Crime in Focus

Investigative reporter Adam Shand sums up how the most expensive police investigation in Victoria's history ended in abject failure and how the trauma of the events of 2002/3 continues to play out in 2021.

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After 7 years on the run, Mark Perry is captured. The trial of the vampire's potential killers begins. Learn how prosecutors try to tie in Perry's alleged role in the murder with 'The Author's' evidence and end up with two different and conflicting stories, how long can 'The Author' lead the police on before his credibility crumbles?

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The manhunt for Abbott's suspected murder, Mark Perry, begins. Police offer a $1 million reward for information on Perry's whereabouts. Meanwhile, police trawl through Shane's client list to try and find new clues to his murder.

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Allegations made by "The Author" indite a former and serving policeman, claiming he helped to plan the murder of Shane. Hear how, under political pressure, police try to prove that the flimsy allegations are riddled with inconsistencies and lies.  

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An inmate known as "The Author" begins his confession about Shane's murder, three years after his death. Investigative reporter Adam Shand reports on these confessions and the names of his accomplices.

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Abbott is due to give evidence in his trial, but that very day he is intercepted outside his house on Howard St and shot down in cold blood. This has now become a murder investigation.

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Police track Shane from Penny's hotel room to a brothel where more bizarre practices unfold but this time Shane is on the receiving end. More questions emerge about the events in Room 307 and whether the victim is telling the whole story.

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Abbots client - the Thai-born Penny, is found in a pool of blood in her hotel room and Shane is the only suspect. There were rape allegations against Shane but, some unanswered questions on that investigation cast doubt on Shane’s guilt.  

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What led Shane to become a sex worker? Vampire gigolo Shane Chartres-Abbott's father and grandfather had a history of bogus religion, violence and sexual freedom, but how does all this all tie into Shane's work in the sex industry?

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Melbourne's infamous 'vampire gigolo', Shane Chartres-Abbott was shot down on his way to court to go on trial for rape charges in 2003. Both the death and trial seem suspicious. These are the events that led to so-called trials of the vampire.

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