True Crime Podcasts-Casefile, Gary Silk And Rodney Miller
Without Prejudice
The True Crime I know the best, apart from Ivan Milat and The Backpacker Murders in the Belangalo State Forest in New South Wales, involves Bendali Debs, Jason Roberts and the murder of two Policemen, Constable Gary Silk and Constable Rodney Miller.
The two Policemen were on a stakeout outside The Silky Emperor Restaurant in Cheltenham, a South Eastern suburb of Melbourne, on the evening of the 16th of August 1998. There had been a spate of robberies on large Restaurants that year. The men wearing masks and brandishing guns terrorised staff and demanded money.
They even robbed the customers of cash, jewellery and credit cards.
The reason for my interest, even fascination is that Jason Roberts lived in the next street to me. He was just 18 at the time and lived with Bendali Debs daughter, Nicole. Jason has always maintained his innocence in the last twenty years that he has been incarcerated in Barwon jail. Barwon is a jail for high risk offenders and lies outside of Melbourne, at Lara, close to Geelong.
Barwon has housed some famous crims, Matthew Johnstone, Carl Williams, CBD killer, Christopher Wayne Hudson and triple murderer, Les Camilleri.
Jason was just 16 when he first met, " Ben" and they had a drink together and Debs wanted to know if Jason was interested in some " work". Jason knew it was something illegal but had no idea it would include armed robberies.
Debs former home is up for sale, thanks to the Cranbourne Leader for this article.
The True Crime I know the best, apart from Ivan Milat and The Backpacker Murders in the Belangalo State Forest in New South Wales, involves Bendali Debs, Jason Roberts and the murder of two Policemen, Constable Gary Silk and Constable Rodney Miller.
The two Policemen were on a stakeout outside The Silky Emperor Restaurant in Cheltenham, a South Eastern suburb of Melbourne, on the evening of the 16th of August 1998. There had been a spate of robberies on large Restaurants that year. The men wearing masks and brandishing guns terrorised staff and demanded money.
They even robbed the customers of cash, jewellery and credit cards.
The reason for my interest, even fascination is that Jason Roberts lived in the next street to me. He was just 18 at the time and lived with Bendali Debs daughter, Nicole. Jason has always maintained his innocence in the last twenty years that he has been incarcerated in Barwon jail. Barwon is a jail for high risk offenders and lies outside of Melbourne, at Lara, close to Geelong.
Barwon has housed some famous crims, Matthew Johnstone, Carl Williams, CBD killer, Christopher Wayne Hudson and triple murderer, Les Camilleri.
Jason was just 16 when he first met, " Ben" and they had a drink together and Debs wanted to know if Jason was interested in some " work". Jason knew it was something illegal but had no idea it would include armed robberies.
Debs former home is up for sale, thanks to the Cranbourne Leader for this article.
Serial killer Bandali Debs’ old house available to rent
SERIAL killer and police shooter Bandali Debs’ former house has hit the rental market in Melbourne’s southeast. But would you pay more than $400 a week to live there?
Cranbourne LeaderMARCH 15, 20184:32PM
30 Springfield Drive, Narre Warren, was once owned by a serial killer.Source:Supplied
THE former house of serial killer and police shooter Bandali Debs is available for rent in the city’s southeast.
For $420 a week tenants can live at 30 Springfield Drive, Narre Warren, where Debs was arrested over the 1998 murders of Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller.
Debs, who is serving a life sentence for the police murders, has also been convicted of murdering Beaconsfield Upper teenager Kristy Harty and western Sydney woman Donna Hicks.
Bandali Debs arriving at the Victorian Supreme Court in 2002, when he faced charges of murdering police officers Gary Silk and Rod Miller.Source:News Limited
Title documents show Debs owned the four-bedroom house until its $480,000 sale in November 2016.
It was sold as a renovator’s delight and is now marketed for rent as a substantial family home in a prime location.
“Positioned around the corner is Fountain Gate shopping centre, this is the perfect spot to start living,” the listing reads.
It says the home’s ground floor is made up of two separate living areas, with a family room that opens to a spacious backyard.
Police remove roof tiles during investigation of Debs’ house in Springfield Drive, Narre Warren, in July, 2000.Source:News Limited
An aerial of 30 Springfield Drive, Narre Warren, when it was raided in July, 2000.Source:News Limited
It is believed to be the first time the new owners have offered it for rent.
The $420 weekly asking price is $60 more than a median-priced rental in the suburb, according to CoreLogic data.
Debs and accomplice Jason Roberts, then aged 17, were convicted of gunning down Sgt Silk and Senior Constable Miller in Moorabbin in August 1998 during a police operation to catch two bandits holding up restaurants across Melbourne’s southeast.
In 2000, police raided and arrested Debs at his Springfield Drive house, and had previously placed bugs in the home and his car.
The home’s open-plan kitchen, pictured when the house sold in 2016.Source:Supplied
The L-shaped living room, pictured when the house sold in 2016.Source:Supplied
After Debs was convicted of the Silk-Miller murders, his DNA led to his conviction for the murders of Kristy Harty, who was shot in the head in Beaconsfield Upper in June 1997, and NSW sex worker Donna Hicks, who was shot dead in western Sydney in April 1995.
The Herald Sun revealed in Jauaury this year that Debs is also a “live suspect” in the attempted murder of another two police officers in 1994.
Under the current disclosure laws, real estate agents are only required to disclose information about a property’s chequered past, such as if it had been the scene of a murder or other serious crime, if asked directly.
But sellers are not required to release this information to their agent.
Last year, Minister for Consumer Affairs Marlene Kairouz told the Hearld Sun the government was “currently looking into this issue” as part of a review.
“People have a right to know details about a property before they buy, particularly if it has a violent or criminal history,” Ms Kairous said.
