Mass Murderer Relocated to Castlemaine
Notorious Hoddle Street killer Julian Knight, 57, has been moved from maximum-security incarceration to medium-security Loddon Prison in Castlemaine.
On August 9, 1987, Knight, then 19, fired a semi-automatic rifle on Hoddle Street, Clifton Hill, killing seven people and injuring 19.
Knight, a former Australian Army officer-cadet, pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 1988 to life with a minimum of 27 years.
In 2014, the Corrections Act was amended, specifically naming Knight to prevent him from early release on parole, changing his original sentencing conditions.
Retired KC Tom Gyorrfy, involved in writing the Sentencing Act 1991, said he had never seen this done before or since.
Author's summary: Julian Knight moved to medium-security prison.