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35 YEARS ON: THE HORRORS OF THE MOORHOUSE MURDERS

Perth grandmother Catherine Birnie recently turned 70, but being a serial killer, she didn’t get to blow out candles or celebrate with loved ones.

Instead, Catherine, who was responsible for some of Australia’s most horrific crimes alongside her partner David Birnie, spent just another day at Bandyup Women’s Prison in WA –her home of more than three decades.

“The Birnie case is the most horrendous I’ve ever worked on in my career, and, well, it’s left me with scars,”

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