Lewis Caine
| Lewis Caine | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 22 April 1965 |
| Died |
8 May 2004 (aged 39) Brunswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Other names |
Sean Vincent Adrian Bligh |
| Criminal charge | Murder |
| Criminal penalty |
15 years imprisonment 10 year non-parole period |
| Criminal status | Deceased (murdered) |
| Conviction(s) | Murder |
Lewis Caine (22 April 1965 – 8 May 2004[1]) (also known by the aliases Sean Vincent and Adrian Bligh [2]) was an Australian organized crime figure who was murdered on 8 May 2004 during the Melbourne gangland killings.
He was a self-proclaimed martial arts expert, but this was disputed by the police.[3] Caine was portrayed by actor Marcus Graham in the television series Underbelly.
Murder of David Templeton
Caine was convicted of the murder of David Templeton outside Lazars nightclub in King Street, Melbourne in 1988 [2] and was released from prison in June 2000 after serving 10 years of his 15-year sentence. He was on parole at the time of his murder.[4]
Zarah Garde-Wilson
Caine was the de facto husband of lawyer Zarah Garde-Wilson at the time of his murder. The couple had lived together for a period of approximately two years and a half before his death. The pair had met while Garde-Wilson was employed with a Melbourne-based law firm and was representing Caine on drunk driving charges.
Murder
On 8 May 2004, Evangelos Goussis and associate Keith Faure travelled to Melbourne from Geelong to meet with Caine at the 'Plough and Harrow Hotel' in Carlton at the invitation of Faure.
Caine's body was found with a single gunshot wound to his head in Katawa Grove, Brunswick at approximately 11 pm the same night.[2] Caine had been seen dining with convicted murderer Carl Williams and his wife Roberta at Melbourne's Windows Restaurant on the night before his murder.[4]
On 19 May 2004, heavily armed members of the Victoria Police Special Operations Group arrested Goussis and Faure in relation to Caine's murder while the pair were walking alongside Geelong's Bay City Plaza shopping centre.[5] Goussis and associate Faure were later convicted of Caine's murder.
References
- ↑ gmct deceased search
- 1 2 3 Dead man had links to city's underworld, The Age, 13 May 2004
- ↑ Dumped body identified as convicted killer, The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 May 2004
- 1 2 A gangster who lived as he died: by the gun, The Age, 5 March 2005
- ↑ Police swoop on gangland suspect, The Age, 20 May 2004