Case file · Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia

Ivan Robert Marko Milat: charges, verdict and sentence

Milat

Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia · 1994 to 2019

Ivan Milat was arrested in May 1994 and charged with seven murders of backpackers and with offences against a man who survived an attack. A jury in the Supreme Court of New South Wales convicted him on 27 July 1996 of seven murders and one kidnapping, and he received seven life sentences without the possibility of parole. His appeals failed, and he died in custody at Long Bay jail hospital in Sydney on 27 October 2019.

Where it stands nowMilat died in custody on 27 October 2019.

Charges and outcomes

Charge	Outcome	Date
Murder, seven counts^3,2	Convicted	27 July 1996
Kidnapping and related offences against a surviving victim^3,1	Convicted	27 July 1996

Sentence

Seven life sentences without the possibility of parole.

Court record, stage by stage

22 May 1994
arrestPolice raided his homes and charged him over an armed hold up of a traveller³
31 May 1994
indictmentCharged with seven murders³
12 December 1994
indictmentCommitted for trial on eight charges after a 28 day hearing before a magistrate³
Local Court of New South Wales
26 March 1996
trialJury trial began in Sydney after the jury was empanelled on 25 March³
Supreme Court of New South Wales
27 July 1996
verdictJury found him guilty of seven murders and one kidnapping^3,2
Supreme Court of New South Wales
1996
sentenceSeven life sentences with no possibility of parole^3,1
Supreme Court of New South Wales
February 1998
appealCourt of Criminal Appeal dismissed his appeal³
NSW Court of Criminal Appeal
May 2004
appealHigh Court of Australia application for special leave to appeal failed³
High Court of Australia
December 2006
appealA bid for an inquiry into his convictions failed³
27 October 2019
deathDied in Long Bay jail hospital, Sydney, of oesophageal and stomach cancer^1,2

Sources

SBS News, Rot in hell: Ivan Milat, 74, dies (27 October 2019)
ABC News (Australia), Ivan Milat's dying request refused (10 November 2019)
Australian Associated Press via The Canberra Times, Timeline of Ivan Milat's crimes and trial (AAP) (27 October 2019)

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