About John Leslie Coombes
Born 1954. John Leslie Coombes is a serial killer.
John Leslie Coombes (born 14 September 1954) is a convicted serial killer from Victoria, Australia. He killed twice in 1984 and again in 2009, and is now serving a life sentence with no chance of parole.
Murder of Henry Desmond Kells, 1984
In 1984 he stabbed and killed Henry Desmond Kells, aged 44, at his home in Chelsea. In December 1985 Coombes was sentenced to life imprisonment, but this was later reduced to a minimum sentence of 11 years. He was paroled in 2007.
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Who is John Leslie Coombes?
Australian serial killer sentenced to life in prison
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John Leslie Coombes was born on 14 September 1954 in Victoria.
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