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News Special: Carl Williams

Melbourne underworld figure Carl Williams is the subject of a Nine special Carl Williams: Day of Reckoning to air locally on Monday night.

The prime-time news special is an interesting move by Nine to reinforce its brand as a news leader.

On Monday Williams will be sentenced by the Supreme Court. The special hosted by Peter Hitchener will feature exclusive interviews with Williams’ parents and friends, plus the Director Public Prosecution.

There will also be a live cross to Barwon Prison.

Press Release:

The Nine Network will broadcast a one-hour National Nine News special, Carl Williams – Day of Reckoning, on Monday, May 7 at 9.35pm.

Williams, Victoria’s most notorious criminal and killer, will have his day of reckoning on Monday when he is sentenced in the Supreme Court.

Carl Williams – Day of Reckoning, hosted by National Nine News presenter Peter Hitchener, is an exclusive insight into how Williams’ spiral into crime began, the extraordinary deal that put the 36-year-old behind bars, and what life ahead will be like for Victoria’s most ruthless underworld killer behind the razor wire of Victoria’s toughest jail, Barwon Prison.

This special news presentation will feature exclusive interviews with his parents, George and Barbara Williams, and long-time friends, who reveal where his life of crime started in the tough backstreets of Broadmeadows in Melbourne’s west.

The man who held Williams’ fate in his hands, Director of Public Prosecutions Paul Coghlan QC, talks exclusively to National Nine News investigative reporter Darren Lunny about how he cut the deal to put the Melbourne crime boss behind bars, signalling the end to the gangland wars that have claimed more than 30 lives since 1998.

Hitchener will also cross live to National Nine News reporter Brett McLeod at Barwon Prison as Williams starts his long sentence.

Channel Nine was granted unprecedented access to Victoria’s highest security facility for the special. Victorian Corrections Commissioner Kelvin Anderson takes viewers inside Barwon Prison and reveals to Hitchener how Williams will serve out his time behind bars.

The program will also look at the women in Williams’ life and include candid interviews with two of Australia’s most notorious crime figures, Mark “Chopper” Reid and Billy “The Texan” Longley, who claim Williams wouldn’t have been hard enough to survive in their day.

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