Killer and Rapist Jailed Indefinitely Wins Release
Published on February 7, 2024
A man who raped a woman during a violent home invasion, and as a juvenile killed a pregnant mother and her baby in a high-speed crash, will be set free after decades behind bars. Kingsley Arnold Pickett was 14 when he caused the crash that killed Margaret Blurton and her one-year-old son Shane on Boxing Day in 1991. As an adult, the violent repeat offender, who has lengthy juvenile and adult criminal record, raped a 27-year-old woman during a home invasion and burglary amid a five-day crime spree in 1998. Pickett, who was by then 21, also took part in a violent riot at Perth’s Casuarina Prison as a remand inmate in the same year and assaulted correctional staff and police officers....