Suspect arrested over Family Court murders

Police have arrested a suspect in a notorious string of murders that has gone unsolved for 30 years.

Stefanie Garber • 29 July 2015 • NewLaw

Suspect arrested over Family Court murders

Leonard John Warwick was arrested in the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown this morning, accused of a series of murders and bombings targeting judges of the Family Court and at the court's premises in Parramatta.

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The attacks between 1980 and 1985 began with the shooting murder of Warwick's brother-in-law. Later the same year, Justice David Opas was shot dead when he answered the front door of his home.

In 1984, Justice Ray Watson’s wife, Pearl, was killed when a bomb exploded at their property.

In the same year, bombs went off at the home of Justice Richard Gee and at the Family Court in Parramatta, though no one was injured in these attacks.

In 1985, another bomb at a Jehovah’s Witness church in Casula killed one person and injured dozens of bystanders.

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Investigations into the decades-old case were reopened in 2012 by the NSW Police Force's unsolved homicide team.

Mr Warwick, reportedly a former firefighter, faces 32 charges including four counts of murder.

Michael Mallal Thursday, 30 July 2015

Not really well done at all. It took 30 years to arrest the accused, who is of course innocent until being found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Like Chamberlain and Eastman the biased, incompetent and possibly corrupt police, prosecution and judiciary may be framing the wrong person. See SMH pg1 7 Jul 2015 for allegations of Mafia corruption in the Winchester murder for which mentally-ill Eastman served about 17 years imprisonment, with no compensation to-date. I'm calling for a Royal Commission or Parliamentary Inquiry into the Winchester-Eastman Affair.

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Carmine Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Well done, police!

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