Society Murders

Melbourne Society Murders
Date4 April 2002 (2002-04-04)
LocationMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
TypeFamilicide
CauseDeath by strangulation
Deaths
  • Margaret Mary Wales-King
  • Paul Aloysius King
Convicted
  1. Matthew Wales
  2. Maritza Wales
Convictions
Sentence
  1. 30 years' imprisonment with a non-parole period of 24 years
  2. Two-year suspended sentence

The Society Murders is the name given to the 4 April 2002 parricide of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by Wales-King's 34-year-old son, Matthew Robert Wales. News media throughout Australia covered the crime and subsequent trial, which later became the subject of a book and a television film.[1][2]

  1. ^ Miller, Kylie (22 July 2005). "TV treatment for society murders". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  2. ^ Munro, Ian; Gregory, Peter (12 April 2003). "Case closed - but not for an angry family". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 13 February 2010.