Ron Medich was born in 1948 in Innisfail, Queensland to a Croatian-born immigrant.
10 Facts About Ron Medich
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Ron Medich's father worked as a canecutter, before moving to Cabramatta, Sydney and commenced developing land in Sydney's south-west.
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On 27 October 2010, police arrested Ron Medich and charged him with soliciting to murder McGurk.
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Police alleged that Ron Medich was the mastermind of the murder plot.
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Ron Medich was arrested at his solicitor's office and it was reported that Gattellari had agreed to give evidence against Ron Medich, in defence of his own conspiracy charges.
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Much media attention was given to Ron Medich's fall from grace, because he spent a little under two months in solitary confinement whilst in custody, before being released on conditional bail.
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Ron Medich is currently serving a sentence reduced by sixty per cent after agreeing to testify against Medich and others on behalf of the Crown.
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Ron Medich was eligible for parole on 13 April 2018 but, after the NSW Parole Board refused parole, Gattellari lodged an appeal against the decision.
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On 21 June 2018 in the Supreme Court, Ron Medich was sentenced to a custodial sentence of 39 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 30 years.
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Ron Medich is married to Odetta, a Lithuanian-born taxation lawyer and arts benefactor, and together they have six children.