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Other names
  
Granny Evil

Occupation
  
Former brothel owner


Conviction(s)
  
Drug trafficking

Name
  
Kath Pettingill

Kath Pettingill with an angry face while, black teeth and wrinkles can be seen on it

Children
  
Victor Peirce, Dennis Allen


Born
  
27 March 1935 (age 85)

Similar
  
Dennis Allen (criminal), Jason Moran (criminal), Victor Peirce

Kathleen Pettingill (born 1935) is the matriarch of the Melbourne based criminal family, the Pettingill family.

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Kath Pettingill posing beside the door signage with a caption "This house guarded by shotgun three nights per week"

Pettingill has one glass eye, having lost an eye after being shot through a closed door at the Collingwood Housing Commission of Victoria flats by Kim Nelson and Keryn Thompson as she and her son Dennis attempted to repay a $300 debt on behalf of her daughter, Vicky.

Dennis Allen playfully points a pistol at the head of his mother Kath Pettingill at a party in one of their Richmond houses

Having herself been a prostitute, she then went on to run brothels.

Kath Pettingill's hands on her face while wearing rings and a black, blue, and yellow crochet sweatshirt

Australian Families Of Crime | Mother of Evil: Kath Pettingill | Full Documentary | True Crime


Family

Kath Pettingill, in one of her interviews, wearing eyeglasses and a white sleeveless blouse

Pettingill's children include some of Melbourne's most infamous criminals.

  • Dennis Allen, an infamous Melbourne drug dealer. Died in 1987 of a heart attack while in custody awaiting trial for murder.
  • Peter Allen, convicted of armed robbery.
  • Lex Peirce, minor criminal record.
  • Victor Peirce, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings, killed in 2002.
  • Jamie Pettingill, died of a heroin overdose in 1985, aged 21.
  • Trevor Pettingill, acquitted of the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings. Trevor has multiple convictions for firearms and drug-related offences, and has served several jail terms. He has been described as a "career criminal".

    • Biography

    A biography of her life, titled, The Matriarch: The Kathy Pettingill Story was released in 1996 written by Adrian Tame. As of 2007, Pettingill was living in Venus Bay, Gippsland, Victoria. A fictionalised version of her appears in the film Animal Kingdom, in which she is portrayed by Jacki Weaver, who was nominated for an Academy Award, for the Best Supporting Actress for her performance.

    References

    Kath Pettingill Wikipedia
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