- Serial killer Paul Haigh was planning for the future when he confessed to two unsolved murders, claims a veteran detective who says Haigh is the most cunning criminal he’s met.
Retired Senior Sergeant Jim Fry, the last policeman to charge Haigh with murder, said he was not surprised the cold-blooded killer was now relying on his alleged redemption to try to secure his release from jail.
Haigh’s last-ditch bid for a future outside jail goes to the Supreme Court today, when he will ask the court to set a non-parole period so he can eventually be freed.
Victoria’s most prolific serial killer is serving life with no parole and has been convicted of murder seven times, including two killings he admitted to in what was Victoria’s first filmed murder confession. The chilling footage can be seen exclusively at heraldsun.com.au
But Haigh, 54, says he deserves another chance.
Haigh, who will represent himself, will argue he is a changed man and no longer a threat to the community.
But Mr Fry says he doubts Haigh’s story.
He said of all the killers he had questioned in 15 years as a homicide detective, Haigh was a “one-off, definitely a one-off” for intelligence and rat cunning.
Mr Fry questioned Haigh after he contacted police in 1986 and confessed to two murders, which had been unsolved for eight years.
Haigh admitted killing shop assistant Evelyn Abraham at a Prahran Tattslotto agency and Bruno Cingolani at his Caulfield pizza parlour during armed robberies in 1978.
Mr Fry said he believed Haigh confessed because he didn’t want the two unsolved murders to come back and bite him – Geoff Wilkinson
