Bandali Debs

Bandali Michael Debs (born 18 July 1953) is an Australian serial killer, currently serving four consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the murder of two Victoria Police officers in August, 1998, and also the 1997 murder of teenager Kristy Harty. Debs was detained at HM Prison Barwon in Victoria. On 12 December 2011 he was convicted of the April 1995 shooting murder of New South Wales prostitute Donna Ann Hicks. He is portrayed by Australian actor Greg Stone in the telemovie Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here.

Personal life

Debs, from Narre Warren, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne was employed as a tiler. He had fathered five children. His youngest son Joseph was found dead due to a suspected drug overdose at a house in Greensborough in December, 2003.

Silk-Miller police murders

In February, 2003, Debs was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with no minimum term for the murders of two Victoria Police officers, Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller at Moorabbin, Victoria on 16 August 1998.