February 25, 1931 - Eric Edgar Cooke
Over four years, Cooke moved through Perth at night committing a string of violent attacks that left eight people dead and a city in sustained fear. What amplified the damage of his crimes beyond his own actions was the wrongful conviction of two other men — Darryl Beamish and John Button — whose cases were only resolved decades later through the admissions Cooke made after his arrest. He was hanged at Fremantle Prison in 1964, the last execution carried out in Western Australia.
From Wikipedia
Eric Edgar Cooke (25 February 1931 – 26 October 1964), nicknamed the Night Caller and later the Nedlands Monster, was an Australian serial killer who terrorised the city of Perth, Western Australia, from September 1958 to August 1963. Cooke committed at least 20 violent crimes, eight of which resulted in deaths.
Following a four-year killing spree, Cooke was eventually arrested and made extensive admissions to his crimes, including two of which Darryl Beamish and John Button had been wrongfully convicted. In the Supreme Court of Western Australia the jury rejected an insanity defence and he was convicted of wilful murder. Cooke was sentenced to death and hanged at Fremantle Prison. He was the last person to be executed in Western Australia.
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