Sian Kingi was a kind hearted and popular twelve year old girl. She was popular among her friends, caring, loved netball, her parents and animals...and it would be her love for animals that would lead her to fall into the trap of two depraved, sadistic monsters who had decided that that day, November 27, 1987, would be the day they finally acted out their sick fantasies.

What happened when Sian crossed paths with Barrie Watts and Valmae Beck would destroy a family and a Queensland community and leave a country vying for blood.

Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she takes a dive into the heartbreaking murder of Sian Kingi.

TW - This episode discusses the rape and murder of a young girl - listener discretion is advised.

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On a cold September evening in 1994, Cabramatta, NSW, local politician John Newman was gunned down in his driveway in front of his terrified fiancee. John, a Cabramatta local since he was a child, was a formidable figure in local and state politics and was very vocal about the rise in drug use and gang related crime the area. And for John, the cause of this problem sat squarely at the feet of Vietnamese migrants who moved to the area and in particular one called Phuong Ngo, a migrant who had migrated to Australia after the Vietnam war and was one of John's biggest political opponents.

There was no love lost between the two, and when John was shot dead that September night, Phuong was quickly named as the prime suspect. But it would be many years and many trials before the public got any answers, and even then, many people thought the wrong man ended up being jailed.

Join Belinda over a cuppa or two as she discusses Australia's first political assassination. Belinda will also be discussing a fantastic book she had the pleasure of reading - A Marked Man - The Questionable Conviction of Phuong Ngo By Carlotta McIntosh - which offers an intimate insight into the murder, the man accused of doing it and the environment at the time, by a well respected Australian journalist who was in the front row for all of it.

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Fifteen year old Melbourne teen Rachel Barber was thriving. The bubbly and popular teen with the striking green eyes had a loving and caring family, a boyfriend who adored her and was pouring all her energy into her first true love - dance. What Rachel didn't know was she also had an admirer, Caroline Reed, a family friend, who was bitter and jealous of Rachel's looks and the life she was carving out for herself. So, rather than come up with a plan to thrive like Rachel was, she decided she was going to become Rachel.

Join Belinda over a coffee or two as she looks into the disturbing and heartbreaking 1999 murder of Rachel Barber, the stunning dancer and much loved daughter and sister, at the hands of someone who was meant to be a friend.

This episode discusses the murder of a young person. Listener discretion is advised.

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