Articles by Gary Johnston

About Gary Johnston

Gary Johnston is an author, academic and former parole officer with decades of experience in the criminal justice system. He is True Crime News Weekly's Deputy Editor and Melbourne correspondent. His book 'No Previous Conviction' was published in May 2017 and is available on Amazon.

DUNNY MCGREGOR VIDEO! Sozzled Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor CAUGHT ON TAPE harassing young woman to GO INTO TOILET with him

February 3, 2023 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: In footage exclusively leaked to True Crime News Weekly, Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor has been caught on tape drunkenly harassing a young woman to go inside a toilet with him. It’s time to call out the footballers who think it’s all about their balls, Gary Johnston writes.

THE DEATH OF THE KILLER! Jerry Lee Lewis and other famous men who GET AWAY with rape and murder

November 10, 2022 Gary Johnston

Upon his recent death, rock and roll musician Jerry Lee Lewis was widely lauded by many as a pioneer and icon even when those same obituaries sneered at his paedophiliac marriage to a teen girl. Yet, marrying his 13-year-old cousin wasn’t even his greatest sin. He was also a murderer of women. Gary Johnston with this account of the man known as ‘The Killer’ who likely killed one, if not two, of his seven wives.

RACIST DOLE BLUDGER GONE! Queen Elizabeth II: the ‘lovable’ face of British elitism & colonialism carks it

September 10, 2022 Gary Johnston

OBITUARY: She was supposedly ‘beloved’ by millions, but in reality she was an in-breeding, racist gambler bore who relied on government handouts and welfare while protecting paedophiles. This loving tribute to Queen Elizabeth II from Gary Johnston.

RIVALS ON THE PITCH, PEDO RING OFF IT! The shocking SEXUAL ABUSE cover-up behind Scotland’s top two soccer teams Rangers & Celtic

September 3, 2022 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of yet another Old Firm derby this weekend, more evidence is emerging that there existed a tight-knit paedophile ring in elite British football for decades that even crossed the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers. Gary Johnston investigates.

RANGERS GREATS FAILED TO TELL POLICE ABOUT NEELY ABUSE! Walter Smith and Graeme Souness implicated in cover-up over paedophile “super scout” Gordon Neely

August 8, 2022 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish football icons, Walter Smith and Graeme Souness, are alleged to have purposely failed to alert police to paedophile “super scout”, Gordon Neely, after the legendary Rangers management team became aware of sexual abuse claims against their friend while they were all at the club. Neely would then go on to abuse more boys for at least another decade. Gary Johnston reports.

HUMAN RIGHTS? F*ck that, play on

July 1, 2022 Gary Johnston

ANALYSIS: The Socceroos have qualified for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar but how much should we really be celebrating, wonders Gary Johnston.

KINGS & QUEENS FOUNDED OZ! And it wasn’t a good thing

June 9, 2022 Gary Johnston

ANALYSIS: As Queen Elizabeth II celebrates 70 years of stealing a wage from the public on behalf of her deviant royal family, it’s more than time for Australians to banish monarchy to the dustbin of history, writes Gary Johnston.

TRUE OPINION: Are Labor serious about keeping their promises?

May 31, 2022 Gary Johnston

If Labor are serious about Indigenous rights, prison reform is where it starts, writes Gary Johnston.

The Secret Diary of Ange – Volume 4: I Told Ya I’d Prove All You Malakas Wrong

May 18, 2022 Gary Johnston

SATIRE: Australians love sport and they love winners. Having led Scottish giants Celtic FC to the premiership title that’s why they now love me so much, writes Ange Postecoglou.

DICKHEAD DEPP’S DEFAMATION! Johnny Depp’s performance on the stand is a winner for creeps

May 2, 2022 Gary Johnston

ANALYSIS: Actor Johnny Depp’s performance on the stand in his defamation battle against ex-wife Amber Heard is a signal for other creeps to excuse their misogyny, writes Gary Johnston.

DOES AUSTRALIA HAVE ITS OWN JIMMY SAVILE? Celebrity cover-ups aren’t only an English specialty

April 18, 2022 Gary Johnston

CRIME CULTURE: With the release of a Netflix documentary that tells how a ‘beloved’ British TV personality successfully exploited his fame to disguise five decades of unspeakable sexual abuse, the question must be asked – could it happen in Australia? Or has it already? Gary Johnston takes a look.

THE UGLY SIDE OF THE BEAUTIFUL GAME! Celtic FC & Rangers to travel to Australia for football tour as child sexual abuse claims linger in Scotland

March 16, 2022 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: They are arguably Scotland’s two biggest institutions: Celtic FC and Glasgow Rangers. And six months from now, the two football clubs will bring their storied and intense rivalry to Australia for the very first time. Yet, hidden deep within that history of the Old Firm is a horrid decades-long tale of organised paedophile rings amongst youth football coaches. Now, ahead of the Australian tour to take place in November, families of the victims of child sexual abuse have spoken out and are livid that their experiences continue to be whitewashed and sports-washed. Gary Johnston reports.

NOT ONLY SLEAZY POLITICIANS! Police Need to Know MeToo Also Means Them Too

February 14, 2022 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: A Melbourne woman says her attempts to report sexual assault to Victoria Police have resulted in ill-health, fear and pain and a sense that she is now the enemy and even a target for officers. How far have police really come in this world after MeToo? Gary Johnston investigates.

PRINCE ANDREW FOR GOVERNOR-GENERAL! You know it makes (non)sense

January 14, 2022 Gary Johnston

The formerly honourable Prince Andrew is on the lookout for a new job after being stripped of his military roles and royal titles this week and no longer able to use the moniker “his Royal Highness”. It comes on the back of a US court ruling that found he could be sued for sexual abuse over his connections to elite child sex traffickers, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Surely he’d make a fine candidate for Australia’s next Governor-General, suggests Gary Johnston.

HOWZAT?! Class is permanent. Sport is forever

January 5, 2022 Gary Johnston

Sport is the soothing balm for all of Australia’s ills and ‘invisible’ class divides, writes Gary Johnston.

The Secret Diary of Ange – Volume 3: Even More Malaka Files

December 3, 2021 Gary Johnston

SATIRE: Geia sas again, malakas. Struggles in Scotland have Celtic FC manager, Ange Postecoglou, pondering why Greeks love tragedy so much.

‘FALL GUY’ FOLEY’S OFFICE MILLIONS! Vic Health Minister Martin Foley sells property for over $1 million its reserve to RoboDebt guy Rodney Kagan just weeks before Dan Andrews gives multi-million dollar Covid contract

November 3, 2021 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: The sale of an office premises belonging to Victoria’s Health Minister, Martin Foley, for more than $1 million over its reserve before a public auction to the big boss of a call centre who was coincidentally then handed a cushy $20 million-plus government contract just weeks later by Premier Dan Andrews’ state Labor government has raised all sorts of curious questions. Gary Johnston reports.

THE INTERVIEW: Robert ‘Oily’ Doyle on his Geelong College Daze

October 15, 2021 Gary Johnston

Yet another case of child sexual abuse at Geelong College will have an other one of its former teachers – onetime Melbourne mayor and Liberal Party behemoth Robert Doyle – sweating under his collar once again, writes Gary Johnston.

The Secret Diary of Ange – Volume Two: More Malaka Files

October 1, 2021 Gary Johnston

SATIRE: After a tough start to life as manager of Celtic FC, Ange Postecoglou is back to give True Crime News Weekly readers an exclusive direct insight into how he is handling all the pressure of being the Big Boss of a Big Club.

PRESSURED COPS MAKING POOR DECISIONS! Complaining About Police Mistreatment … Depends On Who You Are

September 27, 2021 Gary Johnston

EXCLUSIVE: As the Covid-19 lockdown continues across large parts of a beleaguered Australia, stress, anxiety and its associated link with criminality – especially that of family violence – is creating increasing pressure on police forces in the affected states. Gary Johnston investigates.