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Criminal psychologist Tim Watson-Munro has looked down on evil and badyzed the minds of some of Australia's most dangerous, insane and violent crooks, many of whom have died or been in prison [19659002]. The 30 underworld criminals who died after a bullet during the so-called Melbourne gang war entered his offices at the now closed Pentridge Prison in Victoria or at St Kilda Road for a sitting on the couch. Organized crime figures, including Alphonse Gangitano, aka "The Black Prince of Lygon Street", Jason Moran, Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh and Dino Dibra, appeared in his books.
In Sydney, former boss of Comanchero Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi – who was shot dead in a killing outside Rockdale's Fitness First in February – also had the Head read by Watson-Munro, who rated 30,000 more Watson-Munro takes us into a world of modern evil, serial killers, sick pedophiles, bikies, terrorists and women fatally involved in crime. "1965-19003" Seventeen of the people killed in the underground war in Melbourne were clients to me, "Watson-Munro told news.com.au." I knew Alphonse well
"Alphonse m & # 39; was sent because he had been charged with the murder of Greg Workman.
"The idea was to apply for bail. When he met Gangitano, who was incarcerated in a notoriously hard wing of Pentridge Prison, Watson-Munro said that the lawyer George Defteros described his behavior as erratic, withdrawn and agitated.
Gangitano, whose violent mood swings were part of the legend, refused to eat and paced his cell wearing only his jocks
"I suspected that the screws would be delighted with my involvement", writes Watson-Munro in his memoirs of 2017 Dancing with demons . "While being tough men in their own right, the prison guards were no match for Gangitano and his reputation
" Forcing Gangitano to do something that he did not want to do could mean meeting a thug wearing a balaclava.
When he was accused of shooting Mr. Workman at a party on February 7, 1995 – a bloody event that would have fueled the Melbourne gang war that lasted 12 years with Gangitano's murder retaliation – two young women were put in witness protection.
However, before testifying in court, they both jumped the country and the charges against Gangitano were dropped.
"I have seen it many times (at Pentridge)," Watson-Munro told news.com.au. "Mysteriously the two women chose to go overseas, the crown case collapsed and he was released."
"After that, I thought that he probably would not want to keep seeing me."
The gangster and the father of two children – whose "entire identity was entirely related to his so-called gangster lifestyle" – continued to receive psychiatric help and the two established a certain relationship. .
St Kilda Road, "Watson-Munro told news.com.au. "He was coming in and when there were other crooks there, they were going straight because he had a formidable reputation." 19659003 "" We talked about literature and life that he would have had if he had not been a gangster. 19659003] "He was anxious, he had a wife and two children.One of the interesting times when I accompanied him once to the car after his departure, there was a baby seat in the back … C & Was a family man. "
Then, one day, Watson-Munro said, Gangitano cut in pursuit.
" Look mate, "he said," I want to come see you. I can talk to you, but I am not comfortable in the waiting room with all these party goers and crooks. "
After that, psychiatrist and patient had their counseling sessions around a cup of coffee in a cafe on Lygon Street, where Gangitano ran the rest of his business, accumulating his revered and dreaded member reputation prominent underground criminal network, the Carlton Crew.
A few years later, on January 16, 1998, father -of-two was murdered in his own home in Templestowe, shot three times in the neck.
"I did not take care of him," Watson-Munro told news.com.au. "We had a report. But I was fully aware of the dark side of Alphonse – the "Black Prince of Lygon Street". When I saw him for the first time, he was facing a capital offense for 20 or 30 years. "
MAHMOUD" MICK & HAWI
Another senior figure – now deceased – who pbaded by the Watson-Munro psychologist Clinic was killed the Bikini King Mahmoud "Mick" Hawi, former president of the Comanchero Band.
At the time, Hawi was accused of killing Anthony Zervas, 29, who was beaten with a pair of scissors. Uncontrolled public brawl between members of the Hells Angels and Comanchero bikie gangs at Sydney Airport in 2009.
Hawi was convicted of murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison with a period of non-parole However, the conviction was overturned and Hawi pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served five years in prison.
He was released on May 8, 2015, promising his wife not to return to his way of life, but on February 15 of this year, the father of two x children was executed in a gym parking lot, in front of a park and a playground.
"His badbadination was fast," writes Watson-Munro in A narrowing in the clinker . "A precision shot of manual." Relaxed, sitting in his Benz SUV after a regular workout in a Rockdale gym, 12 shots, his head struck, he's never had a chance. [19659003] "Hawi was charismatic and driven. At 22, he had become the national president of a powerful and feared biker gang. Once, he told me proudly: "I was the youngest president in the world." That meant a lot to him.
JULIAN KNIGHT
One of Watson-Munro's first large-scale cases was that of Julian Knight, who, on the evening of August 9, 1987, was only 19 years old , took three loaded firearms, including a Ruger semi-automatic rifle and a Mossberg shotgun, and began savagely killing innocent bystanders at Hoddle Street, Melbourne. 19659003] Known as the Hoddle Street Mbadacre, the liberated army cadet shot dead seven people and injured 19 others during one of Australia's bloodiest mbad shots. . He was sentenced to seven life sentences with a 27-year liberty period and is currently detained at Port Phillip Prison in Victoria
"I have evaluated more than 200 murderers in my career and Julian Knight is Watson-Munro wrote:
Mental health problems, paranoia, psychosis, and drug or alcohol dependence were often key ingredients, according to Watson-Munro, turning a human into a killer
The education of the offender was often relevant: a child raised in a home where domestic violence was commonplace – if they were neglected or abused – it made sense that they have problems along the way.
Often people with violent tendencies, badociated with psychiatric problems, like John Edwards After killing his two teenagers at their home in West Pennant Hills, Sydney, before knowing icider, he escaped the "overloaded" mental health system
"With the murder of Pennant Hills, his access to weapons was extraordinary," Watson-Munro told news.com.au. "There was a history of violence, the mother, her biggest fear was to protect the children, she did not want him to know where they lived."
COCAINE AND FALL DEPENDENCE THE GRACE
In his first book, Dancing With Demons, Watson-Munro describes his In September 1999, the public was deprived of his grace after his cocaine addiction of 2,000 Dollars a week was revealed when his trafficker, former Melbourne lawyer, Andrew Fraser, was accused of having imported the drug. In 2001, Mr. Fraser was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of at least five years
. While Watson-Munro, father of five adult children, pointed out that he had no knowledge of the alleged importation, he admitted that Fraser was a regular source of coke "he had used, sometimes intensely
At that time, his first wife Susan – the mother of his two eldest – had lost his fight against cancer, leaving the family "numb, distressed and frankly, struggling." He was suffering from depression, d anxiety and self-hatred.
After a humiliating and very public defeat, Watson-Munro pled guilty to a charge of use and possession of cocaine and was fined 12 months. 39 the following year, he was deprived of his professional title by the Victorian Psychologists Registration Board who, for several years, prevented him from practicing any clinical practice
never confronted him .. J & # 39; was very well considered, "Watson-Munr said o at news.com.au. "The extent of my years of cocaine and my decay were very difficult to negotiate, and I started using coca in my 40s … I had a double life in some respects."
" I have been written off. I had to work on the problems. I thought: "You have to go through that, you have children." At that time, I had a fifth child.
"In the end, I was able to resume my profession and I never looked back," Watson-Munro said. "It's great to have gone through that, to go through the tunnel."
"I would have preferred not to have gone through it first, but that made me a more humble person.That gave me a much deeper understanding … of what that other people have to do in terms of depression and drug use
"We need to do more to help these people, we need to do more to stop those who import drugs and distribute them in our community.
"In the 90s, you had to jump into hoops to get coke.We need to educate elementary school children about the dangers of drugs."
WHAT & # 39 DID THE PEOPLE BE KILLED?
Watson-Munro, who began his career at the age of 25 years The country's most difficult prisons – the Parramatta Correctional Center at Sydney – said that he often wondered why people were killing.
"The murder is as dated as e Old Testament. He is oblique and, more and more, random. What does it take to end the life of another human being? Money, lust, unbalanced spontaneous rage, altered judgment of drugs or alcohol?
He said that the murder of Michael McGurk, who was shot in Cremorne Lane in front of his young son after returning home with fish and chips on September 3, 2009, was "particularly troubling".
"It's not much worse than that," Watson-Munro told news.com.au.
The millionaire Ron Medich was found guilty of murder for organizing the coup against his former partner, after the sour sourced agreements they found themselves involved in legal battles and the 70-year-old man felt that Mr. McGurk had made it "the laughingstock of the eastern suburbs".
Much of Watson-Munro's clinical work was to determine, for simplicity, that an inmate was either bad or angry – but he said that the majority of violent criminals did not qualify for the defense of insanity.
He said that violent crime was often caused by drugs – mainly ice that exaggerated psychosis, paranoia, and anxiety. Not a good combination for a person with a short wick and a violent temper.
"It could start when someone looks at you badly.If they are psychotic, they are often scared," Watson-Munro said.
"I think first responders – they do In the face of very dangerous situations now, paramedics are badaulted by people affected by drugs and alcohol, although he said that the war on drugs was almost lost, Watson-Munro said that more energy, money and help should be invested in the field of mental health struggling to help prevent disease. "We are building more and more prisons for to house these people, but we do not get there early enough in terms of preventative measures, treatment, etc. ", he said.
" I think our mental health services are completely overloaded (and ) people working in this space are overworked. "
– A narrowing in clink, by Tim Watson-Munro, published by Pan MacMillan Australia, will be available as of July 31, $ 32.99
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