John Leslie Coombes
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John Leslie Coombes | |
|---|---|
| Born | John Leslie Coombes 14 September 1954 |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment without possible parole |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 |
Span of crimes | 1984–2009 |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
Date apprehended | 2 November 2009 |
John Leslie Coombes (born 14 September 1954) is a convicted serial killer from Victoria, Australia. He killed twice in 1984 and again in 2009, and is now serving a life sentence with no chance of parole.
Murder of Michael Peter Speirani, 1984
Seven weeks after his release in 1996 he was remanded for the 1984 murder of Michael Speirani who had gone missing on a fishing trip. His stabbed and mutilated body had been dumped a few kilometres off the coast of Port Phillip Bay. In 1998 Coombes received a 10-year minimum sentence.[1][2] He was paroled in 2007.[3]