Kill the Morans: The real story of the Moran crime crew

The Gripping Inside Story of Melbourne’s Gangland War. As the long-time driver and confidant of Lewis Moran, Bert Wrout was at the heart of Australia’s bloodiest drugs turf war, which at last count had 39 people murdered. He narrowly escaped death after being shot in the same showdown in which Lewis Moran was killed. With the assistance of former crime journalist Brett Quine, Bert Wrout has set the record straight, overturning many of the myths surrounding Melbourne’s gangland history and making some stunning revelations. While explaining the rise and fall of the Moran crime dynasty and the network of crime and corruption within which it operated, Wrout also recounts his own passage from childhood in inner Melbourne to a life spent in the shadows of crime. Would you really be driven to murder if your wife and mother-in-law attacked you in ‘This is the gritty reality behind the gangland wars. An insider’s account, stripped of the TV glamour: utterly compelling.’ Julian Burnside AO QC