- James Ryan O'Neill
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subject_name = James Ryan O'Neill
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date_of_birth =1947
place_of_birth =Melbourne, Victoria
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alias = Leigh Anthony Bridgart
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conviction =Murder
penalty =Life imprisonment
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children =James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in
Melbourne, Victoria 1947 ) is a convicted Tasmanian murderer serving a life sentence about whom allegations have been made that he murdered a number of children in several Australian states from the mid 1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest serving prisoner for a single offence.He was the subject of a documentary "The Fishermen" which was broadcast on ABC TV in October 2006.
External links
* [http://www.beaumontchildren.com/beaumontJamesRyanONeill.html The Beaumont Children] - site documenting the disappearance of the Beaumont Children
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/remember-hes-a-killer/2006/10/17/1160850937078.html "Remember, He's A Killer"] - article on "The Fishermen: A Journey Into The Mind Of A Killer" fromThe Age
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