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Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight uses a website to publish his writings from behind bars. Picture:News Corp Australia, Michael Potter

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Writings and rants of notoriousVictorian prisoners publishedfrom behind barsMark Buttler Herald Sun

A website used by jailed murderers, armed robbers and other high-level

criminals is in the sights of the state government.

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In the News: WA NEWS PAGE 13 OPINION POLITICS AFL BUSINESS CLAREMONT SERIAL KILLINGS

NEWS CRIME

Monday, 9 September 2019 8:15PM

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Hoddle Street gunman Julian Knight, hitman Gerald Preston, notorious bandit

Chris ‘Badness’ Binse and murderer John Glascott are among dozens of inmates

whose writings are featured on the iexpress site.

Atrocities are justified, foes fingered as informers and false claims of sexual

depravity made on the site, which provides a platform for jailed criminals

nationwide.

The writings are sent or dictated from the jail then prepared for internet

publication by someone on the outside.

But the State Government says it will write to Justice Action, which publishes

iExpress, to make it clear prisoners who send it material for uploading are

breaching regulations.

“Victoria has introduced tough new regulations earlier this year to crack down

on prisoners who use associates on the outside to post on websites or social

media on their behalf,” Corrections Minister Ben Carroll said.

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Screenshots from the website iExpress a website used by jailed murders, armed robbers and otherhigh-level criminals. Picture: Supplied

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Notorious hitman Gerald Preston is a contributor to the website. Picture: Supplied

Knight has published everything from pages of writings from a dictionary of

prison slang to his petition for mercy over his crimes.

In one letter, he blames his time in the Australian Army for his murder of seven

people in the Hoddle St massacre of 1987.

“If there had been no bastardisation at Duntroon, there would have been no

massacre at Hoddle St. It is as simple as that,” he said.

Binse uses the website to attack his many enemies and makes false claims

against them, including allegations they have engaged in jailhouse sex with

other men.

Binse attacks a former lawyer as a bumbling drunk and says a prominent bikie

boss flourished because of his links to crooked police.

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Chris Binse uses to the website to attack his enemies from jail, and make allegations they engagedin jailhouse sex. Picture: AAP

Contract killer Gerald Preston is doing time in Adelaide’s Yatala Prison for the

1998 murders of mechanic Les Knowles and his mate Tim Richards, murders

suspected of being commissioned by the Hells Angels bikie gang.

A year later his wife Vicki Jacobs — a prosecution witness at his trial — was

executed as she slept with their six-year-old son at their Bendigo home.

It is certain that the slaying was connected to Preston’s activities because of her

giving evidence against him, something he later said made her a “dog”.

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John Glascott was found guilty of the murder of lawyer David Robinson. Picture: News Limited

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Screenshots from Glascott’s iExpress page. Picture: Supplied

Preston now uses iexpress to bemoan his “Groundhog Day” existence in a cell he

calls The Turdis.

“I have an adult son whom I’ve had no contact with throughout my sentence. I

hope one day he finds his way to getting in touch with me,” Preston has written.

Glascott, jailed for the 2008 murder of Melbourne solicitor David Robinson,

writes asking for help with typing up documents and perform photocopying,

offering to pay an hourly rate.

Glascott, who has always proclaimed his innocence over the Robinson murder,

says he spends most of his time working on legal matters.

Mr Carroll said such websites were of concern and the State Government was

working with Federal authorities to stop their use as a “matter of urgency”.

“Posts in prisoners’ names can also be distressing to victims of crime and can

also threaten the security and good order of the prison system,” he said.

Mr Carroll last month lobbied his counterparts nationwide for a ban on third

parties being used to publish material from prisoners online.

This followed widespread concern about jailed Russell St bomber Craig

Minogue’s use of outsiders to upload his writings.

Originally published as Evil criminals given website for twisted rants

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