Case 313
Keith Hibbins
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, homophobia ***
On Anzac Day of 1999, life partners Keith Hibbins and David Campbell were walking through the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne when they were approached by two agitated young men, John Whiteside and Kristian Dieber. The young men claimed they were on the lookout for a pair of rapists who had just sexually assaulted a young woman nearby, but were they telling the truth?
CREDITS
EPISODE
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Narration – Anonymous Host
MUSIC
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas, Andrew Joslyn
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
OTHER
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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RESOURCES
COURT RECORDS
R v Whiteside & Deiber [2000] – Sentencing
DPP v Whiteside & Dieber [2000] – Appeal
BOOKS
Gay – Steve Dow
Reasonable Doubt: Bizarre Tales of Death & Justice – Wayne Howell
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
‘Rape’ woman cries over killing – The Age, 24 November 1999
Death in the Park – The Age, 10 December 2000
Two who killed rape accused go free – The Age, 24 June 2000
Opinion – The Age, 27 June 2000
The inequality of mercy – The Age, 29 June 2000
Petition seeks tougher penalty for killers – The Age, 29 July 2000
Appeal lodged in gay killing case – The Age, 19 July 2000
‘Liquor, not chivalry, drove vigilante killers’ – Sydney Morning Herald, 5 August 2000
Sentence reflects a life was taken: gay partner – The Age, 5 August 2000
ONLINE ARTICLES
Streets of shame: The victims of Victoria’s secret crime wave – The Herald Sun
Average of 20 gay men bashed every day for over 40 years, NSW inquiry told – The Guardian