- Graham Kinniburgh
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subject_name = Graham Kinniburgh
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date_of_birth = 1943
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date_of_death =December 13 , 2003
place_of_death =Kew, Victoria
alias = The Munster
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children =Graham 'The Munster' Allen Kinniburgh (
1943 -December 13 ,2003 ) was an Australian criminal from Kew, a suburb ofMelbourne , Victoria,Australia .Early life
Kinniburgh's criminal record consisted of charges of wounding with intent to cause murder, escaping legal custody, dishonesty, racketeering, extortion, bribery, possession of firearms, escape, resisting arrest and assaulting police. He met members of the
Moran family whilst working on Melbourne's waterside.A former member of the Painters and Dockers, Kinniburgh was considered Melbourne's 'Mr Big'; and one of the most influential gangsters in Australia. He was respected by all major Underworld figures and was an associate of Melbourne and Sydney underworld figures;
Mick Gatto ,Alphonse Gangitano ,Lewis Moran ,Mario Condello , John Peter McIntyre, David McCulloch,Lenny McPherson , Francis Ballis, Denis Robert Donoghue, Danny McCarthy, Frank Benvenuto and George Freeman. It is believed that Kinniburgh had either been involved in, received proceeds from or knew about every major heist in Victoria for the last few decades.Kinniburgh was notable for his involvement in the
Melbourne gangland killings . OnDecember 13 ,2003 , he was murdered outside his home in Belmont Avenue, Kew.Kinniburgh led a discreet lifestyle and was a highly successful career criminal.
Alphonse Gangitano murder
Kinniburgh was a long-term associate of career criminal, Alphonse Gangitano.
On
January 16 ,1998 , Kinniburgh had been drinking with associate, Lou Cozzo, at the Laurel Hotel inAscot Vale before driving to the home ofAlphonse Gangitano .Kinniburgh left the house shortly after 11pm to purchase cigarettes from a local store. Upon his return 30 minutes later, Kinniburgh found Gangitano had been shot several times to the head. Gangitano's de-facto wife, Virginia, was with the body of her husband who had died in the laundry.
Kinniburgh adopted a
code of silence , frustrating police investigating the murder. Evidence was presented at an inquest that showed both Kinniburgh andJason Moran were at the home of Gangitano on the night of his murder. Both were exempted from giving evidence at the inquest on the grounds their evidence may incriminate themselves in a crime.Kinniburgh's blood was discovered at the murder scene and a witness had seen Moran leaving Gangitano's house.
ee also
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Crime in Melbourne External links
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060427003424/http://bulletin.ninemsn.com.au/bulletin/eddesk.nsf/All/F9308A964571F1A8CA256E380005B649 The Bulletin - Mobsters Inc: How Melbourne became No.1 with a bullet]
* [http://www.melbournecrime.bizhosting.com/graham.kinniburgh.htm Graham Kinniburgh Crime Scene Melbourne] "(An online reference guide from the Crime Writers Association of Australia)"
*Modest mobster who kept the peace, John Silvester, "The Age ",December 14 ,2003
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/12/19/1071337160770.html From the Sacred Heart a plea to end the violence] , Jamie Berry, "The Age",December 20 ,2003
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