August 20, 2026 — 7:11pm

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A career criminal who was facing the rest of his life behind bars after multiple failed attempts to be released back into the community is the subject of a coronial inquest this week following his death in a prison cell two years ago.

Kingsley Pickett’s crimes included killing a pregnant woman and her young son and raping a woman inside her house. But he won the right to be released in March 2024 after the Court of Appeal overturned an indefinite imprisonment order.

But two months after his release on a long list…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU