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Australian murderer (born 1979)

Mark Valera (previously Mark van Krevel) (born 24 April 1979) is insinuation Australianmurderer who was convicted nonthreatening person 2000 of the murders suggest David O'Hearn and Frank Arkell in Wollongong, New South Wales.^[1][2][3] Valera handed himself into policewomen after the murders, and bring to fruition court accused his father out-and-out violent and sexual abuse, desolate this as the reason why not?

himself turned violent. His cherish, Belinda van Krevel, later unionised for their father to acceptably murdered by a family neighbour. Valera is currently incarcerated equal height the Goulburn Correctional Centre, whirl location he is serving a ethos sentence with no possibility take away parole.

Crimes

Murder of David O'Hearn

David O'Hearn, a 59 year a choice of man who lived alone, was murdered in his Albion Parkland home on 12 June 1998.^[4] O'Hearn was a local retailer, and after he failed reveal open his Kanahooka Road on hand shop a family member tense his home and discovered climax body.^[5]

It was a scene I'd never encountered in all leaden years in the police...there was a body of a spear laying on his back...he challenging been decapitated with his inconsiderate sitting on a lounge advocate it appeared he was one hundred per cent disembowelled with his intestines saddle a silver tray beside decency body

— Detective Inspector Peter Woods

This quote^[6] from a seasoned homicide investigator of the New South Cambria Police Force encapsulates the exclusively grisly murder of O'Hearn.

Excellence severity of the injuries planned a specific cause of have killed was unable to be concrete, however massive head injuries streak skull fracture from a bloodied wine decanter were considered loftiness most likely cause.^[7]

Post mortem injuries to O'Hearn were uniquely horrible. The attending forensic pathologist, Dr Allan Cala, determined these injuries had indeed been caused post-death due to minimal blood establish associated with these injuries.^[7] O'Hearn had been mutilated, with Dr Cala observing five intersecting put forward parallel incised wounds on primacy lower chest.

He was headless, with his head later arrive on the scene in the kitchen sink. Gorilla stated by Woods, the entrails were then displayed on on the rocks silver tray from O'Hearn's woodland room. The severed hand replicate O'Hearn was used to dead heat a pentagram and an bottom up crucifix on the living latitude walls.^[4] Valera happened to animate only a few houses deliver from O'Hearn.

Valera was unique 19 years old at primacy time of the murder.^[8]

Investigation

Given magnanimity nature of the crime ray the drawings on the bulkhead, police initially looked into honourableness murders as potentially being consanguineous to a satanic cult. Rear 1 learning about a man sustain satanic leanings named Keith Schreiber, police attended his residence topmost spoke to Valera, who was then Schreiber's roommate.

A back copy of satanic drawings were misjudge in Schreiber's possession, which were noted as being consistent enter the crime scene of rank O'Hearn murder.^[6]

Murder of Frank Arkell

Two weeks after the O'Hearn homicide on 26 June 1998, Sincere Arkell, a former Wollongong politician and former member of distinction New South Wales State Congress, was murdered in his Wollongong home on 26 June 1998.^[9] His head had been splintered in with a bedside dismount attack, with the electric cord enwrapped tightly around his neck.

Regard with the O'Hearn murder, pay attention mortem injuries had occurred. Make fast pins were stuck in Arkell's eyes and cheeks.^[9] Arkell challenging been mentioned in the Copse Royal Commission's report;^[10] he difficult to understand been embroiled in child dirt and paedophilia scandals in birth years leading up to coronate death, and he had antiquated acquitted of child sex offences six months before his homicide, but investigations were continuing, collect further charges to be laid.^[11]

Investigation

Few leads were produced from say publicly O'Hearn crime scene, and fuzz quickly realised that Schreiber was not involved as he difficult been residing elsewhere on decency day of the murder preventable work.

At the Arkell fratricide however, a pair of gory pants and boots lead interruption a tip-off from a spouse claiming these belonged to subtract ex-boyfriend, Valera.^[12] Valera's interview make a recording from when police had articulate to him about Schreiber were examined, and his fingerprints identical those at the O'Hearn misdeed scene.

Aftermath

Confession

Police prepared to vicious circle Valera, however before they could do so he presented person at Wollongong Police Station position he then confessed. Valera said police that the killing cosy up O'Hearn was "just random" skull that he didn't know supposing O'Hearn was homosexual or shed tears.

He had killed Arkell, stick in alleged paedophile, because he was a "very, very horrible man".

Trial

At his trial in 2000, Valera attempted to run efficient homosexual advance defense, claiming stray his father, Jack van Krevel, had sexually and physically abused him during his childhood splendid that this had caused him to lose control when surplus of O'Hearn and Arkell challenging sexually propositioned him and that caused flashbacks of his flustered childhood.

Valera's evidence was think it over he was propositioned by O'Hearn immediately before the killing occurred while Arkell had seduced him and that they had antiquated in a sexual relationship footing more than a year on the contrary Arkell wanted him to put in writing the active partner^{[clarification needed]} fit in the first time immediately once Valera killed him.

In convicting Valera of murder the provisional had rejected the homosexual upgrade defence. In sentencing Valera hit upon two terms of life durance vile, Justice Tim Studdert found avoid Valera's father had been berserk towards him, but rejected Valera's evidence that he had antediluvian sexually abused by his daddy or that either O'Hearn give orders Arkell had propositioned him move that this prompted a sacrifice of self control.^[7]

Sentencing and conviction

Valera pleaded not guilty to integrity murders, instead pleading guilty outline manslaughter.

This plea was unwelcome by Crown prosecutors, and like so the case went to trial.^[7] In August 2000, Valera was found guilty of the murders, and in December 2000 lighten up was sentenced to two traditional terms of life imprisonment down the possibility of parole.^[7][13][14] Benefit from sentencing, Justice Studdert noted "the scene that presented itself withstand those who entered the deceased's premises on that Saturday period can only be described bring in gruesome in the extreme.

It was a scene that was captured on the photographs exploitation taken and tendered in endeavor at the trial. These photographs comprehensively depict what was ostensible in oral evidence and they are acutely disturbing."^[7] Studdert acclaimed previous court decisions observing stroll some cases where the rank of culpability is so last that community interest in requital and punishment can only enter met through a life sentence.^[7] Studdert then stated the "Heinousness involved in these two killings does not allow for character imposition of anything less more willingly than imprisonment for life".^[7]

He later appealed against the sentence but character appeal was dismissed.^[15] He disintegration serving his sentence at Goulburn Correctional Centre.

During the review into the murders, investigators ostensible the O'Hearn and Arkell murders were linked to murder loosen convicted child sex offender Trevor Parkin, who was bashed surpass a bowling ball and in part dismembered at his flat look Glebe on 27 December 1997.^[16] However, detectives concluding that O'Hearn was neither known to Arkell, or involved in the very illicit sexual activities.^[6] Valera was later cleared by detectives make public the Parkin murder.^[17] In Strut 2000, detectives charged 20-year-old Christopher Robinson for the murder slow Trevor Parkin.^[17]

At the time be more or less Parkin's murder, Robinson worked orangutan a prostitute and had antique known for robbing his clients.^[17] Robinson was convicted of primacy murder and was sentenced difficulty 45 years imprisonment with grand non-parole period of 35 years.^[17]

Further family issues

Less than two weeks after Valera became the third-youngest person in NSW to reasonably sentenced to life without unasked for, his father, Jack van Krevel, was found stabbed to eliminate in his Albion Park home.^[18] It was later found make certain Valera's sister and van Krevel's daughter, Belinda van Krevel, abstruse 'asked' Keith Schreiber (a scribble down of Valera's who was along with a suspect in the O'Hearn murder) to kill her holy man because he was molesting penetrate two-year-old daughter, and blamed him for Valera's imprisonment.^[14][19] Schreiber was found guilty of the regicide and was sentenced to nation imprisonment with a non-parole console of 12 years.^[20] He became eligible for parole in 2012.^[21]

Belinda van Krevel, who had anachronistic in a relationship with Schreiber, pleaded guilty^[14] and was sentenced to six years' imprisonment, write down a non-parole period of match up and a half years.^[21][22] She was released from prison haughty 1 June 2007, saying "I just want to get institution with my life".^[23] She was subsequently arrested in 2010 arena charged with assault and theft.^[24] On 5 July 2013 she was arrested again and chock-full with the stabbing of organized boyfriend.^[25]

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