Victor Peirce

Victor Peirce

Infobox Criminal
subject_name = Victor George Peirce


image_size =
image_caption =
date_of_birth = birth date|1958|11|11|df=y
place_of_birth =
date_of_death = death date and age|2002|5|1|1958|1|11|df=y
place_of_death = Port Melbourne, Victoria
alias =
charge =
conviction = Drug trafficking
penalty = 6 years imprisonment
status = Murdered
occupation = Waterside worker
spouse = Wendy Peirce
parents = Kath Pettingill
children = 4

Victor George Peirce (November 11, 1958 - May 1, 2002) was an infamous Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Peirce was a member of the infamous Pettingill family, headed by matriarch and former Richmond brothel owner Kath Pettingill.

Walsh Street police shootings

In 2005, Peirce's widow, Wendy Peirce gave an interview to Australian media detailing how her husband planned and carried out the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, a crime for which he was acquitted by jury along with three accomplices. [cite news | title = Father's fury at Walsh St admission | publisher = Herald Sun | date = 2005-10-02 | url = http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,16784895%255E2862,00.html | accessdate = 2007-12-19 ]

Death

Peirce was gunned down whilst in a car parked opposite the Coles supermarket in Bay St, Port Melbourne on May 1, 2002.

Victor Pierce's funeral was held on May 9, 2002, at the Saint Peter and Paul's Parish Church in South Melbourne. Father Bob Maguire conducted the service. Pierce was later buried at the Altona Memorial Park. [cite web | title = Altona Memorial Park - Victor George Peirce | url=http://www.altonamemorialpark.com.au/virtualMemorial/Memorial.asp?PID=194997&PgPicNum=1&PgMsgNum=1 | accessdate = 2007-12-19 ]

On June 22, 2007, Victoria Police arrested Faruk Orman in the western suburb of Sunshine in connection with Peirce's murder.

In September, 2007, Vince Benvenuto- son of Frank Benvenuto, an underworld identity reputedly under the protection of Victor Peirce, murdered May 2000, was arrested for drug trafficking. The Age reported that when asked whether he was arrested as a result of the Purana investigation police replied: "He's a suspect in relation to the murder of Victor Peirce." [cite news | last = Rennie | first = Reko | title = Gangland suspect denied bail | publisher = The Age | date = 2007-09-27 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/gangland-suspect-denied-bail/2007/09/27/1190486474212.html | accessdate = 2007-12-19 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.theage.com.au/am/2004/03/10/ Murder hits home for widow of gangland killer]
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/arrest-over-gangland-murder/2007/06/22/1182019318254.html Arrest over gangland murder]


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