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Glenfield Siege | |
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Location | Glenfield, New South Wales, Australia |
Date | 2 July 1968 c. 2:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. UTC+9:30 |
Attack type | siege, hostage crisis, domestic violence, mental health |
Weapons | Armalite M-16 rifle[1] Various other weapons including[2] Swan-off 12-gauge shotgun Lee–Enfield .303 rifle Silenced Handgun Hand Grenades |
Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 1 (minor injuries to Wally Mellish |
The Glenfield Siege was an armed hostage crisis between perpetrator Wally Mellish and the New South Wales Police Force that took place in the South Western Sydney suburb of Glenfield on 2 July, 1968. The siege began when officers of the NSW Police descended upon Mellish's house on Glenfield Road, to discuss some local car thefts. Mellish, who was known to Police was inside with his 19 year old girlfriend Beryl Muddle and her 11-week old baby, and refused to co-operate, before proceeding to shoot at the officers outside the door which led to the beginning of the siege.
For the next 8-days, several bizarre negotiations took place between the NSW Police and Mellish, leading to Mellish being provided with a military-issue M16 assault rifle, in addition to a Police funded and approved wedding between Mellish and Muddle, with the siege only coming to an end with the agreement that Mellish would be permitted to join the Australian Army and serve in the Vietnam War. The siege is notable for the strange concessions provided by the NSW Police who were still in the infancy of learning hostage negotiation techniques.
The events which unfolded during the siege would be later made into two movies.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Gavin, Cantlon (11 July 2018). "How it happened: The Glenfield Siege, 50 years on". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "27 November 2009: Siege of Glenfield". Scratching Sydney's Surface. 27 November 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2024.