In Animal Kingdom, actor Jacki Weaver plays Janine “Smurf” Cody — mother to three adult criminal sons. Photo by: Marty Smith, Boxing Clever Pictures. Writers often use real-life material to inspire fictitious stories. Source: Supplied, Armed bandits had the power to terrorise and instil fear. He spoke of memories of murder at home and about the Walsh St killings. Ben Mendelsohn plays former bandit ‘Pope’ Cody, a character that mirrors Victor Peirce. Peter McEvoy and Victor Peirce while in custody.

There are those like me who believe in karma, there are others who believe in heavenly justice.

He and a brother shoot dead two young police officers at an abandoned car dumped in a dark street. Picture: Supplied. THE BLACK LIST: Peirce, Allen on Anderson’s roll call, CRIME FLICKS: Paul Anderson’s all-time favourite crime flicks. The movie character seems meek and introverted — the polar opposite to the real Ryan who grew up under the influence of overlord uncles Dennis Allen and Victor Peirce; two of Kath Pettingill’s notorious sons. With the other brothers - Trevor Pettingill and Lex Peirce - they were regarded as Australia's most notorious gun and drug dealers in the 1980s. Weaver made a direct Pettingill comparison in an interview with CinemaBlend.com. “I’ve seen the movie and I’m not impressed. If I’d done that to any of my boys, I’d have copped a smack in the mouth — not a kiss.”, Janine Cody (Jacki Weaver) gets close and personal with one of her sons, Craig (played by Sullivan Stapleton). Peter McEvoy and Victor Peirce while in custody. Mr McKenzie agreed with Judge Taft when he described Allen's background as "wretched", but he responded that with the "influences" in his life "no wonder he's led the life he has". A fourth son, Peter Allen, 49, has spent most of his life in jail but was released from custody this week after being granted bail on a charge of armed robbery. In his plea in mitigation, Mr McKenzie said Allen had been out of prison for more than four years - his longest period of freedom after spending a collective 28 years in jail over his lifetime.

He said it also had to be noted that that since he had believed he was a "broken" man nine years ago, Allen had continued to offend, albeit in a different mode and level of intensity.

Former Victoria Police detective Colin McLaren, who was involved in the Walsh St murder investigation, wrote his thoughts on the movie in the Sunday Herald Sun. One of the few existing photos ever published of Jason Ryan. Armed robbery squad members had shot and killed several notorious bandits during what was a boom era for holdups in the 1980s. Photo essay: Take a look back at everyday life in Melbourne in the Swinging ... - Herald Sun, The notorious Sunshine Crew menaced Melbourne at the height of the city's ... - Herald Sun, Melbourne gangland insider Jason Ryan tells of callous slayings by Dennis 'Mr ... - Herald Sun, Real Housewives of Melbourne star Andrea Moss' parenting book was 'trashed ... - Daily Mail, Guns seized as police raid Mongols bikie clubhouse and Victims of Ink tattoo ... - Herald Sun, Melbourne's prestige house market bounces back on million-dollar property deals - The Age. Aussie crime movie Animal Kingdom features a young character with strong parallels to Ryan. ".

“He said them (sic) other police were not having any more dealings with me. Defence lawyer David McKenzie told the court that Allen was now "just skin and bones", his health was "parlous" and that "he certainly thinks he's terminally ill". “What I get,” McLaren wrote in his Sunday Herald Sun piece, “is a neat brick veneer villa unit with a backyard BBQ on a street lined with highly polished cars and strips: Ramsay St rather than the underworld.”. Anthony Farrell and Trevor Pettingill after their 1991 acquittal.

Picture: Madman Supplied, Detective Inspector John Noonan during his time with Victoria Police. Source: News Limited. He explained why he decided to turn Crown witness and testify against his family and their friends. In an interview, Weaver told At the Movies reviewer David Stratton that even though Animal Kingdom was a fictional story, there would be “inevitable comparisons” to real life figures. She told Melbourne radio that those responsible for the murder could run, but they could not hide. Even their taste in shirts is the same. In Animal Kingdom, James Frecheville plays Smurf’s grandson, Joshua “J” Cody. He said it was Allen's right to take the present charges, which could have been dealt with before a magistrate, to a jury trial where he claimed he had been the victim of a set up. He falls into the care of veteran detective Nathan Leckie while under police protection. He risked his life by alleging that Uncle Victor, and another uncle and three of their associates murdered two police constables in October 1988. His mother was interviewed in relation to Melbourne's Great Bookie Robbery, some of his brothers were linked to the Russell Street bombing in which a woman police officer was killed, and they were also associates of disgraced NSW detective Roger Rogerson. Ben Mendelsohn plays Smurf’s eldest son, Andrew “Pope” Cody — a career armed robber looking for new criminal pursuits.

He was 18 at the time this shot was taken during the Walsh Street court case.

She’s supposed to have read books about me and studied me for the part, but it doesn’t come off. He told Judge Taft that he would be aware of the people connected to his client who had been murdered or died. Despite his insular nature, the Josh Cody character mirrors Jason Ryan.

It was just him and me from then on.”. Kath Pettingill's son Peter John Allen 'terminally ill,' back behind bars. Picture: Brad Wilson. Picture: Brad Wilson Source: News Corp Australia, The Animal Kingdom production notes state: “While in custody, and later in witness protection, J’s sole ally is Leckie — a decent detective who realises that the only way to persuade J to testify against his family is to treat him with kindness and empathy.”. Today, the Herald Sun reveals never-before-heard audio from the Ryan interview, conducted ten years after police constables Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre were murdered in Walsh St, South Yarra. Sullivan Stapleton plays Smurf’s second-eldest son, Craig Cody. Violent armed robberies were commonplace in the 1980s. Picture: Supplied Source: News Limited, Jacki Weaver as ‘Smurf’ Cody front and centre in a cast pic from ‘Animal Kingdom’. Source: Supplied.

James Frecheville plays Josh “J” Cody, a character with parallels to Pettingill crime family member Jason Ryan. Source: HWT Image Library. Former crime matriarch Kath Pettingill was fiercely protective of her sons. Picture: Photo file. Jo Chandler writes for The Age that Pettingill has a distinctive “nicotine-stained chortle,” especially […] In the film, Joel Edgerton plays Pope’s best mate Barry “Baz” Brown. Herald Sun movie expert Leigh Paatsch wrote: “The story centres on a family of low-level crooks with obvious parallels to the dynasty once presided over by the infamous crime matriarch Kath Pettingill.”. Source: HWT Image Library Source: HeraldSun, A notorious crew of armed robbers are still the top suspects in the callous revenge slaying of two innocent young police officers. First of Kath’s sons to die was Jamie Pettingill, who overdosed in 1985, aged just 21. He provided a sentencing range to the judge of two to three years with a minimum of between 12 months and two years. In reality, police officers minded Ryan during the Walsh St investigation and court cases. Picture: File Photo/Drew Ryan.

The film’s main characters mirror criminals who feature in Noble’s books. Mr McKenzie said that when he recently visited his client in jail, prison officers referred to his client simply as "number 816" - indicative of his status as a veteran inmate - and that the "banter at the jail was that he was a renowned jail lawyer". Jacki Weaver as Janine Cody, a character likened to Kath Pettingill. Source: Supplied, Career armed robber Graeme Jensen. Kath lost her right eye in a shooting incident in the late 1970s. Source: News Limited, Anthony Farrell and Trevor Pettingill after their 1991 acquittal. Peirce was a career bandit who ran with close mate Graeme Jensen. He (Dennis) was very fond of his carpet. Michod told Readings.com.au: “I knew from early on, however, that I wanted to create my own menagerie of characters and to build my own fictional world around them.”.

Judge Taft, who wondered if Allen had ever pleaded guilty to an offence, took into account his age and his physical and psychological conditions. Source: Supplied, Tensions rise and fall in the film.

But Mr Falconer had no sympathy: "If you live by the sword, you die by the sword.

Mr Devlin revealed that subsequent to the present offences, Allen had been convicted of possessing a controlled weapon and of theft and going equipped to steal and had a burglary charge pending. Police yesterday recovered the burnt-out shell of a stolen 1980s Holden Commodore sedan believed to have been used by the gunman and his driver. “Although they’re grown men she remains their ‘parental figure’. Photo by: Marty Smith, Boxing Clever Pictures. A detective who worked on the Tynan-Eyre Taskforce said the shooting was "an occupational hazard for these guys". His main minder was a veteran cop named John Noonan. For 20 years he was the man police first thought of when a major crime was committed. A fading member of Melbourne's notorious Pettingill crime family - who has spent almost half of his 60 years in prison - is back behind bars where he may now die. He said Allen had been living in Kyabram, but was forced to leave after an "altercation with outlaw motorcyclists" and others and had more recently lived alone in a home provided by the Department of Human Services. Source: Supplied. In 1978, she was shot in that eye through a closed door at the Collingwood Housing Commission of Victoria flats, and she has worn a glass replacement ever since.

“Australian movie Animal Kingdom is inspired by the Walsh St murders.”, Former Victoria Police detective Colin McLaren. Source: News Limited, A family portrait of Kath Pettingill’s sons (from left to right) Dennis Allen, Victor Peirce, Trevor Pettingill and Lex Peirce. Det-Insp Noonan spent a lot of personal time with Ryan.

There are direct parallels between the way Sullivan Stapleton’s character Craig Cody dies in ‘Animal Kingdom’ and the circumstances surrounding the police shooting of alleged Walsh Street triggerman Jedd Houghton. Source: Supplied, Bandit Jedd Houghton, who ran with Victor Peirce, was implicated as a Walsh Street triggerman.

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