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when they’re going to put stitches in your leg. It makes you numb. He put the needle in his penis. Then he had sex’. But sex, no matter how kinky, was not enough for this dysfunctional couple. They began to debate how they could get even more of a thrill, and rape and abduction began to feature in their fantasies. They first made their fantasies real on 6 October 1986.
Mary Neilson, a twenty-two-year-old student, knocked on their door. Birnie worked in a yard selling spare parts for cars and she had been there earlier in the day looking for new tyres for her car. Birnie had told her that if she called at his house he could do her a better deal.
Birnie asked her in and as she walked into the hallway of the house, he grabbed her and put a knife to her throat. He took her into a bedroom where she was tied up, gagged and chained to the bed. Then, with Catherine watching, Birnie raped her repeatedly. That night they bundled her into their car and drove to the Gleneagles National Park. He raped her again and then strangled her with a length of nylon cord. When she was dead, he stabbed her. He had read somewhere that a stab wound allows the gases to exit the decomposing body. They buried her in a shallow grave.
Two weeks later, fifteen-year-old Susannah Candy was abducted as she hitchhiked on the Stirling Highway in Claremont. Back at the house, she was raped and this time Catherine climbed into bed with David and joined in. When they tried to strangle Susannah, however, she fought back and they had to force-feed her sleeping pills to calm her down. When she lay quiet, Birnie told Catherine that she had to prove her love for him by strangling the girl. Without hesitating, she took each end of the nylon cord and pulled it tight. They buried her close to where Mary Neilson lay in the State Forest.
When thirty-one-year-old Noelene Patterson ran out of petrol on the Canning Highway in East Fremantle, on her way home from work as a bar manager at a golf club, she hoped someone would pick her up. She had been an air hostess for nine years before spending two years doing the same job on the private jet owned by Australian media tycoon Alan Bond.
When the Birnies stopped, Noelene was pleased to accept their offer of a lift but a knife was immediately put to her throat and she was tied up. She was an attractive girl and Birnie’s obvious attraction to her irritated Catherine. After he had raped her, she was supposed to be killed, but he postponed the murder. Catherine, furious at her man’s attraction to another, better-looking woman, took a knife and held it to her chest, telling him he had better choose between her and the girl. It was three days before Birnie finally agreed to kill Noelene. He strangled her and she was driven to the forest where she was buried close to their other two victims.
Twenty-one-year-old Denise Brown was waiting for a bus when she was taken. The same procedure was followed as with the other girls but as she was being driven to her death the following day, the Birnies spotted another potential victim, a nineteen-year-old student. They stopped to offer the girl a lift but she was suspicious, especially when she noticed that the woman in the front seat was sipping from a can of rum and coke. She thought it was a bit early in the day to be drinking and refused the lift. As they pulled away, however, she did see a small person seemingly asleep on the back seat of the car – it must have been Denise Brown, she later told police officers. She had been lucky.
Denise Brown, of course, had not been so lucky. Still alive when they reached the forest, she had been raped again in the car before being dragged out and raped yet again. While he was doing it, he pulled a knife and plunged it into her neck. She was still not dead, however, and Catherine found a bigger knife and, handing it to Birnie, urged him to stab the girl again. Finally, convinced she was at last dead, they buried her in a shallow grave. But, as
Mary Neilson, a twenty-two-year-old student, knocked on their door. Birnie worked in a yard selling spare parts for cars and she had been there earlier in the day looking for new tyres for her car. Birnie had told her that if she called at his house he could do her a better deal.
Birnie asked her in and as she walked into the hallway of the house, he grabbed her and put a knife to her throat. He took her into a bedroom where she was tied up, gagged and chained to the bed. Then, with Catherine watching, Birnie raped her repeatedly. That night they bundled her into their car and drove to the Gleneagles National Park. He raped her again and then strangled her with a length of nylon cord. When she was dead, he stabbed her. He had read somewhere that a stab wound allows the gases to exit the decomposing body. They buried her in a shallow grave.
Two weeks later, fifteen-year-old Susannah Candy was abducted as she hitchhiked on the Stirling Highway in Claremont. Back at the house, she was raped and this time Catherine climbed into bed with David and joined in. When they tried to strangle Susannah, however, she fought back and they had to force-feed her sleeping pills to calm her down. When she lay quiet, Birnie told Catherine that she had to prove her love for him by strangling the girl. Without hesitating, she took each end of the nylon cord and pulled it tight. They buried her close to where Mary Neilson lay in the State Forest.
When thirty-one-year-old Noelene Patterson ran out of petrol on the Canning Highway in East Fremantle, on her way home from work as a bar manager at a golf club, she hoped someone would pick her up. She had been an air hostess for nine years before spending two years doing the same job on the private jet owned by Australian media tycoon Alan Bond.
When the Birnies stopped, Noelene was pleased to accept their offer of a lift but a knife was immediately put to her throat and she was tied up. She was an attractive girl and Birnie’s obvious attraction to her irritated Catherine. After he had raped her, she was supposed to be killed, but he postponed the murder. Catherine, furious at her man’s attraction to another, better-looking woman, took a knife and held it to her chest, telling him he had better choose between her and the girl. It was three days before Birnie finally agreed to kill Noelene. He strangled her and she was driven to the forest where she was buried close to their other two victims.
Twenty-one-year-old Denise Brown was waiting for a bus when she was taken. The same procedure was followed as with the other girls but as she was being driven to her death the following day, the Birnies spotted another potential victim, a nineteen-year-old student. They stopped to offer the girl a lift but she was suspicious, especially when she noticed that the woman in the front seat was sipping from a can of rum and coke. She thought it was a bit early in the day to be drinking and refused the lift. As they pulled away, however, she did see a small person seemingly asleep on the back seat of the car – it must have been Denise Brown, she later told police officers. She had been lucky.
Denise Brown, of course, had not been so lucky. Still alive when they reached the forest, she had been raped again in the car before being dragged out and raped yet again. While he was doing it, he pulled a knife and plunged it into her neck. She was still not dead, however, and Catherine found a bigger knife and, handing it to Birnie, urged him to stab the girl again. Finally, convinced she was at last dead, they buried her in a shallow grave. But, as
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