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Philip McElwaine (born 5 December 1957) is an Australian boxer and motorcycle club member. He was born in Maitland, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. [1] He was the Middleweight Gold medalist in the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
In 1984, McElwaine was arrested and charged with seven counts of murder for his part in the Milperra massacre. [2] The charges were later reduced to that of affray after police acted as character witnesses for him, stating that McElwaine, who was a volunteer at the Police and Community Youth Club, was "a monument to the police boys' movement as a whole." [3] McElwaine was the only club member to be acquitted of the manslaughter and murder charges that were brought against them. [2]
References
- ^ Profile: Phil McElwaine sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 20 January 2014)
- ^ a b Simpson, Lindsay; Harvey, Sandra (1989). Brothers in Arms. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-501-4.
- ^ Simpson, Lindsay (28 November 1986). "Ex-Boxer Bandido Lacked 'Killer Instinct' Jury Told". The Sydney Morning Herald.
External links
- Philip McElwaine at Olympedia
- Philip McElwaine at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Philip McElwaine at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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- 1957 births
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- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Olympic boxers for Australia
- Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
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- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
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