1. Dennis Ferguson was born legally blind and attended St Edmund's School for the Blind at Wahroonga.
16 Facts About Dennis Ferguson
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Shortly after his abuser died, Dennis Ferguson says he "pissed on his grave".
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In 1987, Dennis Ferguson was imprisoned in Long Bay Correctional Centre after being convicted on multiple fraud charges.
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Dennis Ferguson was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment, by a judge who noted there was no chance he would be rehabilitated.
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Dennis Ferguson was forbidden from entering schools and claimed he was trying to distribute cleaning products for groups needing to raise funds.
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Angry males shouted on the street, and police found a Molotov cocktail near Dennis Ferguson's apartment building; Dennis Ferguson claimed that one man broke into his house and assaulted him.
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Dennis Ferguson had been selling them without a legally mandated permit and police approval.
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On 8 July 2012, Dennis Ferguson was spotted by The Daily Telegraph at Circular Quay in the Sydney central business district, selling RSPCA merchandise under the name, Ray Dennis Ferguson and holding up a tin of kangaroo-shaped biscuits.
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Dennis Ferguson's stall offered various animal-shaped shortbread biscuits, pens, stickers and badges for the RSPCA.
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When confronted by journalist Clementine Cuneo, Dennis Ferguson declined to say whether he had notified police about his charity work.
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NSW Police obtained an order requiring Dennis Ferguson to notify the Child Protection Authority before engaging in any charity work that could put him in contact with children.
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Ferguson confirmed he was Dennis Ferguson, using his middle name for charity work.
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Critics dubbed the legislation the Dennis Ferguson Act, and said it was created as a result of the state government caving in to vigilantism.
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On 30 December 2012, Dennis Ferguson was found dead in his Surry Hills Flat in inner-Sydney.
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Dennis Ferguson had been dead for several days before his body was found.
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On 6 January 2013, News Limited reported that Dennis Ferguson deliberately ended his life by discontinuing his diabetes medication.