Carl Williams had a new attack dog. Andrew “Benji” Veniamin was now spending the best part of his days with a new best mate; despite him allegedly accepting a contract from Jason Moran to off Carl.

The way Benji told it, he’d gotten his way into the roof cavity of Carl’s house one night, and was primed to do the job, when he heard Roberta singing to their daughter Dhakota, while putting her to bed.

Benji knew then, he couldn't kill Carl. Others might think the lure of easy drug money on offer from the likes of Tony Mokbel, and his friend Carl, spoke louder than Roberta’s singing voice.

Whatever the case, Benji had his foot in their camp now, and it wouldn’t be long until he put his skills to use, skills he’d be building up since his childhood…

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This episode was produced by True Blue Media using the open source materials referenced below:

1. Underbelly: The Gangland War, by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
2. Big Shots by Adam Shand
3. Carl Williams by Adam Shand
4. Underbelly series of novels by John Silvester and Andrew Rule
5. I, Mick Gatto, by Mick Gatto and Tom Noble
6. Underbelly, Series 1, Nine Network
7. Fat Tony & Co, Nine Network
8. Tough Nuts, Nikolai Radev
9. Dead Famous, Melbourne’s underworld war
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_gangland_killings

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