John Leslie Coombes

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Born
John Leslie Coombes

(1954-09-14) 14 September 1954 (age 71)
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment without possible parole
Victims3
Spanof crimes
1984–2009
John Leslie Coombes
Born
John Leslie Coombes

(1954-09-14) 14 September 1954 (age 71)
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment without possible parole
Details
Victims3
Span of crimes
1984–2009
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
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.

In 1984 he stabbed and killed Henry Desmond Kells, aged 44, at his home in Chelsea. In December 1985 Coombes was sentenced to life imprisonment, but this was later reduced to a minimum sentence of 11 years.[1][2]

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]

Murder of Raechel Betts, 2009

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