Julian Knight (academic)
Julian Knight could refer to: * Julian Knight (murderer) (born 1968), an Australian murderer * Julian Knight (politician) Julian Knight (born 5 January 1972) is a British politician and former journalist who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Solihull since 2015. He is a member of the Conservative Party, but sits in the House of Commons as an indepen ...

Julian Knight (murderer)
Julian Knight (born 4 March 1968) is an Australian mass murderer. On 9 August 1987, he shot dead seven people and injured 19 during a shooting spree in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia, in what became known as the Hoddle Street massacre. Knight is serving seven concurrent sentences of life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 27 years. The judge who sentenced him, Justice George Hampel, stated that there were "a number of significant mitigatory factors" and "the fixing of a minimum term in this case is appropriate because of your age and your prospects of rehabilitation."''R v Knight'' ; 989 VR 705. The Crown prosecutor, Joe Dickson QC, "did not contend that a minimum term should not be fixed." Knight is incarcerated in the maximum security Port Phillip Prison in Truganina near Melbourne. He would have been eligible for parole in 2014, until the Victorian government passed and approved of legislation which ensures that he is kept in jail until he dies, is in immediat ...
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