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of the vehicle in question, the police filed the report and apparently took no further action as they were unable to trace the vehicle or the man in question.
Several years later, still troubled by his experience and now aware of the bodies being found in the Australian outback, Onions called the Australian High Commission and was put in touch with the taskforce conducting the investigation in Australia. On 13 November 1993, he told the officer who answered the telephone the details of his attack in 1990 and was asked why he had not reported it then. When he replied that he had, he expected the officer to ask him where and when and the name of the officer he spoke to. Instead, he was thanked for the information and the call was terminated. When he didn’t hear any more, he assumed that his report was of no value and did his best to forget about it.
The official search of the forest was suspended on 17 November 1993. No more bodies or additional evidence had been found. During the course of the ongoing police investigation, the motorist who had taken Mr Onions to the police station had been seen and re-interviewed. A further witness had mentioned the name of Ivan Milat as being a possible suspect; he was known to have a mania for guns. The police decided to visit the work premises of Ivan Milat, whose brother Richard coincidentally worked with him. Timesheets were requested for both men for the dates and times of the murders. Richard was found to have been working on every occasion. However, his brother Ivan had been away from work around the dates of the disappearances of the victims.
From this point on, Ivan Milat (b. 1943) was looked on as a suspect but the police did not have any evidence. A criminal record check revealed that Milat had previous convictions – in1971 he had picked up two girls hitchhiking from Liverpool to Melbourne and had allegedly raped one of them. Both girls testified that he was armed with a large knife and carried a length of rope. He was later acquitted when the prosecution case was dismissed as unproven. As a result, the police closely scrutinised Milat’s past history and his more recent lifestyle right through until 1994.
The search for evidence continued. Officers obtained records of all premises and vehicles that the Milat brothers had owned in the past. They found that three of the Milats owned a small property on the Wombeyan Caves road, 25 miles from Belanglo. In addition, one vehicle found was a silver Nissan Patrol four-wheel -drive that had been owned by Ivan Milat. The new owner was interviewed and showed police a bullet that he had found under the driver’s seat. It was a .22 calibre and was later analysed and found to be consistent with cartridge cases found at one of the grave sites. Milat had sold the vehicle two months after the bodies of the two English girls had been discovered.
The police were still aware of Mr Onions’ incident and statement. At the end of April, Paul Onions received an important telephone call from the Australian police asking him if he could fly to Sydney as soon as possible. He was totally confused. Why had it taken them so long? He was subsequently shown a video identification parade, which contained an image of Milat. Onions was left alone to view the images as many times as he liked. He was told to take his time. He felt strange. Four years had passed since the attack and here he was looking for the man who did it. He looked through the tape again and again. He then made a positive identification of Milat.
This identification gave the police sufficient grounds to arrest Milat on suspicion of the assault on Mr Onions and thereby give them the opportunity to execute search warrants at Milat’s home address, where he was subsequently arrested along with his girlfriend. He remained at their house, having been handcuffed while the search commenced. The first item found in Ivan’s housewas a postcard. He was asked whom it was from. He replied that
Several years later, still troubled by his experience and now aware of the bodies being found in the Australian outback, Onions called the Australian High Commission and was put in touch with the taskforce conducting the investigation in Australia. On 13 November 1993, he told the officer who answered the telephone the details of his attack in 1990 and was asked why he had not reported it then. When he replied that he had, he expected the officer to ask him where and when and the name of the officer he spoke to. Instead, he was thanked for the information and the call was terminated. When he didn’t hear any more, he assumed that his report was of no value and did his best to forget about it.
The official search of the forest was suspended on 17 November 1993. No more bodies or additional evidence had been found. During the course of the ongoing police investigation, the motorist who had taken Mr Onions to the police station had been seen and re-interviewed. A further witness had mentioned the name of Ivan Milat as being a possible suspect; he was known to have a mania for guns. The police decided to visit the work premises of Ivan Milat, whose brother Richard coincidentally worked with him. Timesheets were requested for both men for the dates and times of the murders. Richard was found to have been working on every occasion. However, his brother Ivan had been away from work around the dates of the disappearances of the victims.
From this point on, Ivan Milat (b. 1943) was looked on as a suspect but the police did not have any evidence. A criminal record check revealed that Milat had previous convictions – in1971 he had picked up two girls hitchhiking from Liverpool to Melbourne and had allegedly raped one of them. Both girls testified that he was armed with a large knife and carried a length of rope. He was later acquitted when the prosecution case was dismissed as unproven. As a result, the police closely scrutinised Milat’s past history and his more recent lifestyle right through until 1994.
The search for evidence continued. Officers obtained records of all premises and vehicles that the Milat brothers had owned in the past. They found that three of the Milats owned a small property on the Wombeyan Caves road, 25 miles from Belanglo. In addition, one vehicle found was a silver Nissan Patrol four-wheel -drive that had been owned by Ivan Milat. The new owner was interviewed and showed police a bullet that he had found under the driver’s seat. It was a .22 calibre and was later analysed and found to be consistent with cartridge cases found at one of the grave sites. Milat had sold the vehicle two months after the bodies of the two English girls had been discovered.
The police were still aware of Mr Onions’ incident and statement. At the end of April, Paul Onions received an important telephone call from the Australian police asking him if he could fly to Sydney as soon as possible. He was totally confused. Why had it taken them so long? He was subsequently shown a video identification parade, which contained an image of Milat. Onions was left alone to view the images as many times as he liked. He was told to take his time. He felt strange. Four years had passed since the attack and here he was looking for the man who did it. He looked through the tape again and again. He then made a positive identification of Milat.
This identification gave the police sufficient grounds to arrest Milat on suspicion of the assault on Mr Onions and thereby give them the opportunity to execute search warrants at Milat’s home address, where he was subsequently arrested along with his girlfriend. He remained at their house, having been handcuffed while the search commenced. The first item found in Ivan’s housewas a postcard. He was asked whom it was from. He replied that
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