When sibling rivalry turns nasty
Disputes between siblings can sometimes spiral out of control. In July brothers Garry and Malcolm Taylor were so jealous of their sister Kerrie’s appointment as executor of the estate of their late mother, Lois, that they took extreme revenge.
The brothers had previously unsuccessfully challenged their older sister’s role as executor and the County Court of Victoria ordered them to help Kerrie sell the family home in Murtoa, in north-western Victoria.
A day before the home was going to auction, the pair flew down from Queensland, hired a car and drove to the home where they went on a rampage. They hired an excavator and rammed the machine’s bucket through the walls, trashing the home so their sister would not “get a cent”.
The value of the property plunged from $95,000 to just $7500. After the brothers were charged, they offered
