Graham Kinniburgh
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Graham 'The Munster' Allen Kinniburgh (1943 - 2003) was an Australian criminal from Kew, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Kinniburgh was reported to hold the reputation as the most influential criminal in Victoria.
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[edit] Early life
Kinniburgh's criminal record consisted of charges of wounding with intent to cause murder, escaping legal custody, dishonesty, bribery, possession of firearms, escape, resisting arrest and assaulting police. He met members of the Moran family whilst working on Melbourne's waterside.
Kinniburgh was notable for his involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings. On December 13, 2003, he was murdered by an unknown gunman outside his home in Belmont Avenue, Kew.
[edit] Alphonse Gangitano murder
Kinniburgh was a long-term associate of career criminal, Alphonse Gangitano.
On January 16, 1998, Kinniburgh had been drinking with associate, Lou Cozzo, at the Laurel Hotel in Ascot Vale before driving to the home of Alphonse Gangitano.
Kinniburgh left the house shortly after 11pm to purchase cigarettes from a local store. Upon his return 30 minutes later, Kinniburgh found Gangitano had been shot several times to the head. Gangitano's de-facto wife, Virginia, was with the body of her husband who had died in the laundry.
Kinniburgh adopted a code of silence, frustrating police investigating the murder. Evidence was presented at an inquest that showed both Kinniburgh and Jason Moran were at the home of Gangitano on the night of his murder. Both were exempted from giving evidence at the inquest on the grounds their evidence may incriminate themselves in a crime.
Kinniburgh's blood was discoved at the murder scene and a witness had seen Moran leaving Gangitano's house.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Bulletin - Mobsters Inc: How Melbourne became No.1 with a bullet
- Graham Kinniburgh Crime Scene Melbourne (An online reference guide from the Crime Writers Association of Australia)
- Modest mobster who kept the peace, John Silvester, The Age, December 14, 2003
- From the Sacred Heart a plea to end the violence, Jamie Berry, The Age, December 20, 2003
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