Even their taste in shirts is the same. Aussie crime movie Animal Kingdom features a young character with strong parallels to Ryan. “She’s all the more chilling because she appears to be quite normal — even sweet — with this immense affection for her boys. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size. “He said them (sic) other police were not having any more dealings with me. An excitable pup, Ryan gleefully chewed on bones his uncles tossed him during their reign over Melbourne in the 1980s. Picture: Photo file. Sullivan Stapleton plays Smurf’s second-eldest son, Craig Cody. Picture: Supplied Source: News Limited, Jacki Weaver as ‘Smurf’ Cody front and centre in a cast pic from ‘Animal Kingdom’. In the film, Joel Edgerton plays Pope’s best mate Barry “Baz” Brown. “We were discouraging people in Australia from thinking it was about real people, but in fact it does mirror a few people,” Weaver said. Immediate parallels can be drawn between Pope and Victor Peirce. Gangland witness Jason Ryan describes the brutal and callous murders of three people at the hands of Dennis Mr Death Allen. “But I won’t be going to heaven,” she conceded. Despite his insular nature, the Josh Cody character mirrors Jason Ryan. Picture: Supplied. “Australian movie Animal Kingdom is inspired by the Walsh St murders.”, Former Victoria Police detective Colin McLaren.
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I suspect some of them will think that heavenly justice has prevailed. Another notorious criminal, Raymond John Denning, once told police the Morans had been involved in an armed robbery that supposedly led to the Walsh Street murders. There are direct parallels between the way Sullivan Stapleton’s character Craig Cody dies in ‘Animal Kingdom’ and the circumstances surrounding the police shooting of alleged Walsh Street triggerman Jedd Houghton. Peter McEvoy and Victor Peirce while in custody. Picture: Madman Supplied, Detective Inspector John Noonan during his time with Victoria Police. “But sociopaths can be lovable one moment and monstrously cold and callous the next, which pretty much describes her.”. Source: Supplied, Armed robber and suspected killer Victor Peirce. The movie character seems meek and introverted — the polar opposite to the real Ryan who grew up under the influence of overlord uncles Dennis Allen and Victor Peirce; two of Kath Pettingill’s notorious sons. Defence lawyer David McKenzie told the court that Allen was now "just skin and bones", his health was "parlous" and that "he certainly thinks he's terminally ill". Source: News Limited. She told Melbourne radio that those responsible for the murder could run, but they could not hide. Source: Supplied, Bandit Jedd Houghton, who ran with Victor Peirce, was implicated as a Walsh Street triggerman.
Source: Supplied, Kath Pettingill in more recent times. As the film progresses, J gives the impression he will testify against some of his relatives. The judge was sure that Mr Devlin would recall Allen's evidence to the jury that he should have been a "minister of justice". Allen, a great grandfather with convictions that include malicious wounding, shooting to prevent arrest, rape and armed robbery, was recently convicted by a jury of burglary and theft committed between late 2011 and early 2012. Graphic content warning. Kath Pettingill saw a direct comparison, and wasn’t happy with how she believed she’d been portrayed. Photo by: Marty Smith, Boxing Clever Pictures. "I knew him well, he wasn't a bad bloke," Read said. Picture: Photo File Source: Supplied. He witnessed Uncle Dennis commit at least three murders. Kath Pettingill at her book launch of ‘The Matriarch’. Dennis Allen playfully points a pistol at the head of his mother Kath Pettingill at a party in one of their Richmond houses. But Mr Falconer had no sympathy: "If you live by the sword, you die by the sword. Direct comparisons can be made between Joel Edgerton’s Barry Brown and Victor Peirce’s close associate Graeme Jensen. “It (Animal Kingdom) is not based on any real people,” he told the Herald Sun in May 2010. “Dennis has grabbed him and dragged him ‘cos he was bleeding on our carpet. It was alleged Allen robbed a man at knifepoint in January this year. In his interview with Readings.com.au, Michod said Animal Kingdom was inspired by a “period charting the decline of armed robbery as a serious and professional criminal pursuit” in Melbourne in the 1980s. Bandit Jedd Houghton, who ran with Victor Peirce, was implicated as a Walsh Street triggerman. ‘Pope’ Cody and Barry Brown are as thick as thieves early on in ‘Animal Kingdom’, until Armed Robbery Squad detectives shoot Brown dead. In Animal Kingdom, actor Jacki Weaver plays Janine “Smurf” Cody — mother to three adult criminal sons. The dumped Commodore used to lure Damian Eyre (inset, bottom left) and Steven Tynan (inset, top left) to a spot in Walsh St, South Yarra, where they were shot dead.

Michod told Readings.com.au: “I knew from early on, however, that I wanted to create my own menagerie of characters and to build my own fictional world around them.”. The film’s main characters mirror criminals who feature in Noble’s books. Gangland witness Jason Ryan on being the star witness in the Walsh St police murders of constables Steve Tynan and Damian Eyre. Jacki Weaver as Janine Cody, a character likened to Kath Pettingill. Despite Ryan giving evidence for the prosecution, the four men were acquitted.