Blue Murder (miniseries)

Blue Murder is a twopart Australian television miniseries produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC in 1995 and is based on true events.

Blue Murder consists of two ninetyminute episodes, which are each divided into three individual chapters.After a botched attempt at a payroll robbery, career criminal Arthur Neddy Smith Tony Martin is arrested by the NSW Police. He is brutally interrogated by Detective Sergeant Roger Rogerson Richard Roxburgh, who attempts to coerce a confession from him. However, Smith maintains silence and is eventually released on the understanding that he will henceforth be operating under the paid protection of Rogerson and his colleagues. Smith initially takes on work as a bodyguard for a prominent heroin dealer, but soon takes charge of his own drug business. One of Smiths underlings, Warren Lanfranchi Alex Dimitriades, points his gun at a traffic policeman and pulls the trigger, although no round is discharged. Rogerson considers this a violation of the terms of their protection arrangement, and attempts to apprehend Lanfranchi, who immediately goes into hiding. Rogerson instructs Smith to locate Lanfranchi and turn him over, taking care to disarm him first. Smith convinces Lanfranchi to meet with Rogerson by reassuring him that he will face nothing worse than a verbal reprimand. Lanfranchi, however, fears that a worse fate awaits him, and he shares this fear with his girlfriend, SallieAnne Huckstepp Loene Carmen. Smith delivers Lanfranchi to Rogerson, who shoots Lanfranchi dead. At the inquest, Rogerson claims that Lanfranchi had pulled a gun on him, forcing him to shoot him in selfdefense. However, Huckstepp complicates the matter by appearing on television to voice her suspicion that her boyfriend was murdered by Rogerson. To redress the accusation, Rogerson convinces Smith to testify that Smith had not disarmed Lanfranchi before the meeting. Smith agrees to this, and Rogerson is consequently cleared of suspicion. Grateful for Smiths testimony, Rogerson and his colleagues award Smith a green light, meaning that he is permitted to commit crimes in Sydney with full police

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