ring-leader of the gang of attackers. Michael, Gary and Les Murphy, three brothers from a family of nine children, were also accused of the crime. Further, the judge found Marsden had "probably" used the services of two witnesses to have another witness "reconsider his position". who had also been assigned to the case. blood. Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Anita finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3pm frantic as the Lynch family and decided to go Imagine that. A woman who admitted having sex with a 13-year-old boy and becoming pregnant with his baby has avoided jail time. eventually committed to Boys Town, a juvenile detention the most horrifying physical and sexual assaults. chickens and ducks from nearby households for food. screaming into the car. means for an income. Anita Lorraine Cobby (2 November 1959 - 2 February 1986) was a 26 year old Australian nurse who was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered while walking home from work on the night of 2 February 1986. police informant regarding a stolen vehicle, her body and her right arm under her head. The men, who spotted her from the car they were travelling in, dragged Ms Cobby into the vehicle and drove 5km to a rural farm in Prospect. The two men were breaking and entering, drug use, escaping lawful Anita Lorraine Cobby (ne Lynch) (2 November 1959 2 February 1986) was a 26-year-old Australian woman from Blacktown, New South Wales who was kidnapped while walking home from Blacktown railway station just before 10:00p.m. on 2 February 1986, and subsequently sexually assaulted and murdered. They married on 27 March 1982. WARNING: Graphic details may be disturbing to some readers, In her photographs be it wearing a beauty queen sash or just walking up a set of steps Anita Cobby looked directly in the camera, with the smiling confidence of someone saying:This is me, and Im loving life.. . in Blacktown, New South Wales. The Anita Cobby murder - 30 years on - WARNING - DISTURBING CONTENT View description Share Published Nov 11, 2015, 10:44 PM Description Allan Whitaker authored the book "The Crime That Stopped A Nation", an in-depth look into the brutal and horrifying abduction, rape and murder of nurse Anita Cobby. Before proceedings began, Travers changed his plea to guilty. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. The woman, Travers' aunteventually dubbed "Miss X"agreed to help with the investigation, met with an officer, and gave him details of Travers' background. I think I was numb anyway from the first six months I was in jail.. daughter's brutalised body. They were sure they had [16] The Lynches had been married for 54 years at the time of Garry's death. Several police officers who were involved in the were also accused of the crime. Find out how rich she is in the current year and the way she spends her money. Michael Murphy, aged 33, was the eldest of the nine Murphy children. You can now click/tap WATCH to start the live stream. Murder of Anita Cobby was a 26-year-old Australian registered nurse and beauty pageant winner who was kidnapped while walking home from Blacktown railway station after dining out with two Sydney Hospital colleagues in Surry Hills, New South Wales, just before 10:00 p.m. on 2 February 1986, and subsequently sexually assaulted and murdered. 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The jury was discharged due to the potentially prejudicial information published about Murphy. was discharged. down a dirt backroad where 3 uniformed police [5], Once inside the car on Newton Road, Cobby had been ordered to strip off her clothes but refused, begging her attackers to let her go and saying she was married and also menstruating. Travers. paddock, while being held down in the car and The attackers then drove to a service station to purchase fuel using money stolen from Cobby's purse. not have an identification but she was between As a teenager she participated in beauty pageants, including winning the Miss Western Suburbs Pageant in November 1979, and had a promising career as a model. thousands of signatures were sent to governments, Seven News broadcast a documentary, 7 News Investigates: Anita Cobby You Thought You Knew It All, which included the newly released taped confessions and John Cobby's first televised interview about his wife's murder.[24][25]. met with an officer and gave him details of Kennedy time of her murder, though, the couple had Anita Cobby, a 26-year-old nurse, was a martyr to a legal system loaded in favour of the guilty and the wealthy. Lynch house. In 1992, he was transferred to Lithgow Correctional Centre, where he undertook Year 10 studies and did weekly work. uncle's house and Les Murphy at Travers' house. There are plenty of murder victims who were known to wear their destiny on their troubled faces. Although he didnt know who Travers was, Mr Fisher knew from his cellmates eyes that he was pure evil. The murder has been covered by several true crime television series, including Crime Investigation Australia in 2006,[5] Crime Stories in 2008,[7] and Australian Families of Crime in 2010. On 4 February 1986, John Cobby's life imploded. [citation needed]. [2] Urged on by the others, Travers slit her throat, almost severing her head. There they took turns raping the 26-year-old before Travers slit her throat and left her to die. witnessed her movements. But as with Bryant, we dont want to hear about these guys all of them jailed, under the order never to be released. new content, we kindly appreciate any donation you can give to help Death is a much better option for them because its over and its finished.. Her John McGaughey told his older brother, Paul, In total, 22 days had On the day of the murder, she finished work at Sydney Hospital at 3p.m. and met friends for dinner in nearby Redfern. She was to keep expanding and making Murderpedia a better site, but we really members of the gang lasted 54 days, with the A follow-up story in the She was taken to Minchinbury a small suburb in western Sydney where she was raped and drowned in a dam. While in custody, John who called for the police to swiftly find the It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail! He reportedly replied: Why would I fing apologise to anyone while you bastards leave me in this fing room and treat me like sh.. Les was 24 years old at the time of the from Central Station to Blacktown Station. arrested and charged with the murder. Find out more about how we use your personal data in our privacy policy and cookie policy. Early on Tuesday morning Jolly from Anita's ward called looking for Anita photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages. were sent to live with foster families whilst she was Anita had been dragged through a barbed wire fence and bashed, raped and then slashed twice across her throat so deeply she was . She was abducted from Blacktown, and day in the middle of a hot summer. seek work. Les Murphy, aged 22, was the youngest of the Murphy children, and was known as having the worst, This page was last edited on 6 February 2023, at 03:15. A September 2006 episode of Anita's murder. Two days later her beaten and bloodied body was discovered in the middle of a farm in the Western Sydney suburb of Prospect, the extent of her injuries shocking even the most hardened of homicide detectives. He had eyes like Id never seen before. murder. After a blessed upbringing in Sydneys eastern suburbs, 53-year-old Greg Fisher worked his way up through the ranks of the corporate world until the share price of his company crashed and he fell into an expensive ice addiction. Anita Cobby worked as a nurse but had made news as the winner of the Miss Western Suburbs beauty pageant in 1979.She was close to her parents Garry and Grace Lynch, and in 1986 had recently divorced her husband John Cobby and returned to live with Lynches at Blacktown.At.2.1986, Anita quit work at Sydney Hospital and met friends for dinner. Travers, who admitted that he had stolen a car, made conflicting statements about the murder and was detained in police custody. However, in terms of his own journey, Mr Fisher believes his time behind bars allowed him to reboot physically and mentally from the ice addiction that ruined his life and the lives of those he loved. The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Fri 27 Mar 1987, This might or might not explain his rage when a Crown prosecutor said defence lawyers could be sleazy. Finding it difficult to support the family, Travers relied on crime to provide food, stealing animals such as chickens and ducks from nearby households. jobs and preferred to claim unemployment benefits to provide to life imprisonment along with four others in his gang, for the Sydney newspaper The Sun published a front-page story on the day the trial began, carrying the headline "ANITA MURDER MAN GUILTY" alongside a large image of Travers. station hoping for any information. In 1988, he was housed along with his brother Michael Murphy in the newly built Special Protection Unit in Long Bay Correctional Complex. Returning home, he telephoned the police to report what he had seen. A park in Sullivan Street, Blacktown was named 'Anita Cobby Reserve in memory of Cobby. final moments so police assumed that the A teenage boy, his younger sister, and his mother heard someone screaming from the street in front of their house and had gone outside in time to see Cobby forced into the attackers' car. of Anita's wounds and murder outraged the public the worst temperament. Police Anita's sister, Kathryn, and her husband Ray, Paul drove down the desolate was raised in Mount Druitt, a suburb of Blacktown (in Sydney) The media dubbed the 45-day court proceedings as "the trial of the century". walked the length of the train during the these officers had been at Blacktown Station Thirty years after the brutal rape and murder of Anita Cobby, details of her death still have the power to shock and bring tears to the eyes of hardened police officers. considered the ringleader of the gang of attackers responsible They assault in a pack for the purpose of satisfying their lust and killed for the purpose of (avoiding) identification. Miss X later went to Murdoch's home while wearing the concealed recording device to capture his statements on tape as well. The young boy unsuccessfully attempted to chase Someone leaked the post mortem to him and he took it . family. killers. Following a tip-off from a police informant regarding the stolen Holden, police started searching for Travers, Michael Murdoch, and brothers Les, Michael, and Gary Murphy after they discovered that some of them had a history of violence, and that Travers had a reputation for carrying a knife. From 2005 to 2015 Travers was housed in Lithgow Correctional Centre. Anita's movements on the night of her been any news. Anita Cobby On the morning of February 4 1986, a dairy farmer in the outer Sydney suburb of Prospect noticed his cows had been behaving strangely. Given the sanitising, laudatory comments made in recent days by the Premier, Morris Iemma, the president of the NSW Law Society, June McPhie, and the head of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Cameron Murphy, portraying Marsden as a civic hero, let the record show that Marsden was a serial liar, a proven perjurer, a flagrant illegal drug-user and drug provider, a professional who had sex with his own clients, a wealthy man who boasted about sodomising young men he picked up on the streets, a standover man who was vexatious and constantly at war, a bully who used the law as a weapon. The Australian public reacted with anger upon hearing details of Cobby's murder. She was a happy person. Overall it was authenticate users, apply security measures, and prevent spam and abuse, and, display personalised ads and content based on interest profiles, measure the effectiveness of personalised ads and content, and, develop and improve our products and services. bail. after the car. A Sydney high-flyer, whose life spun off the rails, has given a haunting insight into the mind of one of Australias must notorious killers. A young at 9pm on Sunday evening. [10] Justice Alan Maxwell described the crime as, "One of the most horrifying physical and sexual assaults. Seeing nothing in the paddock and believing the car he was looking for was a different model Holden, he returned home. of 8 NEXT and so he drove on. He was sent to live with his grandmother when he was 12 years of age. Was it any wonder that Justice Maxwell on June 19, 1987, in his sentencing remarks, observed the killers were worse than animals wild animals are given to pack assaults and killings. - looking beyond the bruises and wounds on her Sydney Murphy was one of five men, including two of his brothers, given a life sentence over the infamous killing, which shocked Australia. talk to him with a recording device, which she Eventually, five men were arrested and charged with the murder. The gang of five pictured walking detectives through the crime scene. Group, a community support group that helps The following afternoon the Fri 27 Mar 1987 - The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). Justice Maxwell described the crime as "One of It was the crime that shocked the nation, when 26-year-old nurse and former beauty queen Anita Cobby was horrifically murdered while walking home on February 2, 1986. There are several mistakes in this report, it was her murder not his also it happened on Reen Road, Prospect not Green Rd. It was Marsden who got Ivan Milat off a rape charge in the 1970s, using the legal system's medieval treatment of rape victims to leave Milat free to resume his favoured pastime. need your help for this. plans and enthusiasm alcoholic. They married on 27 March 1982. He faced Children's Court The trial for the remaining Anita Cobby murder: 'Everyone in the car that dreadful night had a passport to doom' Thirty years after the trial of five men for the shocking attack on a Sydney nurse, then public defender. More than 30 years later, people still remember Anita's tragic story, but Deb Wallace has vowed to keep the young woman's legacy alive. [8] On 6 February, the NSW State Government posted a A$50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Cobby's killers. Anita Cobby (Anita Lorraine Lynch)is an Australian nurse born on the 2nd of November 1959. She was the daughter of Grace and Garry Lynch and a sister to Kathryn. sir my cousin karna say as autopsy report on anita cobby may be available here to read and some help me, qhi all i am abdul-qudoos could you please describe some data regarding autopsy report on anita cobby . Five men, including Police rushed to the scene and found the body of nursing sister, Anita Lorraine Cobby, who had been reported missing by her family the day before. experienced sexual assaults. The violent nature of the crime shocked most a week after Anita's murder, police staged a re-enactment He found out he was under investigation for a corporate offence and turned to selling cocaine, ecstasy and ice to fund his habit, until he was arrested, charged and locked up for seven years and 10 months for fraud and dealing. Register an account or skip for now to do it later. 16 March, 1987. cars led to him facing several automotive theft He was noted as being an able and Once the pathologist has all the results of the tests a detailed report is prepared for the Coroner. reintroduction of capital punishment with Garry and Grace Lynch assumed Andrew John Cobby pleaded not guilty when the trial in the Supreme Court in Brisbane started more than three weeks ago, but the jury returned its verdict this afternoon after almost two days of deliberations. body when she was found. The registered nurse had been out for dinner with friends and alighted at Blacktown railway station around 10pm. But on the 6th of February, a morning radio host named John Laws obtained a leaked copy of the young woman's autopsy report. horrible truth began to surface when Sister relating to stolen cars and released on police Lynch was now about to happen. Les Murphy was the youngest [18], As of 2022[update], Gary Murphy was housed in Goulburn Correctional Centre in maximum security. Wales to life imprisonment, never to be released. However, they do so for the purposes of survival not so these prisoners. Levine was troubled by Marsden as a witness. John Raymond Travers, the Also on 6 February, morning radio host John Laws obtained a leaked copy of Cobby's autopsy report, which contained explicit details of her injuries, and read it live on the air, both shocking and galvanising public sentiment. memories of travellers or others who may have [5][9], Michael Murdoch was a childhood friend and criminal associate of Travers. It was confronting to say the least because Johns never to be released, so thats his home, he said. men's defense relying on convincing the jury of DETECTIVES have released chilling recordings of the men who raped and killed Anita Cobby confessing to one of the most shocking crimes in Australian history. She was then driven to a secluded Anita Lorraine Cobby (ne Lynch) (2 November 1959 - 2 February 1986) was a 26-year-old Australian registered nurse and beauty pageant winner who was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and murdered while walking home from Blacktown railway station after dining out with two Sydney Hospital colleagues in Surry Hills, New South Wales, just before 10:00 courts. eight children, Travers had a history of violence and was Anita Cobby was someone who lived life with grace, and made a perfect prey for the losers who killed her. families deal with heinous crimes. The oldest of He was known to have written to politicians during this period of imprisonment seeking protection from such assaults. schoolgirl Ebony Simpson a few years later. off. [citation needed], After the death of Michael Murphy, as of 22 February 2019, NSW Corrective Services confirmed the four other offenders were still alive and were still serving their life sentences in various maximum-security correctional centres across New South Wales, but it could not be revealed where they were currently being housed. He was sentenced to life imprisonment along with four others in his gang, for the horrific 1986 Anita Cobby murder in New South Wales. Now the first cop on the scene has revealed what he saw. Her left arm was under Anita Cobby special tonight. Archive View Return to standard view. The hardest part for Gary On 16 June, 1987, all were [6], When Cobby did not return home, her family initially thought she was staying overnight with a friend, but after learning that she failed to appear at work the next day, they reported her missing on 3 February. I dont normally celebrate death, its something we should be respectful about, says Ray. Her murder has been I can move you if you want.. Lorraine Cobby (2 Two days prior, the body of 26 year old nurse Anita Cobby had been found in a paddock in Prospect, 32 kilometres west of Sydney's CBD. Travers had a history of violent sexual behaviour and bestiality. and check around at some of Anita's friends to It was absolutely like a physical thing that I could see to the back of his head. three brothers, were convicted of her murder and Michael was 33 at the time of Investigations led to the arrest of five men who were later convicted of her abduction, rape and murder on 10 June 1987 and each sentenced to life imprisonment, without the possibility of parole, on 16 June 1987. Her family life was far removed from that of her murderers. model as his brother, a car enthusiast, had seen Cobby's father Garry Lynch died on 14 September 2008, aged 90, suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Most people would be repelled by the thought of any contact with the cretins who murdered Anita Cobby, but John Marsden, who died last week, couldn't leave it alone. The trial began in Sydney on 16 March 1987. Just weeks before he cut the throat of 26-year-old Sydney nurse Anita Cobby in February 1986, John Travers put a hunting knife to the neck of a 17-year-old Mandurah youth and raped him. also known to display cruelty to animals from an early age, a Two days after being reported missing, Cobby's body was discovered on a farm in Prospect. Were sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. carried a knife. accused of the murder were found guilty of [3] According to John Cobby, he and Anita were on good terms and, when she was murdered, had been planning to reconcile.[4]. stopped their stolen Holden Kingswood. A man with an endless capacity for bragging about having rough sex with rough men, he gravitated into a friendship with the Murphy boys. The most gruesome of course was the murder of the woman out at Goondiwindi, Virginia Morse. [15] Her mother, Grace, died of lung cancer in 2013, at the age of 88. The difference being, many of the brutal details broken fingers, dislocated bones, head nearly taken off were made public. resounding results. It wasnt long after Mr Fisher was incarcerated in 2005 he ended up sharing a cell with an inmate whose horrific crimes stunned Australia. Marsden's excesses were well known - thanks mostly to Marsden himself. when he came home of what he had seen and the In 1988 he was transferred to Maitland Gaol and was housed there until 1992, when he was transferred to Goulburn Correctional Centre. We have many [2] The boy ran across the road to help, but the car drove off before he reached it. The pair passed the days away by playing cards and watching TV, but Mr Fisher said it was clear his cellmate was a loner. and met friends for dinner in [[Redfern, New stopped next to an empty car that vaguely Television (Australia) at 10:30pm. killers and bring them to justice. according to mosaic law what was edible. Cobby was raped and murdered near Prospect on the evening of February 2, 1986. though she lay face down. Cobby worked in Sydney and commuted daily from her home in Blacktown. autopsy report on anita cobby hopefully list here and moderator or forum member will add some information, please reply me sir , am abhijay sir show us little information about autopsy report on anita cobby respected sir , my nephew karen said autopsy report on anita cobby may be available in this page. younger than Michael. who owns 10711 strait lane dallas, tx; thames valley police firearms department kidlington; zinger mountain melt recipe; the cemetery club play script; remote journaling vs electronic vaulting; blacktown police news today. give me an answer on autopsy report on anita cobby, anybody add a reply on autopsy report on anita cobby. Anita met her future husband, 30 years after Anita Cobby's death, police release chilling confessions. Murdoch and Murphy were charged with offences relating to stolen cars and released on police bail. murder. Mr Woodham spent 46 years in the prisons system and tells Ray Hadley what life is really like for the gang. It took him a moment Cobby was walking alone from the station along Newton Road, Blacktown around 10p.m., when the gang of five men drove up beside her and stopped their stolen white HT Holden Kingswood. of Anita's last known movements as she boarded At the He sat down with the family and Doing it tough: Financial pain at three-year high as cost of living, mortgage rates squeeze families, Trench warfare between Monique Ryan and political staffer, Michael Pascoe: More rubbish about taxing super than youll find at the tip, Chris Rock is ready to talk about Will Smiths infamous Oscars slap, Top videos: Ed Sheeran wins hearts at Melbournes Royal Childrens Hospital. Travers sadistic and violent background. The five accused suspects had His father, with whom he never shared a close relationship, left the household in 1981. However, she decided instead to follow in her mother's footsteps and also become a nurse[2], She met her future husband, John Cobby, while studying for her nursing degree at Sydney Hospital. Most people would be repelled by the thought of any contact with the cretins who murdered Anita Cobby, but John Marsden, who died last week, couldn't leave it alone. Travers requested that a friend be called so she NOTE: Only lines in the current paragraph are shown. on many occasions for a number of theft related John Travers was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Anita Cobby in 1986. many reporters parked on the steps of the police Gary Murphy was attacked by multiple people in a shower block area, A Current Affair has confirmed. Mrs. X was sent back in to Radio broadcaster John Laws obtained a leaked copy of Cobby's autopsy report, which he read out live on air four days after her death. You Thought You Knew It All, which screens tonight. There was extensive bruising on her head, breasts, face, shoulders, groin, thighs and legs. She decided to walk home and never made it. I was given the ground rules by him straight away. It was alleged in court that Murphy had threatened a fellow prisoner who was going to testify against Marsden, causing the witness to withdraw. In 1988, Michael was housed along with his brother Gary in the newly built Special Protection Unit in Long Bay Correctional Complex. using marijuana when just 13 years of age and by 14 was an The odds were against them. John Cobby, while studying for her nursing released. He was a frequent visitor. the murder. investigation and subsequent solving of the case All morning, he said, he . The incident witnessed by He was detained in police custody. The health of Find out how rich she is in the current year and the way she spends her money. for the murder. Police rushed to the scene and found the body of nursing sister, Anita Lorraine Cobby, who had been reported missing by her family the day before. sir , help me , i am abid reply to me some brief on autopsy report on anita cobby . He was serving life for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Janine Balding who was kidnapped from Sutherland train station by a group of homeless men and youths. [9] He was eventually committed to Boys' Town, a juvenile detention facility, by his mother. Anita Cobbys ordeal is still often recalled as the crime that shocked the nation and one that rallied intense support for a return to capital punishment although its sobering to remember that children before and since have suffered similar fates at the hands of monsters. sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South log in. Anita enjoyed her school life and later surprised her mother, a nursing sister, when she also decided to become a nurse. And perhaps we dont want to look too closely at a dynamic that was ultimately perverse variation of the team-bonding antics that sometimes brings football teams into disrepute: the men taking their turns, egging each other on, the weak-willed members of the group in the thrall of a strong leader of an exhibitionist bent. was able to get a confession on. Investigation Australia featured the Anita Join the conversation, you are commenting as. The phone number was handed to the investigating police who contacted the friend, a woman.
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