Portrait of Judy Moran by Derek Kosbab
Judy Moran (born 18 December 1944) is the matriarch of the infamous Moran criminal family of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Judy Moran was first married to Leslie John “Johnny” Cole, who was shot dead in Sydney drug-related gangland conflict in 1982. Cole was the father of her son Mark Moran (born Mark Cole), who was murdered in 2000. Moran was divorced from Cole at the time of his death and had begun a relationship with Lewis Moran. Their son Jason Moran was murdered in 2003. Lewis Moran was shot dead in the Brunswick Club in Melbourne in March 2004, at which time Judy and he were estranged.
On 15 June 2009 Moran’s brother-in-law Des Moran (commonly known as “Tuppence” and brother of Lewis) was shot dead in Ascot Vale. On 16 June 2009, Judy Moran and three others were arrested in connection with his murder. Those arrested include 45-year-old Suzanne Kane, sister-in-law of Moran’s deceased son Jason Moran and daughter of Painter and Docker Les Kane, an associate of Lewis Moran who was murdered in his family home on 19 October 1978. Moran and Kane were subsequently charged with being an accessory after the fact and Kane’s partner, 43-year-old Geoffrey Amour, was arrested in Portland and charged with murder. The fourth person arrested was later released without charge.
In an out-of-sessions bail hearing in the evening of 16 June 2009, police alleged Moran concealed the getaway car in her garage and later disposed of it in Mincha Street, Brunswick. Police had her under surveillance and she was arrested as she walked back to her home. Police discovered a rifle in the abandoned car and white gloves Moran was allegedly seen wearing while driving the car were found discarded in bushes nearby.
On executing a warrant on Moran’s home, police allegedly discovered a hidden safe containing three hand guns, two stolen Victorian licence plates, a wig and clothing which police claim matches witness descriptions of clothing worn by the gunmen. Moran was remanded into custody on 16 June 2009 and later that night her home in Ascot Vale was set on fire in an apparent arson attack.
On 17 June 2009, Moran and Kane appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court before Chief Magistrate Jelena Popovic who denied bail on grounds that their access to weapons represented a danger to the community and remanded them into custody to reappear on 9 September 2009. On 18 September 2009, Kane’s partner, Geoffrey Amour, faced Melbourne Magistrate’s Court charged with murder. He was also remanded to reappear on 9 September 2009 and magistrate Dan Muling granted his lawyer’s application for an order suppressing publication of Amour’s image.
Portrait of Judy Moran
$500.00 via PayPal
Acrylic on canvas: 505mm x 505mm