Kath Pettingill
Kathleen Pettingill (born 1935) is the matriarch of the Melbourne based criminal family, the Pettingill family.
Pettingill has one glass eye, having lost an eye after being shot through a closed door at the Collingwood Housing Commission of Victoria flats by Kim Nelson and Keryn Thompson as she and her son Dennis attempted to repay a $300 debt on behalf of her daughter, Vicky.[2]
Having herself been a prostitute[3] she then went on to run brothels herself.[1]
Her children include some of Melbourne's most infamous criminals:
- Dennis Allen, an infamous Melbourne drug dealer. Died in 1987 of a heart attack while in custody awaiting trial for murder.[4]
- Peter Allen, convicted of armed robbery.[1]
- Lex Peirce, minor criminal record.[1]
- Victor Peirce, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, killed in 2002.
- Jamie Pettingill, died of a heroin overdose in 1985, aged 21.[5]
- Trevor Pettingill, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings. Trevor has multiple convictions for firearms and drug-related offences, and has served several jail terms.[6] He has been described as a "career criminal".[6]
A biography of her life, titled, The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story was released in 1996 written by Adrian Tame. Pettingill now lives in Venus Bay, Gippsland, Victoria.[7] A fictionalized version of her appears in the film Animal Kingdom.
References
- ^ a b c d "Coming clean". The Age. October 1, 2005. http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/coming-clean/2005/09/30/1127804661698.html. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Shand, Adam (2007). Big Shots. Viking Books. ISBN 978-0670040711.
- ^ Tame, Adrian (1996). The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story. Pan Macmillan. pp. 58, 60. ISBN 0-7329-0854-X. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5_eURuovsFMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Kath+Pettingill&hl=en&ei=1WUtTLv2KMGXcaT24MED&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=prostitute&f=false. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Munroe, Ian. Butcher, Steve (May 3, 2002). "Brace for more gangland shootings, police warn". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/05/02/1019441412194.html. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ "Crime world loses one of its finest". The Sydney Morning Herald. May 3, 2002. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/02/1019441413044.html. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ a b "Melbourne crime figure's son guilty". Ninemsn. May 20, 2010. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1054865. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
- ^ Tame, Adrian (June 10, 2007). "Bingo dogs' number's up". Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/bingo-dogs-numbers-up/story-e6frf7kx-1111113712680. Retrieved July 2, 2010.
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Family members: Kathleen Pettingill · Dennis Allen · Peter Allen · Victor Peirce · Wendy Peirce · Lex Peirce · Trevor Pettingill · Jamie Pettingill · Vicki Brooks · Jason Ryan
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Kath Pettingill, Kathy Pettingill |
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1938 |
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