Christopher Dale Flannery
| Christopher Dale Flannery | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | circa 9 May 1985 (presumed) |
| Other names | Mr Rent-a-Kill |
| Occupation | Hitman, Bodyguard |
| Criminal penalty | 7 years imprisonment |
| Spouse(s) | Kathleen Flannery (2 children) |
| Conviction(s) | Housebreaking, Assault, Car theft, Rape |
Christopher Dale Flannery, aka Mr. Rent-A-Kill (born 1948 – missing and believed murdered since 9 May 1985) is alleged to have been an Australian hitman. Flannery was born in Brunswick, Victoria.
Flannery left school at the age of fourteen and received his first criminal conviction later that year. At 17, he was convicted of housebreaking, car theft, assault against police, carrying firearms and rape and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment.
In 1974, Flannery and two other men were alleged to have committed an armed robbery on a David Jones store in Perth. They were arrested in Sydney by former Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson. It has been alleged that Flannery paid a bribe to Rogerson to escape conviction. Flannery was extradited to Perth but acquitted at trial. However, he was jailed on an outstanding Victorian warrant for rape.
On his release from prison, he became a bouncer at Mickey's Disco, a night club in St Kilda, but was quickly bored by the work and moved into contract killing, hence the moniker "Mr Rent-A-Kill". According to police, one of his first jobs was the murder of barrister Roger Anthony Wilson. In August 1980, Flannery, Mark Alfred Clarkson and Kevin John Henry ("Weary") Williams were arrested and charged with Wilson's murder. Wilson's body was never found but police alleged that the trio had forced him off the road, abducted him and taken him to Pakenham, where Flannery took him into the bush to shoot him. Flannery is said to have missed and Wilson, bleeding profusely from a head wound, tried to escape. Flannery is then alleged to have gone "mad" and emptied his gun into Wilson's head and back. In October 1981, Flannery, Clarkson and Williams were all acquitted. As Flannery left the court, detectives from New South Wales Police immediately arrested him for the murder of Sydney brothel owner Raymond Francis "Lizard" Locksley, who had been murdered at Menai on 11 May 1979. In 1982 a jury failed to reach a verdict and a retrial was adjourned until 18 April 1984. Flannery was subsequently acquitted.
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