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'''Michael Anthony Guider''' (20 October 1950 – 7 September 2024) was an Australian child sex offender who |
'''Michael Anthony Guider''' (20 October 1950 – 7 September 2024) was an Australian child sex offender who was widely described in the media as one of New South Wales’ most notorious criminals. In 1996 he was convicted on 60 counts of child sexual abuse involving eleven victims. In 2002 he received an additional sentence after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of nine‑year‑old Samantha Knight, who disappeared from Bondi in 1986 and whose body has never been found. |
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Guider’s offending typically involved sedating children known to him before molesting and photographing them while they were unconscious. His imprisonment was followed by repeated parole reviews, public controversy, and legal efforts to keep him detained under extended supervision orders. He was released under strict conditions in 2019, returned to custody in 2022 for breaching those conditions, and died in hospital in 2024 at the age of 73.{{cite news |last1=Poposki |first1=Claudia |title=Serial pedophile Michael Guider who killed 9yo Samantha Knight dead in custody |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/serial-pedophile-michael-guider-who-killed-9yo-samantha-knight-dead-in-custody/news-story/6195936483979968ae7f4b0cfea5aa36 |access-date=7 September 2024 |publisher=news.com.au |date=7 September 2024}} |
Guider’s offending typically involved sedating children known to him before molesting and photographing them while they were unconscious. His imprisonment was followed by repeated parole reviews, public controversy, and legal efforts to keep him detained under extended supervision orders. He was released under strict conditions in 2019, returned to custody in 2022 for breaching those conditions, and died in hospital in 2024 at the age of 73.{{cite news |last1=Poposki |first1=Claudia |title=Serial pedophile Michael Guider who killed 9yo Samantha Knight dead in custody |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/crime/serial-pedophile-michael-guider-who-killed-9yo-samantha-knight-dead-in-custody/news-story/6195936483979968ae7f4b0cfea5aa36 |access-date=7 September 2024 |publisher=news.com.au |date=7 September 2024}} |
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