‘WA Rambo Has Police Hit List’
“West
Australian ‘Rambo’ has police hit-list. A list containing
the names and addresses of 15 Perth detectives whose work led to David Francis
Everett’s arrest was found after a raid on a Queensland house where he
was believed to be staying. …police said Everett was a highly trained
commando who had gone more than a little crazy. Special security precautions
have been made to protect the officers and their families and an internal investigation
launched to find out how Everett, Australia’s most wanted and dangerous
man, obtaining such confidential information.”
Sunday Times, 12 January 1992
‘This Man Could Kill You:
Help Find Australia’s Most
Wanted’
“Australia’s most wanted criminal, described as a lethal war machine
who could kill if approached, is probably still hiding out in North Queensland.
He’s small and baby-faced and the average Aussie bloke would reckon he
could take him on easily. But police warn that mild-looking David Francis Everett
could turn and “stick two fingers in your throat and kill you, in two
seconds flat”. He is a former elite military agent, highly trained by
the Special Air Service Regiment in killing with weapons or his bare hands,
in anti-terrorism, jungle warfare, explosives, escaping capture, resisting
interrogation and bush survival. After Everett left the SAS in 1986, he is
said to have worked as an arms dealer and fought as a mercenary in Burma, training
local anti-government rebels in the combat techniques he know so well.”
Australasian Post, 14 March 1992
‘Everett Linked To Hostage Drama’
“Everett is considered by me to be one of the most dangerous criminals
of modern time. During his series of offences he showed an expertise of criminal
mind that is totally uncharacteristic of any person that I have dealt with
before… He commits his crimes with forethought and intricate planning,
this attention to detail obviously coming from his military training….
This attribute of meticulousness puts Everett into a category of his own, but
also places him into a position whereby he should be treated with a great deal
of respect…”
Inspector in charge of Operation Sinatra,
WA Police Force, September 1992
‘Everett in Plot To Kill For Gold: Police’
“Former fugitive David Francis Everett faces new charges based on
an alleged plot to murder anyone who interfered with an armed raid on a
remote Western Australian gold mine.”
West Australian, November 1992
‘Everett’s Mission of Terror’
“David Francis Everett made a frightening statement when he blew
up a 30-tonne explosives magazine in Perth Western Australia on a quiet
August night, spreading debris over a 20 kilometre radius. It was Australia’s
biggest criminal-initiated explosion and as close to an act of urbane terrorism
as Western Australia has ever seen. If West Australian police ever doubted
the power of Everett – soldier of fortune, kidnapper and armed robber – the
blast proved he knew no bounds. They were right to be worried. Everett
left Baldivis armed with 24 kilograms of plastic explosive, 30 kilograms
of TNT and a large amount of detonating cord. Throw in a couple of military
weapons fitted with laser sights, handcuffs, manacles, electronic surveillance
equipment and his SAS training, EVERETT was a one-man army.”
West Australian Newspaper, 31 July 1993
‘Eye To Eye with An Enigma’
“Clean-cut and mild mannered, David Francis Everett could have passed
as just another blue-suited worker as he sat quietly in the dock taking notes… Was
this the masked and muscled former SAS soldier portrayed in prosecution evidence
as a callous mercenary?”
West Australian, 31 July 1993
‘Prison Ends Everett Terror’
“Convicted kidnapper and armed robber, David Francis EVERETT planned
to blow up the Reserve Bank, police headquarters and detectives’ homes
in a vengeful spree, police claimed yesterday.”
West Australian, 14 September 1993
‘Threats to Associate Cut Everett’s Freedom’
“The big breakthrough in the hunt for Australia’s most dangerous
man came after David EVERETT so frightened a Perth associate that he ran
to the police for help. It was established by West Australia police that
EVERETT was about to embark on a crime spree that would stretch the state's
resources to the limit, including a raid on the Reserve Bank of Australia
and bombing police headquarters as a distraction. The head of the EVERETT
manhunt confirmed that if EVERETT had gone ahead with his plans, Perth
would have experienced urbane terrorism at its worst as he had enough intelligence
and firepower to do it”
West Australian, 18 September 1993
'Terror Will Not Go Away’
“After having been woken by the cold metal of the rifle resting
on my cheek with a light in my eyes I have never been able to settle back
into my home.”
Crime Victim as quoted in the West Australian,
18 October 1993
Supreme Court Transcript
“EVERETT deserves 35 years in prison as he was Australia’s
most wanted criminal and a man at war with the community.”
Western Australia’s Director of Public Prosecutions at Court
of Criminal Appeal, Perth 1993
‘Everett’s Mum Told to Pay Up’
“Magistrate Paul Heaney ordered the mother and sister of David Francis
Everett to pay the $200 000 bail they put up for their son as a valuable
lesson to others who put up large sums of money to bail people out. They
will both lose their homes and be put out in the street.”
Sunday Times, 1993
‘Everett Mystery Breakout Feared’
“Police believe former SAS soldier David Everett has a mystery accomplice
who will try and break him out of WA’s maximum security prison. Everett
has refused to reveal the man’s identity. This man was also a security
risk to witnesses before Everett’s conviction and jailing this week
on a string of armed robbery and kidnapping charges. During each appearance
Everett made in court he was surrounded by the elite and heavily armed
Metropolitan Security Unit and Police Tactical Response Group and is now
held under harsh security conditions at Casuarina Prison.”
West Australian, 18 September 1993
‘Court Rejects Security Fears over Everett’
“The security risks and high costs involved in transporting prisoner
David Francis Everett from jail to court were rejected yesterday as reasons
to delay a court action. In previous court appearances Everett has been
brought into the city accompanied by heavily armed guards and the police
helicopter.”
West Australian, 9 March 1995
Supreme Court Transcript
“I know some people have got some kind of phobia about Everett’s
ability to cause trouble… What I’m concerned about is there seems
to be something at the back of all this that I don’t quite understand… If
the police have some reason for thinking that he is going to stage some spectacular
escape and endanger people’s lives I want it in affidavit evidence and
there is none before me. I am really concerned that people are trying to either
load up this man with imaginary dangers or put him in a position where it is
going to be impossible for him to be rehabilitated, and without one scintilla
of evidence... I am concerned that the police or somebody in authority is trying
to make life difficult for Everett. …I just fail to understand what
is behind all this, who is moving it. It should be put on affidavit evidence
so the whole world knows what it is about this man that is so special that
he has to be treated in this manner. I personally think it is a grudge
on behalf of certain people in the community.”
Supreme Court of Western Australia Judge, 10 May 1995
‘Everett to be Released’
“Ironically, the brilliant soldier-turned mercenary used his military
skills to chilling effect as a dangerous criminal… Blond with piercing
blue eyes EVERETT’S SAS background – which made him calculating
and fearless – helped him carry out brazen robberies in Western Australia.”
Sunday Times, 15 April 2001
