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Carl Anthony Williams (13 October 1970 – 19 April 2010) was an Australian convicted murderer and drug trafficker from Melbourne, Victoria. He was a central figure in the Melbourne gangland killings as well as their final victim.
Dec 14, 2021 · Matthew Johnson was jailed for life in 2011 for the murder of Williams in a high-security unit of Barwon Prison, near Geelong. Williams was fatally bashed with the stem of an exercise bike seat.
The underworld gangland war raged in Melbourne for 12 years, with the bloodshed only ceasing when its central figure - drug kingpin Carl Williams - was killed in jail. Carl Williams was involved, either hands on or knew of, 14 of the killings in that time, which included the ambush murders of most of the Moran clan – Lewis, Jason and Mark.
Matthew Charles Johnson (born 9 August 1973) is an Australian criminal known for his extreme acts of violence, including the murder of drug dealer and serial killer Carl Williams. Raised in the Dandenong area of Melbourne, Johnson's early life was marked by familial challenges, and he was expelled from school in year seven.
On 19 April 2010, Carl Williams was murdered by fellow inmate Matthew Johnson while incarcerated at Barwon Prison. [5] [6] Williams would have been 71 before becoming eligible for parole. Background.
Dec 8, 2011 · A serving prisoner who beat to death one of Australia's most notorious criminals, Carl Williams, is sentenced to 32 years without parole.
Now the murderous Melbourne crime kingpin who triggered a gangland war in the late 1990s that left a city in fear in scenes immortalised in the miniseries Underbelly, is speaking from the grave. The secrets lurking in the computer he used in jail have been unlocked.
