Crime Reporter, Brianna Travers, Herald-Sun
29th July 2017: ‘Mass murderer Julian Knight pens open letter from prison demanding parole’
SOURCE: News, Law & Order, Herald-Sun newspaper
(Herald-Sun editor’s images added)
Australian mass murderer Julian Knight has penned an open letter from behind bars demanding parole, just days before the 30th anniversary of the Hoddle Street massacre.
The handwritten letter was uploaded to Knight’s profile on website iExpress, an avenue of expression for prisoners and hospitals.
“I offer my sincerest apologies to my victims and to all Victorians but given the enormity of my crimes that doesn’t amount to much,” the letter said.
[COMMENT: The following is Mr Knight’s 4-page open letter of apology in full from 2017]
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Open in new tab “The Hoddle Street shootings were despicable, cowardly and senseless. They were not, however, committed in anger as a ‘war on society.’ “Thirty years have passed since the Hoddle St shootings and I am far from being the immature, disturbed, desperate teenager who committed them. “If I had been granted parole in 2014 I would have very quickly faded into obscurity and I would have ended by days leading a quiet, simple life devoted to community service. “If they never intended to release me, they should have made this plain (sic) 30 years ago.”
