NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
NewIdea
  • Royals
  • Celebrity
  • News
  • Beauty & Style
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Food
  • Win
  • Recipes
  • Video
Subscribe
  1. Home
  2. Crime

Ivan Milat secret confession and incest shock: 'He was doing it with his sister'

One of Australia’s darkest chapters just got darker
  • 07 Aug 2019

Backpacker serial killer Ivan Milat secretly confessed to his crimes to his mother – and was in an incestuous sexual relationship with his own sister, who may have also been involved in the crimes. Those are the sensational claims today, as the convicted serial killer faces a terminal cancer diagnosis.

WATCH: Inside serial killer Ivan Milat's prison cell

Ivan Milat secret confession and incest shock: 'He was doing it with his sister'
AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

Milat, 74, who has been diagnosed with terminal oesophageal cancer, has long refused to admit his guilt, even though detectives are hopeful he may change his mind as he faces imminent death.

But former police officer and author Clive Small, who wrote the book Milat, Inside Australia’s Biggest Manhunt, claims youngest Milat brother George got the truth about Ivan’s alleged private confession to his mother Margaret. The mum of 13 children – who is now dead - always publicly insisted Ivan was innocent.

According to a report on news.com.au, youngest sibling George extracted the revelation from his mother after she returned from a prison visit, with the matriarch allegedly confessing to her son, ‘He admitted he was guilty,’

 

xx
AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

The report also alleges that Milat’s late sister Shirley also knew the truth and may have been involved in the crimes, with the publication reporting the book’s extraordinary allegation that Ivan and Shirley were in a sexual relationship.

The pair were sharing a house – which was filled with some of the murder victims’ possessions - at the time of his arrest.

According to news.com.au, George was quoted as saying in the book: ‘Shirley was in on it. I can’t really say Shirley did (commit murders), all I can do is say she was involved.’

Then there is the bombshell allegation that there was ‘incest in the family … and Ivan had been having sex with Shirley since the 1950s when she was in her twenties’.

Shirley, who was accused of trying to get rid of items from the home after Ivan’s arrest, died in 2003.

Author Small was commanding officer of the task force that charged Milat with the brutal killings of Joanne Walters, Caroline Clarke, Deborah Everist, James Gibson, Gabor Neugebauer, Anja Habschied and Simone Schmidl.

  • News
  • Crime

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Subscribe to New Idea today

Subscribe Now
Subscribe to New Idea & save!

Recommended to you

Home and Away opening title
Watch 1:09

Home and Away opening title

{headline}

{headline}

EXCLUSIVE: Ivan Milat’s daughter tells all about serial killer dad

EXCLUSIVE: Ivan Milat’s daughter tells all about serial killer dad

Nine-year-old child charged with 'murdering his family'

Nine-year-old child charged with 'murdering his family'

Manson Family murder victims are haunting my house

Manson Family murder victims are haunting my house

BREAKING: 8 year old boy dies after he's pushed onto railway tracks by stranger

BREAKING: 8 year old boy dies after he's pushed onto railway tracks by stranger

{headline}

{headline}

SHOCK VIDEO: Woman charged with murder after 'dropping baby during brawl'

SHOCK VIDEO: Woman charged with murder after 'dropping baby during brawl'

Shock as missing teens named suspects in murder of Aussie man and girlfriend

Shock as missing teens named suspects in murder of Aussie man and girlfriend

WATCH: Shocking footage as child is kidnapped from Kmart

WATCH: Shocking footage as child is kidnapped from Kmart

{headline}

{headline}

Woman dodges jail after sex with dad

Woman dodges jail after sex with dad

Outrage as James Bulger’s killer ‘to move to Australia’

Outrage as James Bulger’s killer ‘to move to Australia’

Manson Family killer Bobby Beausoleil has been rejected for parole

Manson Family killer Bobby Beausoleil has been rejected for parole

Public outcry over man's '50 Shades of Grey' defence for killing girlfriend

Claims Lyn Dawson was a vicim of Ivan Milat

Family killer Chris Watts sentenced

Angry Anderson breaks silence on son Liam's tragic death

NewIdea
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions
NewIdea Magazine Subscribe
  • About Us
  • Subscribe Today
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Competitions

Brands

  • Girlfriend
  • Practical Parenting
  • That’s Life
  • Who

Our Network

  • Better Homes and Gardens
  • BHG Shop
  • marie claire
  • Beauty Crew
  • Women's Weekly Food
  • Bounty Parents
  • Home Beautiful
  • Hard to Find
  • Australian Women's Weekly
© 2023 Are Media PTY LTD
All products are independently selected, tested or recommended by our team of experts. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Are Media and its brands may have generated text partially using generative AI. Upon generating draft language, our editors review, edit, and revise it to their own liking. We take ultimate responsibility for the content of our publications.
Get more from New Idea

Magazine Subscription Offer

Subscribe to New Idea & save!-+ save!

Shop This Offer
Subscribe to New Idea & save!