James Beauregard-Smith

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subject_name = James Beauregard-Smith


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conviction = Rape, Murder
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James George Beauregard-Smith is a convicted Australian rapist and murderer, currently serving a life prison sentence [http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/sinodisp/au/cases/sa/SASC/2000/220.html R v Beauregard-Smith] Supreme Court of South Australia, 19 September, 2000] .

On 16 March, 1978, the Supreme Court jury found Beauregard-Smith guilty of murdering nine-year old Craig Alan Holland. Beauregard-Smith was having an affair with Sandra Holland, Craig Holland's mother, for several months before the murder.

The bodies of Sandra Holland and her eldest son, Scott, were found by police under trees and branches in Woodside. Craig Holland was found buried under the floorboards of the family home .

On 10 November, 1992, Beauregard-Smith was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for escaping custody.

On 8 April, 1994, one week after his release from prison on parole, he raped a girl at Cudlee Creek in South Australia. On 15 November, 1994 Beauregard-Smith was convicted of the rape and was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment, later reduced to eight years on appeal.

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