Paul Denyer

Infobox Serial Killer
name=Paul Denyer


caption=
birthname=Paul Charles Denyer
birth= birthdateandage|1972|04|14
location= flagicon|Australia Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
death=
cause=
victims=3
country= flagicon|Australia Australia
states=Victoria
beginyear=June 11, 1993
endyear=July 30, 1993
apprehended=July 31, 1993
penalty=30 years to Life

Paul Charles Denyer (b. April 14, 1972) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving 30 years to life in HM Prison Barwon for the murders of Elizabeth Stevens, 18, Debbie Fream, 22, and Natalie Russell, 17, in Frankston, Victoria in 1993.cite news| title=Stop pandering to 'sicko', says Doyle | date=2004-06-28 | url =http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392586147.html?from=storylhs | work =The Age | accessdate = 2008-09-14]

Denyer is known as the "Frankston Serial Killer" due to his crimes occurring within the Frankston, Victoria area. The Frankston Serial Killer was featured in the pilot episode of the Seven Network show "Forensic Investigators".

Early life

Denyer is a member of the first Australian-generation.huh? His parents, Maureen and Anthony, met and married in England before migrating to Australia. They lived in Adelaide, South Australia with their first child, David (born in the UK). Soon after, they moved to Campbelltown, New South Wales. The first Denyer child to be born in Australia was Stephen, born in 1971. Paul was the next child, born on April 14, 1972. Richard was born two years later followed by the twins Natalie and Anthony Jr. in 1976.

When Denyer was a child his mother recalls him rolling from a table and hurting his head. There was one occasion when his brother, David, woke to find Paul kneeling on his bed, rocking forwards and banging his head on the front of the bed. He once cut the family's kitten and hung it from a tree. At school, he once assaulted a fellow student whilst the victim was chewing a pen, causing the pen to become lodged in the victim's throat. [ Citation| first=Jenny | last=Mouzos| contribution=Mass and Serial Murders in Australia| title=AIC Research and Public Policy Series| publisher=Australian Institute of Criminology| place=Canberra| pages=97| date=| year=2000| contribution-url=|http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/rpp/28/ch4.pdf format=PDF| accessdate=2008-09-14 ]

Denyer also had a fetish for stealing neighbors' underwear off the line and then masturbating with them.

Murders

During a seven week period in 1993, Denyer stalked and murdered three women in the Melbourne suburb of Frankston. Denyer was 21 at the time of his crimes. During a police interview, Denyer's motivation for his crimes became apparent when he replied to police questions stating he hated women in general:cite news | first=Mary | last=Gearin | title=Murderer's sex change request sparks rights debate | date=2004-09-01 | publisher=ABC | url =http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2003/s1023113.htm | work =The 7.30 Report | accessdate = 2008-09-14]

:POLICE: "Can you explain why we have women victims?":DENYER: "I just hate them."

:POLICE: "I beg your pardon.":DENYER: "I hate them."

:POLICE: "Those particular girls or women in general?":DENYER: "General."

ex reassignment requests

Whilst imprisoned, Denyer requested to be allowed to purchase and wear ladies cosmetics, which was denied.

Denyer also filed freedom of information requests to learn of the Victorian government's policy on gender reassignment surgery for prisoners and has sought evaluation to determine his suitability for such surgery, which was also rejected by medical specialists.

References

Further reading

*"The Frankston Murders: The True Story of Serial Killer Paul Denyer" [ISBN 1-877006-00-9] , by Vikki Petraitis.

External links

* [http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/hca/transcripts/1994/M77/1.html The Queen v Denyer M77/1994 (17 March 1995)] , High Court of Australia, Application for special leave to appeal
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/13/1073877826497.html?from=storyrhs Why triple-killer Paul Denyer must never be released] , "The Age", January 14, 2004