Carl Williams pleaded guilty to three murders and was found guilty of a fourth. He's a suspect in several others.
underworld figures wanted to help police stop Melbourne's gangland war but remained silent because they were so scared of killer Carl Williams. They came forward very soon after Williams was arrested and provided vital information to Victoria Police's Purana taskforce. Det-Insp Gavan Ryan, who this week handed over leadership of the elite taskforce to Det-Insp Bernie Edwards, said the arrest of Williams was a turning point. "We knew if we could get Williams behind bars that it would make life difficult for him and his friends," Det-Insp Ryan said. "Certainly the shooting side of things slowed down when we locked him up. Locking Williams up also gave us an opportunity to talk to people who would not talk to us while he was out in the community. "We always knew if we could pop Williams in the bin we would have a good chance of getting a lot of information, and that's exactly what happened." It was the arrest of Williams's hitman Sean Sonnet during...