Two of Kath Pettingill 's sons , Victor Peirce and Trevor Pettingill , faced a murder trial for the 1988 Walsh Street police shootings , with both acquitted along with two fellow defendants . Victor Peirce 's '' de facto '' wife , Wendy , later claimed that her husband planned and carried out the murders with the fellow accused . The family was furthermore involved in the infamous Melbourne gangland killings , where it suffered a major blow , with the death of one of its highest-ranking members , Victor Peirce , and resulting in its power being greatly weakened
Walsh Street police shootings
Walsh Street police shootings
Pettingill family