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My
Brother's Keeper
The
Official Bra Boys Story: My Brothers Keeper, By
Sean Doherty
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and read about the book here on the official
Harper Collins Publishers Australia website
Book
Description
Maroubra was a tough place to grow up. Ringed
by a jail, a sewerage works, a rifle range and
a housing commission estate, it was where the
streets of Sydney met the beach. It was a place
where the local boys surfed hard and partied harder.
It was also a place where trouble easily found
you. Adopted by Maroubra Beach at a young age,
the four Abberton brothers, all born to different
fathers and a mother in the clutches of heroin
addiction, grew up at a time when the area was
shadowed by drugs and gang violence. Raised largely
by their grandmother, Sunny, Jai, Koby and Dakota
found solace in the surf, and solidarity with
their mates, the Bra Boys.
The
official biography of the Abberton brothers follows
their story from a turbulent upbringing on the
sands of Maroubra to international surf stardom,
and the fateful events of 5 August 2003, when
Jai shot dead Maroubra underworld figure and childhood
friend Tony Hines, only to be acquitted on the
grounds of self-defence. The Official Bra Boys
Story: My Brothers Keeper is raw, gritty, from
the heart ... and everything you won't read about
in the newspapers.
*Media
Man Australia has conducted off the record and
on the record interviews with Sunny Abberton and
Koby Abberton
My
Brother's Keeper
Angela Kamper and Charles Miranda
— The true story of a vicious killing and
a powerful surf brotherhood
Description:
The
story of a powerful surf brotherhood and the chilling
and bloody killing of a brutal underworld figure.
A
blood smear trailing along a footpath of a suburban
Sydney street went largely ignored by local residents
accustomed to hoaxes and bloody turf brawls in their
beachside suburb. Initially police suspected it was
nothing more than animal blood. But at the end of
the trail, at the base of a Maroubra cliff, lay the
naked body of notorious underworld figure Tony Hines,
shot four times at close range. Hines was a man with
a history of violence, a rape conviction and a long
list of enemies.
In
the months following the discovery of his body, police
unearthed more than just a killing. They found a story
of revenge that would shock the city and the international
surfing world. Koby Abberton, one of the most recognisable
surfers in the world and face of the sunglasses giant
Oakley, was charged with being an accessory after
the fact to murder, perverting the course of justice
and hindering police. His brother Jai, a popular local
surfing identity, was charged with murder after his
girlfriend told police an extraordinary tale of the
night of the killing.
For
local surf gang the Bra Boys' bad publicity is nothing
new, but the arrest of two of its founders signalled
something a lot deeper.
About the Author:
Angela Kamper and Charles Miranda are both senior
reporters with Sydney's Daily Telegraph. They have
followed this story from its very beginning.
ISBN: 9781741146035
Australian Price: $22.68
Format: Paperback - B
Number of Pages: 240
Illustrations: 8pp colour pic section
Australian Publication: August 2006
Subject Category: True Stories
Original Rights Held: ANZ
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Brothers Keeper
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