Judy Moran

Judy Moran (born 18 December 1944) is the matriarch of the infamous Moran criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Judy Moran was married to Leslie John "Johnny" Cole, who was shot dead in Sydney drug-related gangland conflict in 1982. Cole was the father of her son Mark Moran (born Mark Cole), who was murdered in 2000.

Moran was divorced from Cole at the time of his death and had begun a relationship with Lewis Moran. Their son Jason Moran was murdered in 2003. Lewis Moran was shot dead in the Brunswick Club in Melbourne in March 2004, at which time Judy and he were estranged.

In June 2009 Des Moran, Lewis's brother, was murdered. Judy Moran was arrested, charged and subsequently convicted of his murder.

Just under two weeks after the death of her de facto husband, Lewis Moran, Judy Moran signed with celebrity agent Harry M. Miller and announced that she was planning to write a book of her experiences, intending to "clear her estranged partner's name." The announcement immediately brought criticism: both police and the leader of the Victorian Opposition, Robert Doyle, were reported to be "outraged" at the news, and a victims of crimes group called for new legislation to prevent the book from being published. However, while Victorian law prohibits people convicted of a crime from writing or selling stories about those actions, Judy Moran had never been convicted or charged in relation to her family's activities.

Although the book was delayed in October 2004, it was released in February 2005 as My Story through Random House, and covered her upbringing in Carlton, the murders of her husbands and two sons, and her relationship with other underworld figures. Less than a week later, Random House recalled the book from sale and pulped 20,000 copies after it was revealed that the book contained false allegations in regard to a deceased Victorian detective, Fred Silvester. At the time Random House stated that the book would be reprinted without the false allegations, and the book was reprinted and returned to book stores in May of that year. As of August 2005 over 4500 copies of the book had been sold.

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