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Pettingill family

Kath Pettingill
Other names Granny Evil
Occupation Brothel owner
Children 10
Conviction(s) Drug trafficking
Dennis Allen
Born November 7, 1951
Died April 13, 1987
Other names Mr. Death, Mr. D
Criminal penalty 10 years imprisonment
Criminal status Died of heart failure
Children 3
Parent(s) Kath Pettingill
Conviction(s) Rape
Peter Allen
Born (1953-01-25) 25 January 1953 (age 64)
Criminal status Still alive
Children 3
Parent(s) Kath Pettingill
Conviction(s) Armed robbery, assault, drug dealing, drug trafficking
Victor Peirce
Born (1958-11-11)11 November 1958
Died 1 May 2002(2002-05-01) (aged 44)
Port Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation Waterside worker
Criminal penalty 6 years imprisonment
Criminal status Murdered
Spouse(s) Wendy Peirce
Children

4

                  Christopher Peirce Born On 1976
                  Victor Peirce Jnr Born On 1978
                  Katie Peirce Born On 1985-2009
Vinnie Peirce Born On 1992
Parent(s) Kath Pettingill
Conviction(s) Drug trafficking

The Pettingill family is a Melbourne-based criminal family, headed by matriarch Kath Pettingill. Family members have many convictions for criminal offences including drug trafficking,arms dealing and armed robberies.

Members of the family, their associates and real life exploits, have been depicted by actors in television docudramas like the Underbelly series and the 2009 miniseries Killing Time.

Fictionalised versions of family members have been the basis for key characters in the Australian TV series Janus, Phoenix and the film Animal Kingdom. The US Animal Kingdom was based on the Australian film by the same name, albeit with the setting transposed to Southern California.

Two of Kath Pettingill's sons, Victor Peirce and Trevor Pettingill faced a murder trial for the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, with both acquitted along with two fellow defendants. Victor Peirce's de facto wife, Wendy, later claimed that her husband planned and carried out the murders with the fellow accused.

Denis Allen (nicknamed Mr. Death or Mr. D) was the oldest son of Kath Pettingill. Allen was sentenced during the 1970s to a ten-year prison sentence for rape and was reported to have been a major player in drug dealing in the Richmond and South Yarra areas during the 1980s.

Allen was alleged to have ordered the deaths, or committed the murders himself, of 15 people. Allen died of heart failure in 1987 while in prison custody awaiting trial for murder.


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