AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2006
Qld: Serial killer hospitalised after heart attack
BRISBANE, Dec 27 AAP - Convicted serial killer Leonard Fraser is in a stable condition
in hospital after suffering a heart attack in his jail cell, authorities say.
The 55-year-old was taken to Brisbane's Princess Alexandra Hospital yesterday after
suffering chest pains while in his cell at the Wolston Correctional Centre on the city's
outskirts.
A hospital spokesperson today said Fraser remained in hospital in a stable condition
after suffering the heart attack.
Fraser is Queensland's first convicted serial killer and serving four indefinite life terms.
A Brisbane Supreme Court jury in 2003 convicted him for the murders of Sylvia Benedetti,
19, and Beverly Leggo, 36, as well as the manslaughter of Julie Turner, 39.
Fraser was already serving an indefinite sentence for the rape and murder of nine-year-old
Rockhampton schoolgirl Keyra Steinhardt in April 1999.
All the killings took place in Rockhampton in central Queensland between December 1998
and April 1999.
Fraser had also been charged with the murder of runaway teenager Natasha Ryan until
she sensationally emerged from hiding during his trial.
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