Philip McElwaine (born 5 December 1957) is an Australian boxer and motorcycle club member. He was born in

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. He competed at the

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''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 20 January 2014) He was the Middleweight Gold medalist in the

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. In 1984, McElwaine was arrested and charged with seven counts of murder for his part in the

Milperra massacre The Milperra Massacre, Milperra bikie shoot-out or Father's Day Massacre was a gunfight between rival motorcycle gang members on 2 September (Father's Day in Australia) 1984, in Milperra, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The ...

. The charges were later reduced to that of

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after police acted as character witnesses for him, stating that McElwaine, who was a volunteer at the

Police and Community Youth Club Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) or Police and Community Youth Clubs are a network of Australian non-profit, community organisations, founded in New South Wales. In some states such as NSW, they are constituted as an Incorporated Association. ...

, was "a monument to the police boys' movement as a whole." McElwaine was the only club member to be acquitted of the manslaughter and murder charges that were brought against them.

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* 1957 births Living people Middleweight boxers People from New South Wales Olympic boxers of Australia Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Bandidos Motorcycle Club {{Australia-boxing-bio-stub