Chilling crime under CIA microscope

Another instalment in the excellent Crime Investigation Australia series premieres on Thursday March 27.

Opening up the files on the NSW case of Virginia Morse, the episode includes an exclusive interview with former NSW Premier Bob Carr.

In 1973 two ex-convicts raided a farm outside Collarenebri, NSW, and bound, blindfolded and gagged Morse before abducting her to Queensland. As she begged for her life, Virginia Morse was pinned down on a riverbank, raped, tortured and finally, brutally murdered.

Many details of the crime were so horrific they were withheld by the court but eventually led to a change in legislation that ensured the killers would never be released.

Hosted by Steve Liebmann, the award winning series returns at 7:30pm Thursday March 27 on the C&I Channel.

Press Release:

For the first time on television, FOXTEL’s locally-produced crime series CRIME INVESTIGATION AUSTRALIA will revisit one of New South Wales’ most horrific crimes when it examines the shocking details behind THE KILLING OF VIRGINIA MORSE on Thursday, March 27, at 7.30pm AEST on Crime & Investigation Network.

Hosted by Steve Liebmann, the chilling one-hour special explores in detail the life and brutal death of a young wife and mother in rural NSW, and the subsequent police manhunt and shootout with her killers that followed.

CIA: NO MERCY –THE KILLING OF VIRGINIA MORSE features detailed re-enactments, in-depth interviews with Virginia’s husband BrianMorse, her brother Robert Hook as well as witnesses and key homicide detectives.

The gripping special also includes an exclusive interview with former NSW Premier, Bob Carr, who ensured the killers were lockedaway for life.

Virginia Morse was a widely loved and admired young woman. Educated at the exclusive AbbotsleighGirls Boarding School in Sydney in the 1950’s, she went on to marry young grazier, Brian Morse. Together the popular couple made a life on the land in northern NSW andwere bringing up three children when tragedy suddenly struck.

On an early summer’s day in 1973, while her husband was away and her children were at school, two ruthless ex-convicts raided the Morse farm outside Collarenebri and abducted the young mother at gunpoint. She was bound, blindfolded and gagged, and driven northinto Queensland where, as she begged for her life, was pinned down on a riverbank and raped, tortured and finally, brutally murdered.

What followed was one of New South Wales’ biggest manhunts and murder trials. The landmark case was so horrific that many details of the crime were withheld by the court and eventually led to a change in legislation that ensured the killers would never be released.