Michael Marshall was gunned down outside his luxury home in South Yarra, shot four times in the head in front of his five-year-old son on this day in 2003. The hit was part of the gangland war that tore through Melbourne underworld circles through the early 2000s.
Carl Williams ordered the killing, but the real twist was the setup behind it: Williams had first framed Marshall for the murder of Willie Thompson, manufacturing a motive and a target in one stroke. Victor Brincat and Thomas Hentschel carried out the shooting and were later convicted of Marshall's murder, two more names drawn into a war where loyalty counted for nothing and innocence was no defence.
