Keith Faure
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Keith George Faure (b. June, 1951), from Norlane, Victoria, Australia, is an Australian citizen convicted of multiple murder, currently serving life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years for the role in the Melbourne gangland killings. Faure's criminal history includes further convictions for armed robbery, breaking and entering and manslaughter.
Faure and Chopper Read continued a lengthy prison war whilst imprisoned in Melbourne's Pentridge Prison during the 1970's and 1980's and features prominently in Read's first few books. Faure was also the basis for the character of Keithy George in the film Chopper [1], who is stabbed to death in the films' opening scenes. Faure was reported to be unhappy with his portrayal in the film [2].
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[edit] Early life
Faures's grandfather, Norman Leslie Bruhn, was reported to be a Sydney based gangster who operated in Sydney during the 1920s. He was shot in 1927 during a hit ordered by Snowy Cutmore, who died with Squizzy Taylor in a Melbourne shoot-out four months later.
Faure has been sent to trial for murder on five occasions and received two murder convictions. He was convicted of shooting Senior Constable Michael Pratt during a bank robbery on June 4, 1976. Later that same year, Faure was convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Shane Dennis Rowland, and again convicted of manslaughter for the killing of prisoner Alan Sopulak whilst imprisoned in Melbourne's Pentridge Prison.
His brother, Leslie Faure, is currently serving a 14 year prison sentence for the murder of his girlfriend, killed in 1997 during a game of Russian roulette. [3].
[edit] Melbourne gangland murder convictions
[edit] Lewis Caine murder
The body of Melbourne underworld figure, Lewis Caine, (also known as Sean Vincent) was found dumped in a residential street in Brunswick on May 8, 2004.
On November 3, 2005, Faure and Evangelos Goussis, 37, were convicted for the murder of Lewis Caine, the first murder convictions related to the Melbourne underworld wars.
[edit] Lewis Moran murder
Lewis Moran and associate Herbert Wrout were shot while drinking at the Brunswick Club in Sydney Road, Brunswick.
Faure was reportedly paid AUD$150,000 by Tony Mokbel for the murder of Moran, of which $140,000 was collected.
On December 5, 2005, during the committal hearing for the murder of Lewis Moran, Faure fainted in the dock and was attended to by paramedics after suffering a suspected stroke [4]. Faure pleaded guilty to the murder of Moran.
[edit] Trial and guilty plea
On May 3, 2006, Faure was sentenced to life imprisonment with a a non-parole period of 19 years for the murders of Lewis Caine and Lewis Moran [5].
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Mokbel ordered hit on Lewis Moran, News.com.au, May 4, 2006
- ^ Let's make a deal, The Age, May 4, 2006
- ^ R v Faure (2000) VSC 208 (4 February 2000), Supreme Court of Victoria, February 4, 2000
- ^ Murder suspect collapses in court, The Age, December 5, 2005
- ^ R v Faure (2006) VSC 169 (3 May 2006), Supreme Court of Victoria, May 3, 2006
[edit] External links
- The Bulletin - Mobsters Inc: How Melbourne became No.1 with a bullet
- Gangland killers found guilty
- Gangland pair found guilty of murder
- A criminal dynasty that began in the 1920s
- 3 men charged with murder of Lewis Moran, ABC
- Time runs out for underworld killer Faure
- Crime boss shooting: associate fingered
- Police swoop on gangland suspect
- Keith Faure at Melbourne Crime
