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

8:45AM Jess McGuire | 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. More »