James Ryan O'Neill
James Ryan O'Neill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Leigh Anthony Bridgart 1947 (age 77–78) |
| Conviction | Murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life Imprisonment |
| Details | |
| Victims | 2+ |
Span of crimes | 1960s–1975 |
| Country | Australia |
| States | Tasmania; allegedly several others |
James Ryan O'Neill (born Leigh Anthony Bridgart in 1947) is an Australian convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, currently serving a life sentence in Tasmania for a murder he committed in February 1975.
Allegations have been made that O'Neill also murdered a number of other children in several Australian states from the mid-1960s whilst he was still a teenager through to the murder that he was imprisoned for in 1975. He is currently Tasmania's longest-serving prisoner for a single offence.
He was the subject of a documentary, The Fishermen, which was broadcast on ABC TV in October 2006.