Richard William Leonard

"The bow and arrow butcher".

In 1994 Leonard fired an arrow into the heart of Stephen Dempsey, killed him then dismembered his body and kept it in a freezer. Months later he and girlfriend, Denise Shipley, fatally stabbed taxi driver, Ezzedine Bahmad, at Collaroy Plateau.  In Oct 1997 aged 24 he was sentenced to life imprisonment on both charges of murder with no chance of parole.

                  Richard William Leonard

 First victim, Stephen Dempsey, was shot thru the heart with a bow and arrow

                                Second victim, Taxi driver, Ezzedine Bahmad

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