during a police raid on the Big4 Ascot Holiday Park in Bendigo in November 1988. Abdallah was fatally wounded during his arrest on another matter in April 1989. Victor Peirce's wife, Wendy Peirce, also became a prosecution witness and entered the witness protection program. She had previously maintained her husband was with her in a motel all night on the night of the murders; she retracted this alibi in preparation to testify against her husband. But, in a pre-trial hearing, she retracted her retraction and, as a hostile witness, did not appear at the trial. Not guilty verdict All four men charged with the murders were acquitted in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Victor Peirce and Peter David McEvoy were taken back into custody on other charges. Upon receiving the verdict, D24 sent a broadcast of the verdict to every police officer in Melbourne, telling them to keep control and resist from carrying out any acts of retaliation against the defendants. Wendy Peirce was charged with perjury, convicted and sentenced to serve 9 months non-parole. Timeline of relevant events 25 January 1987 – Mark Militano is shot and killed by Victoria Police June, 1987 – Frank Valastro is shot and killed by Victoria Police 11 October 1988 – Graeme Jensen is killed 12 October 1988, approx. 4:50am – Walsh Street killings occur 21 October 1988, TyEyre taskforce set up 24 October 1988 – Jason Ryan moved to Mansfield and placed under witness protection 17 November 1988 – Jedd Houghton shot and killed by police in a Bendigo caravan park. 9 April 1989 – Gary Abdallah is shot and killed by Victoria Police after pulling an imitation pistol on detectives. 26 March 1991 – four accused men found not guilty. 1 May 2002 – Victor Peirce shot and killed in Bay Street, Port Melbourne in drive-by shooting linked to Andrew "Benji" Veniamin October, 2005 – Widow of Victor Peirce, Wendy Peirce gives an interview to John Silvester, detailing her husband's involvement in the crime. February, 2010 – Peter McEvoy told New South Wales Police, in anger, that he had heard the final words of a dying constable, prompting calls for a coronial inquest into the deaths of the two policemen. 13 March 2011 – Sunday Night airs former police officer Malcolm Rosenes' claim that Graeme Jensen was killed in cold blood and had a sawn-off rifle planted in his car after