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.

CRIME CULTURE: The Irishman

December 10, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

Director Martin Scorsese reunites with old buddies Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel and an out-of-retirement Joe Pesci for one last hurrah making a masterpiece of a gangster film. Gary Johnston with this review of ‘The Irishman’.

SCOTLAND’S FOOTBALL ABUSE SCANDAL ON BRINK OF EXPLODING! Questions raised over organised paedophile rings who went from club to club raping boys

November 19, 2019 Gary Johnston 3

EXCLUSIVE: Scotland’s football abuse scandal is expected to explode with more details coming out that some coaches perhaps acted together in an organised paedophile ring, being moved on from club to club after raping and molesting young boys with big dreams of being professional footballers, writes Gary Johnston.

TRUE OPINION: The Great Con of the Race that Stops the Nation

November 11, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

It’s heralded as the greatest sporting and cultural tradition of this nation. Gary Johnston spent a day at the Melbourne Cup to give you this first-hand glimpse of an ugly, faltering Australia dressed to its best.

CRIME CULTURE: The Pretty Girl Killer by Andrew Byrne

October 31, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

An Australian millionaire rapist who then went to the United States and became a serial killer is the focus of this uneven bit of historical true crime reportage, writes Gary Johnston.

‘OILY DOYLEY’ GREASING UP JUSTICE! Is Robert Doyle Oiling the Wheels of Influence?

October 24, 2019 Gary Johnston 1

EXCLUSIVE: All seems to have gone quiet in the criminal investigation into disgraced Liberal Party heavyweight and former Melbourne Lord Mayor, Robert Doyle, despite claims more than six months ago that an arrest over sex crimes was “imminent”, writes Gary Johnston.

CONSPIRACY OR COVER UP? Prince Andrew and his decades-long friendship with paedophile pimp mate Jeffrey Epstein

September 8, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

It’s the kind of story involving wealthy elites and claims of global paedophilia that most right-thinking people would have considered a conspiracy theory but with each day it seems there’s more murky details concerning Prince Andrew’s long friendship with the now-dead convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, writes Gary Johnston.

CRIME CULTURE: BYRON BAY! The truth of perfection

August 13, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

With Byron Bay back in the headlines as a playground for wealthy ‘Instamummies’, former parole officer, Gary Johnston, remembers his time and some of the crimes in the beachside party town in this excerpt from his memoir ‘No Previous Conviction’.

CHILD SEX ABUSE COVER-UP RATTLES ‘CULT’ OF SCOTTISH FOOTBALL! Fans harass families of abuse victims in extension of never-ending Old Firm derby between Celtic & Rangers

August 2, 2019 Gary Johnston 7

SCOTLAND: Families of child sexual abuse victims say their efforts in calling for the truth to be heard have been hampered by one-eyed football fans who see their plight as just yet another extension of the never-ending Old Firm derby between Celtic FC and their bitter rivals, Glasgow Rangers.

TRUE OPINION: Are Victoria’s Jails the Easiest Place to Score Drugs?

July 11, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

Watching the comings-and-goings of the local drugs court isn’t for the faint-hearted. But it should be compulsory viewing as it highlights all the failures of the War on Drugs, writes Gary Johnston.

LAWYER! LIAR! Pants on Fire

May 27, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

ANALYSIS: With a number of recent high-profile scandals involving practitioners of the law, should we even trust lawyers in the first place? Gary Johnston doesn’t hold back and tells us what he really thinks.

OUR HAUS IS A VERY, VERY, VERY BAD HOUSE! Property pollution plagues Yarra Council

April 8, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

EXCLUSIVE: Property pollution from one of Melbourne’s ugliest buildings is plaguing residents in the city’s north. Gary Johnston investigates.

CRIME CULTURE: The prisoner & parole

March 15, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

A former police officer who killed his wife was up for parole. Gary Johnston explains what happened next in this piece taken as an excerpt from his book ‘No Previous Conviction’.

"OILY DOYLEY"! On the trail of the not-so-lonesome Robert Doyle

TRUE OPINION: Justice For All? No, Not Really. Not In This World

February 21, 2019 Gary Johnston 1

With disgraced sleazy Liberal Party doyen Robert Doyle now well and truly in the sights of Victoria Police detectives, our Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, wonders why the hell it took all so long. The answer? Well that’s simple, isn’t it.

COPS FINALLY CIRCLING AROUND “OILY DOYLEY”! The sleaze from former Melbourne mayor Robert Doyle nears a criminal stench

February 8, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

EXCLUSIVE: With reports Victoria Police are finally putting together a criminal case against sleazy former Melbourne lord mayor, Robert Doyle, True Crime News Weekly can now reveal that at least one of the complaints involves an underage victim. While other former students of Geelong College are now also preparing a class action against some of their teachers, including the former Liberal Party leader they knew as “Oily Doyley”.

THE AUSSIE CONNECTION! With lid lifted off Celtic, Scotland’s sexual abuse scandal spreads far & wide

February 8, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

SCOTLAND: A vigil for childhood abuse victims will be held later this month in Glasgow. It comes as survivors and their families have reached out to True Crime News Weekly to explain how Scotland’s history of institutional abuse is closely linked to that of Australia. Gary Johnston reports.

FEAR SELLS, FOR SOME! But it costs for most

February 6, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

MELBOURNE: The sexually motivated murder of young Palestinian student Aya Maasarwe last month took the media to some strange places. Gary Johnston takes a look at how race and perspective shapes crime reporting.

FOOTBALL CLUB HOME TO SOCCEROOS STARS UNMASKED AS HAVEN FOR CHILD SEX OFFENDERS! Celtic left reeling as decades long cover-up finally revealed

January 14, 2019 Gary Johnston 19

SCOTLAND: With a long storied history that is the envy of most, Glasgow Celtic remains one of world football’s most enduring symbols with a passionate fan base to be found all across the world, including Australia. It is also, of course, the club that is home to Socceroos stars, Tom Rogic and Daniel Arzani. But now, Celtic finds itself in the midst of explosive revelations the club covered up for and enabled child sex offenders for decades, with even legendary manager Jock Stein playing a part in not calling police despite the abuse of dozens of young boys.

WOMAN ESCAPES VIOLENT PARTNER, BUT THEN PREVENTED FROM GETTING PRISON JOB! Just Because You’re Innocent, You Shouldn’t Expect Fairness

January 4, 2019 Gary Johnston 0

EXCLUSIVE: Being a prison officer takes “a special type of person”, according to Corrections Victoria, but some female survivors of domestic violence are being treated as damaged goods when applying for jobs with the government bureaucracy. Our Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, takes a deeper look.

MEDIA & POLITICS

GOING TO HELL! Found guilty of hideous crimes this week but media banned from revealing truth about high-profile Australian criminal with mass following

December 12, 2018 Gary Johnston 3

ANALYSIS: One of Australia’s highest profile individuals with a worldwide reputation and a mass following has this week been found guilty of committing awful, heinous crimes. While several overseas media publications are now reporting the news, the nation’s local media is forbidden from revealing even the barest of details in what is one of the biggest outcomes in Australian criminal legal history. True Crime News Weekly’s Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, reports on this travesty of open justice in the digital age.

TRUE OPINION: Police investigating police investigating police

December 5, 2018 Gary Johnston 0

Recent scandals in Victoria have highlighted the need for reforms in the way complaints against police are looked at. True Crime News Weekly’s Melbourne correspondent, Gary Johnston, explains why it’s finally time for police accountability to go further than officers simply investigating their colleagues.