Pettingill family controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2009
Clare Castle Hotel assault allegations
Wendy and Katie Peirce faced allegations connected with an assault in which Mark Lohse was seriously injured with a meat cleaver. The supplied material states that the criminal proceedings were incomplete when Katie died.
2008
Threatening and stalking conviction involving Wendy Peirce
Wendy Peirce pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking former lovers of Victor Peirce and was sentenced to six months in prison.
2002
Murder of Victor Peirce
Victor Peirce was murdered in Port Melbourne amid Melbourne's underworld conflict. Court allegations later identified Andrew Veniamin as the killer, but the supplied material does not establish a conviction for that murder.
1988
Walsh Street police-shooting prosecution
Victor Peirce and Trevor Pettingill were prosecuted over the murders of two police officers in the Walsh Street shootings. Both were acquitted, as were two other defendants. Later allegations by Wendy Peirce asserted Victor's involvement, but the acquittal remained the legal outcome.