Australia's Worst Serial Killer | Our Life

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Ivan Milat was one of Australia's most prolific serial killers, murdering backpackers travelling the country. Subscribe to Our Life: https://bit.ly/3dBMxvl On July 27 1996 Australian Ivan Milat was sentenced to life for the murders of seven backpackers, including two young British hitchhikers, Joanne Walters and Caroline Clarke. Victims were brutalised, often raped and then shot or stabbed before being dumped in the remote New South Wales bush. Known as the 'backpacker murders' this case was to take Superintendent Clive Small and his team three years to solve. The prosecution's star witness was a young British tourist, Paul Onions. Onions had accepted a lift from Milat but escaped when the killer pulled a gun on him. This film was first broadcast: 04 Feb 2001 Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OurLifeChannel.ITVS Watch More Documentaries Our Life - https://bit.ly/3A8xRMJ Our History - https://bit.ly/3rUpdhL Our World - https://bit.ly/3ftuckM Our Stories - https://bit.ly/3ynfFyk Our Taste - bit.ly/3OZoDcV Our Life brings you fascinating stories of social interest from around the world. You can discover award winning documentaries, films and groundbreaking reports that capture the complexities of our daily life, with stories that will entertain, inspire and inform. Content distributed by ITV Studios.