phuong ngo

In 1994, Labor M.P. John Newman was gunned down in his driveway. It was Australia's first political assassination. Newman had made many enemies with his blunt style.

Fourteen years on, no-one has ever been convicted of pulling the trigger. But Phuong Ngo, a local councillor who lived in Cabramatta, was convicted as the 'mastermind' and has spent ten years behind bars.