Vic: Judge bans TV piece tonight on gangland war

AAP General News (Australia)
04-21-2008
Vic: Judge bans TV piece tonight on gangland war

MELBOURNE April 21 AAP - Another television piece relating to Melbourne's gangland
war has been banned by the same judge who stopped the Nine Network drama Underbelly.

Victorian Supreme Court judge Betty King has banned an on-air showdown which had been
planned for tonight on the Seven Network between Judy Moran and Barbara Williams, the
mothers of the leading identities in the gangland war.

Carl Williams is serving 35 years in jail for the murder of Jason Moran and his father
Lewis Moran.

Justice King imposed an interim order stopping the interview going to air on Seven's
Today Tonight until 4.15pm tomorrow when she will have further discussions about the program.

She made her decision after viewing the segment in court this afternoon.

Justice King banned the broadcast in Victoria of Underbelly until the completion of
the current trial of Evangelos Goussis, who has pleaded not guilty to shooting Lewis Moran
in the Brunswick Club in Melbourne in March 2005.

"Being the queen of banning things, it is, obviously, my role," Justice King told the
trial's jury today before imposing the ban.

"If it is on, I urge you not to watch it - it's Mrs Williams and Mrs Moran.

"I don't know what's in it, but I don't imagine it's going to be edifying or pleasant
or anything else - one thing it is not going to be, it is not going to be relevant."

She said the two women will have strong opinions and won't be hesitant in voicing them.

She told the jury that if members of their family or friends watch it, they should
not talk to them about it.

"I do wonder about the timing, but that's a matter I have to deal with," she said.

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