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((short description|1984 gang gunfight in Milperra, Australia))
((Use Australian English|date=October 2016))
((Use dmy dates|date=July 2022))
((more citations needed|date=July 2012))
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The '''Milperra Massacre''', '''Milperra bikie shoot-out'''((sfn|NSW Parliament|1995|p=4488)) or '''Father's Day Massacre'''<ref name=TheAge20050126>((cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/The-day-death-rode-in/2005/01/26/1106415606296.html |title=The day death rode in |author=Paul Kalina |publisher=[[The Age]] |date=27 January 2005 |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-date=19 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219132937/http://www.theage.com.au/news/TV--Radio/The-day-death-rode-in/2005/01/26/1106415606296.html |url-status=live ))</ref> was a gunfight between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September ([[Father's Day]] in Australia) 1984, in [[Milperra, New South Wales|Milperra]], a south-western suburb of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]].<ref name=TheAge20050126 /> The gunfight had its roots in the rivalry that developed after a group of [[Comanchero Motorcycle Club|Comancheros]] broke away and formed the first [[Bandidos]] Motorcycle Club chapter in Australia. Seven people were killed and twenty-eight injured and the event was a catalyst for significant changes to gun laws in New South Wales.

==Prelude==
Police believe that the war began over turf, drugs or a combination of both. The clubs had a no drugs policy and [[Colin "Caesar" Campbell]], [[Sergeant-at-Arms]] of both Comanchero chapters and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Bandidos after they were patched over, points to the acrimony of the split as the sole reason. According to Campbell, in late 1983, one of his brothers and another Comanchero had called on another member and caught the Comancheros' president (and founder) [[William "Jock" Ross|William George "Jock" Ross]], in a compromising position with the member's wife. As Sergeant-at-Arms, he ordered Ross to face charges of breaking one of the ten club rules.((efn|Comanchero Club Rule 4: "Any member found guilty of screwing another member's Ol' Lady, or taking advantage of a rift between them for future conning up, will be thrown out"((sfn|Kent|2009)))) If found guilty, Ross would have been expelled from the club. Ross failed to appear at the first two meetings and after arriving at the third, simply announced that the club would be split into two chapters and walked out. Those who supported bringing charges against Ross, the six Campbell brothers, the three McElwaine brothers, [[Anthony Mark Spencer|Anthony "Snodgrass" Spencer]] (Snoddy) and Charles "Charlie" Sciberras remained at the [[Birchgrove, New South Wales|Birchgrove]] clubhouse that overlooked [[Yurulbin Park]]<ref>((Cite web |url=https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=150+Louisa+Road,+Birchgrove,+New+South+Wales&ll=-33.846574,151.18578&spn=0.009962,0.013711&sll=-33.848108,151.18192&sspn=0.009962,0.013711 |title=Google Maps location of Bandido clubhouse |access-date=2 July 2012 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109221812/https://www.google.com.au/maps?q=150+Louisa+Road,+Birchgrove,+New+South+Wales&ll=-33.846574,151.18578&spn=0.009962,0.013711&sll=-33.848108,151.18192&sspn=0.009962,0.013711 |url-status=live ))</ref> while Ross and the remaining Comancheros set up a new clubhouse in [[Harris Park, New South Wales|Harris Park]].<ref>((Cite web |url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=65+Harris+St,+Harris+Park&hl=en&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=43.569223,56.162109 |title=Google Maps location of Comanchero clubhouse |access-date=9 November 2016 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109221815/https://www.google.com/maps?q=65+Harris+St,+Harris+Park&hl=en&sll=-25.335448,135.745076&sspn=43.569223,56.162109 |url-status=live ))</ref>

During the club's 1983 Christmas run fighting broke out between the two chapters, prompting the Birchgrove chapter to break away and form a new club. Spencer had visited several outlaw clubs in America two years earlier and remembered how much respect U.S. Bandidos showed to him, so he contacted their National President Ronnie Hodge. After much correspondence, he received approval to form the first Australian Bandidos chapter and become its national president. The new Bandidos members then incinerated their Comanchero colours in a ceremonial act. Clubhouse attacks and other violence continued until August when Campbell alleged that Spencer and Ross "declared war" in a phone call.((sfn|Kent|2009))

==Battle==
An advertisement for a British motorcycle club [[Flea market|swap meet]] was placed in a few local press releases, to be held at the Viking Tavern, with a scheduled start at 10 am on Sunday, 2 September 1984. On that day at around 1&nbsp;pm, 19 armed Comancheros entered the car park of the Viking Tavern during the swap meet and took up positions in hiding. Using [[walkie-talkie]]s for communication, Comanchero leader "Jock" Ross, a military enthusiast, intended to stand in the open to give the appearance he was alone, hoping to draw the Bandidos into a [[pincer movement]] that was based on the [[Impi#Tactics|"Bullhorn Ambush"]] that he read had been used in the [[Anglo-Zulu War]].((sfn|Simpson|Harvey|2012|p=98)) He was distracted by the presence of members of a rival club the [[Mobshitters]] and went to the back of the tavern to ensure they were not going to get involved.

The Bandidos were late and, thinking that the opposing gang was not coming, some Comancheros went into the Viking Tavern bar. About 20&nbsp;minutes later, 34 equally armed Bandidos members arrived. Caught off guard, the Comancheros were scattered around the car park. The Bandidos pulled up in a group at the western end of the car park and, after distributing guns and other weapons, moved to confront the Comancheros president. The initial confrontation between the clubs was verbal, involving the brandishing of "non-lethal" weapons and challenges to drop the guns and settle it like men but ended with the accidental discharge of a shotgun into the air. The involuntary discharge was the catalyst for [[pitched battle]] involving fists, guns, and other weapons. Contrary to some newspaper reports, there was no charge toward one another, nor were formal battle lines drawn. Although never mentioned by the media or charged, several wives and girlfriends of the club members took part.((sfn|Harvey|Simpson|1989|p=))((page needed|date=July 2012))((sfn|Brown|2001a))

Once the first shot was fired, it evolved into a series of bashings and kickings with sporadic gunfire. Bandido member Gregory "Shadow" Campbell was shot in the throat by a shotgun and died instantly. Because of the number of charges, Campbell's brother was charged with the murder. ((clarify|What does this sentence mean?  There were so many charges that Campbell's brother was randomly charged with this murder?? |date=December 2023))Bandidos vice president Mario "Chopper" Cianter was shot twice in the chest with a shotgun and died instantly. After realising he'd been caught off guard and not having had the chance to set up a formal battle plan, Jock Ross ran from the back of the tavern holding a machete in one hand and a pick handle in the other. Almost immediately, he was hit in the foot by shotgun pellets. Staggering on, he was hit again in the head and chest and collapsed.((sfn|Harvey|Simpson|1989|p=))((page needed|date=July 2012))((sfn|Brown|2001a))

Police responded after receiving reports that a man had gone berserk with a rifle at the Viking Tavern in Milperra, and that shots had been fired. The fighting continued for at least 10 minutes while police helicopters circled overhead, with members of the public fleeing to the tavern and nearby properties as soon as the shooting started. The first of more than 200 police arrived 15 minutes after the fighting ended and cordoned off the area. Two Comancheros had died from shotgun wounds, another two Comancheros died after being shot with a [[Taurus (manufacturer)|Rossi]] [[.357 Magnum]] [[rifle]], two Bandidos died from shotgun wounds, and a 14-year-old bystander, Leanne Walters, also died after being hit in the face by a stray .357 bullet. A further 28 people were wounded with 20 requiring hospitalisation. 

Ron Stephenson, who led the police investigation into the shoot-out, stated in 1994: "In the middle of it all, the pub staff were still selling beer. People actually sat in the hotel drinking while the war was going on outside. I will never forget the sight when I arrived that day. The car park was packed with leather-clad bikies, police and ambulance officers treating the injured. One sergeant arrived with a young constable and commented, ‘Take a look at this son because you’ll never see anything like it again.’ The bikies appeared to be quite proud of what they had done."<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref> Constable John Garvey who arrived at the scene stated: "The wounds on the men were horrific. I mean, those sorts of weapons can do some terrible damage."<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref> Garvey was confronted by  Raymond “Sunshine” Kucler of the Comancheros who was armed with a shotgun.<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref> Gavery recalled: "Kucler was covered in blood and appeared to have a wound below one eye. He was very pent-up; you could see the anger and emotion in his eyes. The situation had suddenly changed, and I knew it was a critical moment in which my life was in danger. Here I was armed with a shotgun facing a very angry man with a shotgun he had obviously used; it was not something I could walk away from. Kucler wanted me to get ambulances to help his injured mates, but I told him we couldn’t until he surrendered his weapon. We argued, and finally he said he would give up his gun if I did the same.".<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref> Both men placed their shotguns on the ground.<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref>

Bandidos [[Serjeant-at-Arms|sergeant-at-arms]], Colin "Caesar" Campbell, was shot six times and spent six weeks in intensive care before checking himself out. Four shotgun pellets remained in his body, which were dug out by his wife before he fled to [[Western Australia]].<ref>[http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/caesar-campbell-comes-clean/story-fn2mt2ft-1225697156716 Caesar Campbell comes clean] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004125401/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/caesar-campbell-comes-clean/story-fn2mt2ft-1225697156716 |date=4 October 2012 ))  [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] 15 April 2009</ref> Campbell later claimed that the wife of one of the Comancheros had shot him several times with a handgun.

Mark Pennington, one of the first police officers on the scene, was later awarded $380,000 (2011: $1,026,500) compensation for psychological damage. Bandido member John "Whack" Campbell never fully recovered from the injuries he received and, in 1987, died in jail from complications. Jock Ross suffered a brain injury after being shot in the head. He lost much of his vision as well as the ability to read and write.((sfn|Brown|2001b)) The Viking Tavern has since been renamed the Mill Hotel.

One man who took part in the shoot-out in the Viking Tavern who wished to be  anonymous stated in 2014: “Milperra was catastrophic; it was a ridiculous and terrible thing to happen. We have all paid a terrible price, and we will never be allowed to forget it or escape from it...Milperra changed everything. We came from all walks from life — optometrists, engineers, clerks, and blue collar workers — and all had our reasons for being there (in a motorcycle gang). Many of us just wanted to escape our dreary lives; escape for one night a week, dress up like Marlon Brando, and be a wild one."<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref> Stephenson dismissed the later claims made by both the Comancheros and Bandidos that no violence was planned for the swap meet as he stated: "I simply can’t accept that. They knew it was going to happen, and both gangs were prepared for the fight. They had declared war on each other, and once that happens, you can be assured a full-scale battle will take place if they meet in public. "<ref name="Anderson-Wainwright-Crook">((cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |last2=Wainwrigh |first2=Robert |last3=Crook |first3=Frank |title=Bikie war between the Bandidos and Comcheros left seven dead at the Milperra Father's Day Massacre |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/bikie-war-between-the-bandidos-and-comcheros-left-seven-dead-at-the-milperra-fathers-day-massacre/news-story/42c56c2894ae8ccfb682d079c6f462cc |access-date=21 December 2022 |publisher=The Herald Sun |date=2 September 2014))</ref>

{| class="wikitable" width=auto style="background: #fffaef; border: 1px dotted gray; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
|-
|+Casualties and bystanders
|-
!Name!!Allegiance!!Comment
|-
| Leanne Walters || None ||bystander
|-
| Mario "Chopper" Cianter ||Bandidos||Bandidos Vice President
|-
| Gregory "Shadow" Campbell||Bandidos||
|-
| Robert "Foggy" Lane||Comanchero||Comanchero Vice President
|-
| Phillip "Leroy" Jeschke||Comanchero||Comanchero Sgt-at-Arms
|-
| Ivan "Sparra" Romcek||Comanchero||
|-
| Tony "Dog" McCoy||Comanchero||
|}

==Aftermath==

===Trial===
The court case following the "Milperra Massacre" was at the time one of the largest in Australian history.((sfn|BBC News|1984)) In total 43 people were charged with seven counts of murder under the doctrine of "[[common purpose]]"((sfn|BBC News|1984)) charges against 10 were dropped before trial and Bernard "Bernie" Podgorski, secretary of the Bandidos, was granted immunity after turning [[Turn state's evidence|Queen's Evidence]].((sfn|Morton|Lobez|2010|p=book pages are un-numbered:alphabetical listing of topics)) [[Solicitor]] Christopher Murphy acted for the Bandidos' members charged over the incident. Greg James QC represented all but one of the Bandidos' members during their trial, the exception being Colin Campbell, who was represented by [[Greg Woods]] QC.  Greg James QC was Juniored by a number of Juniors, including John Korn, Kenneth Rosin, Andrew Martin and Philip Young.  Anthony "Snoddy" Spencer, the Bandidos National President, hanged himself in prison before he could stand trial. Michael Alan Viney QC was the lead Crown Prosecutor for the committal hearing and the trial.<ref>((cite news |last1=Harman |first1=Miranda |last2=Holden |first2=Matthew |title=From humble beginnings to starring role in a city's history |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/from-humble-beginnings-to-starring-role-in-a-citys-history-20070904-gdr0ts.html |access-date=7 September 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=4 September 2007 |language=en |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109221819/https://www.smh.com.au/national/from-humble-beginnings-to-starring-role-in-a-citys-history-20070904-gdr0ts.html |url-status=live ))</ref>((clarify| Were any Comancheros charged?  If yes, who representedthem?|date=December 2023))

During the longest joint criminal trial in New South Wales history,((citation needed|date=July 2012)) 58 policemen provided security, including armed members of the [[State Protection Group|Tactical Operations Unit]] who were stationed in the courtroom, and witnesses required armed guards from the [[State Protection Group|Witness Security Unit]] to escort them home. With 31 accused, each by law able to reject 20 jurors without giving a reason, 1,500 jurors were called up and housed at the [[Penrith Panthers|Penrith Leagues Club]] to await selection. The first day of selection saw only five jurors accepted from 208 presented. The following day, it was found that two were ineligible, causing presiding judge Justice Adrian Roden to dismiss all five and order that jury selection begin again.  Eventually,  some 1,000 jurors were presented before 12 were found acceptable to sit on the case.  More than two years later, on 12 June 1987, the jury delivered 63 murder convictions, 147 manslaughter convictions,  and 31 of affray. Justice Roden named the instigator of the violence as William "Jock" Ross, the "supreme commander" of the Comancheros, saying "Ross was primarily responsible for the decision that members of his club go to Milperra in force and armed."((sfn|BBC News|1984))

Ross received a life sentence for his role in the violence. Four other members of the Comancheros gang received life sentences for murder, and 16 Bandidos received sentences of seven years for manslaughter. As the Bandidos arrested were charged in regards to all the deaths, this resulted in Colin Campbell being found guilty of the manslaughter of his brother. Another Campbell brother, John "Wack" Campbell, died three years later from his injuries.  [[Commonwealth Games]] gold medallist boxer [[Philip McElwaine|Philip "Knuckles" McElwaine]] was found guilty only of affray; he was the only motorcycle club member to be acquitted of the manslaughter and murder charges that were brought against him.((sfn|Simpson|Harvey|1989|p=))((page needed|date=July 2012))((efn|McElwaine was a volunteer at the [[Police and Community Youth Club]], and police acted as character witnesses for him, stating that he was "a monument to the police boys' movement as a whole."((sfn|Simpson|1986|p=5)))) In 1989, three Comancheros appealed their murder convictions with the charge quashed and reduced to manslaughter.  In 1992, Ross was the last to be released after serving five years and three months.((sfn|Morton|Lobez|2010|p=book pages are un-numbered:alphabetical listing of topics))

===Changes to gun laws===
The Comancheros were notorious for carrying registered shotguns openly while riding.((sfn|Brown|2001)) As a result of the [[massacre]], the ''New South Wales Firearms and Dangerous Weapons Act 1973'', which allowed registered owners the right to carry firearms in public, was subsequently amended to require "a good reason for the issue of a [firearm] licence".((sfn|NSW Police Force))((efn|For example, rural landholders, members of an approved gun club and persons engaged in lawful business involving the use of firearms were deemed to have a good reason and the police could refuse to issue licences to any persons they saw as not having a good reason.))

===Resumption of hostilities===
In a repetition of the circumstances that led to the Milperra massacre, in early 2007 more than 60 members of the [[Parramatta]] and [[Granville, New South Wales|Granville]] chapters of the [[Nomads (motorcycle club)|Nomads]], previously affiliated with the Comancheros, defected to the Bandidos. The defection resulted in a new eruption of violence between the Comancheros and Bandidos involving fire-bombings and drive-by shootings.((sfn|Kennedy|2009)) [[New South Wales Police]] set up Operation Ranmore to stop the violence escalating, which resulted in 340 people arrested on 883 charges as of January 2008.((sfn|Brisbane Times|2008))

==Dramatisation==
In 2002, Australian film maker Martin Brown produced a documentary titled ''1% One Percenters Search for a Screenplay'' in an effort to raise interest for a big budget movie of the massacre. The documentary, first aired on 2 February 2003, follows Brown as he looks for screenwriters, funds and a director for his movie. It includes interviews with the police investigating officer, former superintendent Ron Stephenson, Comanchero president "Jock" Ross, Bandido vice president "Bullets," and several other Milperra survivors.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200502/highlights/248780.htm|date=2 February 2011|title=1% One Percenters Search for a Screenplay|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] (ABC)|access-date=5 May 2005|archive-date=18 April 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050418054120/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200502/highlights/248780.htm|url-status=live))</ref>

A television mini-series ''[[Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms]],'' based on the book ''Brothers in Arms'' by Lindsay Simpson and Sandra Harvey, screened on Australias [[Network Ten]] in May 2012. The screenplay was written by [[Greg Haddrick]], Roger Simpson and Jo Martino. It is directed by Peter Andrikidis.((sfn|Knox|2011)) It stars [[Callan Mulvey]], [[Matt Nable]], [[Susie Porter]], [[Maeve Dermody]], [[Anthony Hayes (actor)|Anthony Hayes]], [[Todd Lasance]], [[Luke Ford (actor)|Luke Ford]], [[Jeremy Lindsay Taylor]], [[Damian Walshe-Howling]], [[Nathaniel Dean]] and [[Luke Hemsworth]].  [[Colin "Caesar" Campbell]] has criticised the series for not consulting with those who were there, presenting an incorrect chronology of events and motives, and  portraying "lazy stereotypes."((sfn|Gridneff|2012))

==Further reading==
* ((cite book|first1=Colin "Caesar"|last1=Campbell|first2=Donna|last2=Campbell|title=Wrecking Crew|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|year=2011|isbn=9781742628325))
* Casualty Disambiguation:  see Federal Court of Australia (Sydney NSW) decision on 22 September 2014 in Francis v Allen & Unwin [2014] FCA 1027 by Katzmann J, parties Janette Gail Francis v Allen & Unwin Pty Limited, Lindsay Simpson, Pamela Walters, Rex Walters, Lorraine Walters.
* ((cite book|first1=Lindsay|last1=Simpson|author-link=Lindsay Simpson|first2=Sandra|last2=Harvey|title=Brothers in Arms|publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]]|year=2001|isbn=9781865085012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9hRIGHAX5-wC))
* GEOFF CAMPBELL'S BOOK WILL BE PUBLISHED BY SEPTEMBER 2023 ... Will keep the post here updated
*

==See also==
* [[List of disasters in Australia by death toll]]

==Notes==
((notes))

==Footnotes==
((reflist))

==References==
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* ((cite news|title=1984: Seven killed in Sydney Biker Shootings|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/2/newsid_2495000/2495261.stm|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=2 September 1984|access-date=2010-05-12|ref=((harvid|BBC News|1984))|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307124331/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/2/newsid_2495000/2495261.stm|url-status=live))
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==External links==
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