne in 1988 and was released from prison in June 2000 after serving 10 years of his 15 year sentence. He was on parole at the time of his murder. [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Crime--Corruption/A-gangster-who-lived-as-he-died-by-the-gun/2005/03/04/1109700678517.html A gangster who lived as he died: by the gun] , The Age, March 5, 2005] .

Zarah Garde-Wilson

Caine was the de facto partner of lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson at the time of his murder. The couple had lived together for a period of approximately two years before his death. The pair had met while Garde-Wilson was employed with a Melbourne based law firm and was representing Caine on drink driving charges.

Murder

On May 8, 2004, Evangelos Goussis and associate Keith Faure travelled to Melbourne from Geelong to meet with Caine at the 'Plough and Harrow Hotel' in Carlton at the invitation of Faure.

Caine's body was found with a single gunshot wound to his head in Katawa Grove, Brunswick at approximately 11pm the same night .

Caine was seen dining with convicted gangland murderer Carl Williams and his wife Roberta at Melbourne's Windows Restaurant on the night before his murder .

On May 19, 2004, heavily armed members of the Victoria Police Special Operations Group arrested Goussis and Faure in relation to Caine's murder while the pair were walking alongside Geelong's Bay City Plaza shopping centre [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/19/1084917654072.html Police swoop on gangland suspect] , The Age, May 20, 2004] . Goussis and associate Faure were later convicted of Caine's murder.

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