Lewis Moran

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Lewis Moran (7 July 1941 - 31 March 2004) was an Australian criminal and patriarch of the infamous Moran family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Notable for his involvement in the Melbourne underground war, Moran was shot dead in a Melbourne hotel in 2004. His murder occurred one day after the funeral of fellow Melbourne underworld criminal and suspected hitman, Andrew Veniamin.

Moran, married to Judy Moran, was the father of murdered Melbourne underworld figures Jason Moran, murdered in 2003 and stepfather of Mark Moran, murdered in 2000^{[citation needed]}. Moran was a long term associate of Graham Kinniburgh after meeting as workers on Melbourne's waterside. Kinniburgh was earlier executed outside his Kew home on 13 December 2003. In the drama series Underbelly Lewis Moran is played by actor Kevin Harrington

Murder

Masked gunmen entered the Brunswick Club on Sydney Road, Brunswick at approximately 6.40pm on 31 March 2004, driving a Ford Falcon EF XR6 station wagon. Moran ran from his place at the bar, over a poker machine, through a glass window before the gunman caught up with him and shot him twice, the fatal bullet being fired into the back of his head from a few centimetres away. Associate Bertie Wrout was severely wounded but survived the attack.

Arrests

Keith Faure, his brother Noel Faure and associate Evangelos Goussis were charged with the murder. On 3 May 2006, Faure pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 19 years for the murders of Lewis Caine and Lewis Moran^{[citation needed]} Former boxer, Evangelos Goussis, was found guilty of Moran's murder on 29 May 2008 in the Victorian Supreme Court. Goussis, 40, of Geelong, stormed into Melbourne's Brunswick Club in March 2004 and shot Moran as he cowered in a corner. Goussis and two others reportedly accepted a $150,000 contract from Tony Mokbel to kill Moran, the Victorian Supreme Court heard.^{[citation needed]} After five days deliberatins, the jury also found Goussis not guilty of the charge of the attempted murder of Moran's friend Herbert Wrout, who was injured during the shooting. But he was found guilty of intentionally causing serious injury to Wrout.^{[citation needed]}

It was the second gangland murder conviction for Goussis who was also found guilty of murdering Lewis Caine two months after Moran's murder. In February 2009, Goussis was sentenced to a minimum 30 years in prison for Moran's murder^[1].

See also

• Crime in Melbourne

References

External links

• The Bulletin - Mobsters Inc: How Melbourne became No.1 with a bullet
• Lewis Moran killed in gangland shooting
• Lewis Moran murdered, The Age
• Three facing charges over Moran killing, The Age
• Moran knew he was a target, NineMsn. Retrieved on 10 April 2008