Christopher Dean "Badness" Binse (born c. 1969[1]) is an Australian armed robber and prison escapee. His crimes include armed robberies, shooting at police and methamphetamine abuse. He has the distinction of being called "Australia's weirdest criminal" by several news publications.[1][2][3] Binse is currently incarcerated in HM Barwon Prison in Lara, Victoria, where he is serving a lengthy sentence in complete solitary confinement.[4]
In 1992, two Victoria Police detectives were charged with taking a $19,750 bribe to organise bail for Binse. [5]
In 2016 his life story, Mayhem: The Strange and Savage Saga of Christopher 'Badness' Binse by Matthew Thompson was published.[6] In 2018, The Age documented some of Binse's experiences.[7]
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External links
- Thompson, Matthew (15 August 2016). "Author of Mayhem: The Strange and Savage Saga of Christopher 'Badness' Binse". Conversations with Richard Fidler (Interview). Interviewed by Richard Fidler. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- "Christopher Binse confesses to string of armed robberies"
- "Melbourne Criminal Christopher Binse square the ledger after conversion to Islam"