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Welcome to the serial killer podcast.

The podcast dedicated to serial killers.

Who they were, what they did, and how.

Tonight, dear listener, we return to the Australian Outback.

I know the third and final instalment in the Ivan Miletzaga is one week delayed.

This is due to the fascinating interview I had the privilege of conducting last week.

As the old saying goes, Harry Norway, he who waits for something good, does not wait in vain.

In part one, and two, I took you on a journey through the Australian bush, where we took a closer look.

At the various sites, Ivan Miletz conducted his brutal torture, rapes, and murders, before he was finally apprehended.

We now depart somewhat from the scorching Aussie Outback's son, and venture mostly indoors, to the court of justice.

The trial of Ivan Robert Marko Miletz began on Tuesday the 26th of March, 1996, at a historic St. James Road Court, in the heart of Sydney,

with more than a hint of the horror which was to come.

Crown prosecutor Mark Tadeshi, Queen's counsel, started by outlining the attempted abduction of Paul Onions, who, he said,

Miletz intended killing purely for psychological gratification.

He then graphically explained the injuries that were suffered by the seven victims of the killer.

The backpackers were killed in a ferocious and sustained attack, during which vastly more force was used than necessary to kill them.

These killings were for killing's sake, he said.

Though it was bogged down in essential detail, the crown case was simple.

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