Jason Moran

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This article is about the criminal Jason William Moran. For the jazz pianist, see Jason Moran (musician).

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Jason William Moran, 35, (1967 - June 21, 2003) was an Australian criminal from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and a member of the infamous Moran family, notable for its involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings. He sported a 12cm scar on the side of his face.

[edit] Early life

Jason Moran

Moran attended Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School. He met his future wife, Trisha Kane at the age of 15. Kane is the daughter of Les Kane, a notable Melbourne painter and docker and career criminal. His early working life consisted of time spent at the Melbourne wharfs. Moran was among mourners at the funeral of Victor Peirce.

Moran was reported to have shot Carl Williams in the stomach during an argument in Broadmeadows on October 13, 1999, giving rise to lengthy violent turf wars known as the Melbourne gangland killings.

Gangitano and Moran, along with associate Mark John McNamara, were charged over an attack in a nightclub on December 19, 1995, at the Sports Bar nightclub in King Street, Melbourne for which Moran received a term of imprisonment.

Moran was considered by many to be a "dead man walking" and when paroled from prison in September 2001 was allowed to leave Australia due to fears for his life. He later returned to give evidence in the inquest into the death of Alphonse Gangitano on November 20 which began on January 14, 2002. Moran was suspected of the killing of Alphonse Gangitano and with Graham Kinniburgh. Gangiatano was found dead in the laundry of his Templestowe house by his wife in 1998.

[edit] Daylight execution

Murder scene

Pasquale Barbaro and Moran were executed by a lone gunman at 10.40am on June 21 2003, whilst watching a Saturday morning Auskick Australian rules football clinic his young children were attending. Police feared the murder of Moran would lead to further violence in the Melbourne underworld war [1]. Father Joe Giaccobe, a friend of the Moran family performed Moran's funeral.

Parish priest Father Joe Martins said of Moran during the service,

"Any funeral presents a challenge. Obviously, the church does not make judgments about the person. They need the prayers and whatever the church can do for them," he said. "They have to answer to God. We will not deny them".

Moran's father, Lewis Moran was unable to attend the service due to imprisonment at Port Phillip Correctional Centre. Authorities refused Moran's request to allow him to be released from prison to attend the service. Lewis Moran was later murdered whilst drinking in a Brunswick bar.