Carl Williams

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Carl Anthony Williams a.k.a "Premier Grogan" a.k.a "George Grogan" (b. October 13, 1970) is a convicted Australian drug dealer and manufacturer from Melbourne, Victoria. He married his wife, Roberta Kane, on January 14, 2001; they are currently finalising their divorce in March 2007. He is currently in the maximum security Acacia unit of HM Prison Barwon.

Carl Williams

Williams was reported to have been shot in the stomach by Jason Moran during an argument in Broadmeadows on October 13, 1999, giving rise to lengthy violent turf wars known as the Melbourne gangland killings.

On 28 February 2007 Williams pleaded guilty in the Victorian Supreme Court to the murders of Lewis Moran, his son Jason Moran and Mark Mallia (whose name was initially suppressed by the court). Mallia's charred corpse was found in August 2003. Williams' new girlfriend appeared in court to listen as he pleaded guilty. Under a deal with police, he will not be charged for orchestrating other murders that he is believed to have committed (such as killing Mark Moran, Jason's half-brother).

Jason Moran and his bodyguard Pasquale Barbaro were shot dead sitting in a car watching a children's football clinic in Essendon in June 2003. Lewis Moran was shot dead in the inner-city Brunswick Club on March 31, 2004.

It was also revealed in court that Williams is currently serving a sentence of 21 years for the 2003 murder of Michael Marshall. Marshall was shot outside his South Yarra home in front of his five-year-old son on October 25, 2003. The outcome of this trial had been previously suppressed.

Carl Williams once escaped certain death at the hands of Andrew Gunzolio.