Bandali Debs

Bandali Michael Debs (born 18 July 1953 He is portrayed by Australian actor Greg Stone in the telemovie Underbelly Files: Tell Them Lucifer was Here.

Personal life Debs was born Edmund Plancis on 18 July 1953. While Debs has avoided discussion about his childhood, in a newspaper report in 2003 his brother claimed he and Debs were tortured as children; there is no firm evidence for this claim. Debs, from Narre Warren, a south eastern suburb of Melbourne, was employed as a tiler. He fathered five children, the youngest of whom, Joseph, was found dead due to a suspected drug overdose at a house in Greensborough in December 2003.

Silk–Miller police murders

In February 2003, Debs was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment with no minimum term for the murders of two Victoria Police officers, Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Constable Rodney Miller at Moorabbin, Victoria on 16 August 1998. who was murdered at Upper Beaconsfield on 17 June 1997.

Harty was soliciting for sex along the Princes Highway when she met with Debs. The pair drove to a secluded bush track in Upper Beaconsfield where they had unprotected sex. Harty was later murdered; cause of death was a single gunshot wound to the back of her head. Her semi-naked body was found lying face down by bushwalkers.

DNA tests revealed that semen located on the body of Harty was a match for Debs.

In May 2007, Debs was convicted of the murder of Harty and sentenced to a third consecutive term of life imprisonment.

Having been entered into a DNA database of criminals, Debs was subsequently linked to the case through DNA analysis. On 30 September 2008, New South Wales Homicide detectives interviewed Debs and raided his previous address in Sydney. On 12 December 2011, he was found guilty of Hicks' murder in the New South Wales Supreme Court,

Prison life While imprisoned, Debs has undertaken psychology classes, life skills and computer training and is employed as a prison carpet cleaner.