Malcolm George Baker
Malcolm George Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 August 1947 |
| Conviction(s) | Murder x 6 |
| Criminal penalty | 6 x life imprisonment without parole |
| Details | |
| Date | 27 October 1992 9:12 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. |
| Killed | 6 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Weapons | Sawed-off Remington 12-gauge double-barrelled shotgun |
| Imprisoned at | Goulburn Correctional Centre |
Malcolm George Baker (born 13 August 1947) is an Australian spree killer from Terrigal, New South Wales, currently serving six sentences of life imprisonment[1] for the shooting massacre of seven people, including an unborn child, in Terrigal, Bateau Bay and Wyong[2] on the evening of 27 October 1992 (known as the Central Coast massacre).
Shootings[edit]
The shootings started at 9:12 p.m. at the Terrigal apartment of his ex-girlfriend Kerry Gannon and her younger sister Lisa Gannon. Baker used his shotgun to smash the front window. Twenty-two-year-old Christopher Gall, a friend of the sisters, was the first person shot, suffering a gunshot wound to the face. Baker then entered the house and shot Gannon dead. Moving through the house he shot dead Lisa, who was eight months pregnant; later efforts to save her unborn baby failed. Their father, Thomas Gannon, 43, who had been visiting for a few days, was found dead in the street.
Baker then drove to the resort of Bateau Bay, where he arrived about ten minutes later, at the home of his 27-year-old son David. Baker shot his son through the back of his head.[3] His body was discovered in the back yard of the home he shared with his wife and baby.
Baker then went to the home of Ross Smith, 35, and Leslie Read, 25, in Wyong, 15 kilometres north of Bateau Bay. Arriving there shortly before 10 p.m., he shot and critically injured Read, then finding Smith in the bathtub shot and killed him instantly. Read died two hours later in hospital. Smith and Baker had had a confrontation about two years prior, over a business deal gone sour.
At 11.00 p.m., Baker walked into Toukley police station, surrendered, and handed over a Sawed-off Remington 12-gauge double-barrelled shotgun.[4] He was charged with six counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.
Incarceration[edit]
Baker was one of the first six inmates of Goulburn Gaol's High Risk Management Unit upon its creation in 2001.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "SENTENCING FOR "LIFE" IN NEW SOUTH WALES" (PDF). John Anderson. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ "SHOTGUN RAMPAGE KILLS 6 IN AUSTRALIA". San Jose Mercury News (CA). 28 October 1992. Retrieved 21 April 2009.
- ^ Hogan, Nicole (25 October 2017). "The Central Coast massacre: 25 years on". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "True Crime Writing Part 1 - Hunter Writers Centre". hunterwriterscentre.org. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019.
- ^ "Fed: First six inmates of the new Goulburn high risk jail". AAP. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 21 April 2009.[dead link]
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- 20th-century Australian criminals
- Australian murderers of children
- Australian people convicted of murder
- Australian prisoners sentenced to multiple life sentences
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