Lewis Caine

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Lewis Caine

Died	8 May 2004 (aged 39) Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Other names	Sean Vincent Adrian Bligh
Criminal charge	Murder
Criminal penalty	15 years imprisonment 10 year non-parole period
Criminal status	Deceased (murdered)

Conviction(s)	Murder

Lewis Caine (also known by the aliases Sean Vincent and Adrian Bligh ^[1]) was an Australian organized crime figure who was murdered on 8 May 2004 during the Melbourne gangland killings.

He was a self-proclaimed martial arts expert, but this was disputed by the police.^[2] Caine was portrayed by actor Marcus Graham in the television series Underbelly.

Murder of David Templeton

Caine was convicted of the murder of David Templeton outside Lazars nightclub in King Street, Melbourne in 1988 ^[1] and was released from prison in June 2000 after serving 10 years of his 15 year sentence. He was on parole at the time of his murder.^[3]

Zarah Garde-Wilson

Main article: Zarah Garde-Wilson

Caine was the de facto husband of lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson at the time of his murder. The couple had lived together for a period of approximately two years before his death. The pair had met while Garde-Wilson was employed with a Melbourne based law firm and was representing Caine on drunk driving charges.

Murder

On 8 May 2004, Evangelos Goussis and associate Keith Faure travelled to Melbourne from Geelong to meet with Caine at the 'Plough and Harrow Hotel' in Carlton at the invitation of Faure.

Caine's body was found with a single gunshot wound to his head in Katawa Grove, Brunswick at approximately 11 pm the same night.^[1] Caine had been seen dining with convicted murderer Carl Williams and his wife Roberta at Melbourne's Windows Restaurant on the night before his murder.^[3]

On 19 May 2004, heavily armed members of the Victoria Police Special Operations Group arrested Goussis and Faure in relation to Caine's murder while the pair were walking alongside Geelong's Bay City Plaza shopping centre.^[4] Goussis and associate Faure were later convicted of Caine's murder.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dead man had links to city's underworld, The Age, 13 May 2004
↑ Dumped body identified as convicted killer, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 2004
↑ 3.0 3.1 A gangster who lived as he died: by the gun, The Age, 5 March 2005
↑ Police swoop on gangland suspect, The Age, 20 May 2004

v t e Melbourne gangland killings

Victims	Greg Workman (1995) Alphonse Gangitano (1998) John Furlan (1998) Charles Hegyalji (1998) Vince Mannella (1999) Damian Catania (1999) Gerardo Mannella (1999) Joseph Quadara (1999) Francesco Benvenuto (2000) "Mad" Richard Mladenich (2000) Mark Moran (2000) Dino Dibra (2000) Victor Peirce (2002) Paul Kallipolitis (2002) Nik "The Russian" Radev (2003) Jason Moran (2003) Pasquale Barbaro (2003) Willie Thompson (2003) Mark Mallia (2003) Michael Marshall (2003) Housam Zayat (2003) Graham "The Munster" Kinniburgh (2003) Andrew "Benji" Veniamin (2004) Lewis Moran (2004) Terrence Hodson (2004) Christine Hodson (2004) Lewis Caine (2004) Mario Condello (2006) Des Moran (2009) Carl Williams (2010)

Convicted murderers	Carl Williams Keith Faure Evangelos Goussis Tony Mokbel

Related articles	Purana Task Force Underbelly Judy Moran Mick Gatto Zarah Garde-Wilson

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Name	Caine, Lewis
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Date of death	8 May 2004
Place of death	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia

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