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Paul Denyer
Paul Charles Denyer (born 14 April 1972, known briefly as Paula whilst in prison) is an Australian serial killer currently serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years for the murders of three young women in Melbourne, in 1993. Denyer became known in the media as the Frankston Serial Killer as his crimes occurred in the neighbouring suburbs of Frankston.
Later, during his imprisonment, when aged around 30, Denyer began identifying as a transgender woman, but was refused permission by prison authorities to wear make-up, receive sex reassignment surgery, or legally alter his name. In the 2022 Stan documentary No Mercy, No Remorse, presenter John Silvester (Senior Crime Reporter, The Age, Melbourne) states that Denyer has reverted to identifying as Paul. In 2023, Denyer became eligible and applied for release on parole, but had his application denied by the Adult Parole Board of Victoria.
Paul Charles Denyer's parents, Anthony and Maureen, met and married in London in the early 1960s before migrating to Australia in 1965. Denyer, the third of their six children, was born on 14 April 1972 in Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney. The family moved to Victoria in 1981 due to his father's new employment.
Denyer had difficulty fitting in among his peers in his new school, which led to problems with study and self-confidence that were worsened by significant weight gain during his teen years. At age 10, he slashed the throat of his sister's Care bear, and cut the throat of the family cat before hanging it in a tree. Just before turning 13, he was charged and cautioned for stealing a car. At age 15, he was arrested for assaulting a fellow student who had been forced to publicly masturbate.
Around this time his parents divorced. After leaving school, he had problems holding down jobs, was fired seven times, and failed a physical when trying to enter Victoria Police. In February 1993, Denyer started working at a boatbuilding firm in Seaford named Pro Marine. A short time after he began work, colleagues observed him making knives at work. Denyer's employment was terminated after several months due to his failure to complete assigned tasks.
Denyer, in the years before the murders, started to stalk and attack a number of women in and around the Melbourne suburb of Frankston leading to several crimes during a five-month period in 1993.
The first known incident attributed to Denyer occurred in February 1993, when Donna Vanes' Claude Street unit in Seaford was broken into. After an anonymous threatening call, Vanes was fearful of being alone. Vanes asked her boyfriend to take her and their new-born baby out while he delivered pizzas.
After being out for approximately an hour, they returned to the unit. After seeing blood on the floor and noticing that one of the cats was dead, the police were called. A police officer arrived and discovered the cat had been killed and dissected. A pornographic image had been placed on its body. Written in the cats blood above a stove were the words "Donna you're dead"
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Paul Denyer
Paul Charles Denyer (born 14 April 1972, known briefly as Paula whilst in prison) is an Australian serial killer currently serving three consecutive sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 30 years for the murders of three young women in Melbourne, in 1993. Denyer became known in the media as the Frankston Serial Killer as his crimes occurred in the neighbouring suburbs of Frankston.
Later, during his imprisonment, when aged around 30, Denyer began identifying as a transgender woman, but was refused permission by prison authorities to wear make-up, receive sex reassignment surgery, or legally alter his name. In the 2022 Stan documentary No Mercy, No Remorse, presenter John Silvester (Senior Crime Reporter, The Age, Melbourne) states that Denyer has reverted to identifying as Paul. In 2023, Denyer became eligible and applied for release on parole, but had his application denied by the Adult Parole Board of Victoria.
Paul Charles Denyer's parents, Anthony and Maureen, met and married in London in the early 1960s before migrating to Australia in 1965. Denyer, the third of their six children, was born on 14 April 1972 in Campbelltown, New South Wales, an outer suburb of Sydney. The family moved to Victoria in 1981 due to his father's new employment.
Denyer had difficulty fitting in among his peers in his new school, which led to problems with study and self-confidence that were worsened by significant weight gain during his teen years. At age 10, he slashed the throat of his sister's Care bear, and cut the throat of the family cat before hanging it in a tree. Just before turning 13, he was charged and cautioned for stealing a car. At age 15, he was arrested for assaulting a fellow student who had been forced to publicly masturbate.
Around this time his parents divorced. After leaving school, he had problems holding down jobs, was fired seven times, and failed a physical when trying to enter Victoria Police. In February 1993, Denyer started working at a boatbuilding firm in Seaford named Pro Marine. A short time after he began work, colleagues observed him making knives at work. Denyer's employment was terminated after several months due to his failure to complete assigned tasks.
Denyer, in the years before the murders, started to stalk and attack a number of women in and around the Melbourne suburb of Frankston leading to several crimes during a five-month period in 1993.
The first known incident attributed to Denyer occurred in February 1993, when Donna Vanes' Claude Street unit in Seaford was broken into. After an anonymous threatening call, Vanes was fearful of being alone. Vanes asked her boyfriend to take her and their new-born baby out while he delivered pizzas.
After being out for approximately an hour, they returned to the unit. After seeing blood on the floor and noticing that one of the cats was dead, the police were called. A police officer arrived and discovered the cat had been killed and dissected. A pornographic image had been placed on its body. Written in the cats blood above a stove were the words "Donna you're dead"