12 Facts About Evangelos Goussis

Evangelos "Ange" Goussis was born on 14 September 1967 and is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer from Geelong, Victoria, and is a multiple murderer, guilty of the murders of two victims of the Melbourne gangland killings.

Ange Evangelos Goussis' father, Aristides Evangelos Goussis, had been a resistance fighter against the Nazis during World War II for Greece, and was a communist guerilla in the brutal Greek Civil War of the late 1940s.

In November 1989, Evangelos Goussis was convicted of attempted murder and trafficking in heroin and sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

Evangelos Goussis' name stands alongside many other Greek kickboxing greats such as former world champions, Stan 'The Man' Longinidis and Tosca Petridis, Louie 'The Ice' Iosifidis, and current world champion 'Iron' Mike Zambidis and others.

Evangelos Goussis went eventually back to boxing training with Keith Ellis.

Evangelos Goussis had three professional fights, TKO-ing Shane Wirth in 39 seconds in March 1995 and drawing with Ricky Jackson two weeks later.

At his trial for the murder of Caine, Evangelos Goussis claimed self-defence, stating Caine produced a gun and fired at him; however, the gun jammed.

Evangelos Goussis stated he then shot Caine to the head with a single shot before dumping his body in the laneway.

Evangelos Goussis was found guilty by a jury for the murder of Caine.

On 29 May 2008, Evangelos Goussis was found guilty of the murder of Lewis Moran and on 9 February 2009, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum 30-year non-parole period.

Evangelos Goussis was under investigation for the murder of male prostitute, Shane Chartres-Abbott, who was shot dead in a professional hit outside his Reservoir home on 4 June 2003.

In 2014 Evangelos Goussis released his account of events, alleging police misconduct, and called for a royal commission.