Carl Williams Won’t Be Going To His Mother’s Funeral

There’s been quite a bit of discussion this week in the papers about convicted murderer Carl Williams – his mother died of an apparent drug overdose, his former wife Roberta Williams got paid the big bucks to talk about it on A Current Affair, Carl was mocked for paraphrasing Celine Dion lyrics (more on that here), and folks appeared to be outraged at the idea Carl might be allowed to leave jail to attend his mother’s funeral.

They needn’t have feared – although his father, also currently in prison, has been given permission to go to the funeral, Carl’s application was denied.

Gangland murderer Carl Williams has been refused an application for leave from jail to attend the funeral of his mother Barbara, who died last week. His father, however, who is also in jail, will be allowed to attend.

Corrections Victoria released a statement today saying it had refused Williams’ bid, but had approved the application of his father George who is serving time on drugs charges.

Carl Williams is in Barwon Prison, serving 35 years for the murders of four gangland rivals and conspiring to murder a fifth during Melbourne’s underworld war.

“The issues of security and public safety were key factors in considering this application,” the Corrections Victoria statement read.

No doubt there will be some relieved Herald Sun readers today.

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