Martin Leach

Martin Leach (born 11 January 1959 in New Zealand), is a convicted rapist and double murderer, and has been described as one of, if not the Northern Territory's (Australia) worst killer. Leach is the longest serving prisoner in the Northern Territory, and is currently imprisoned at the Alice Springs Correctional Centre, serving three consecutive life sentences without parole for his crimes. Leach met his wife when aged sixteen and they married in 1979. In 1978, Leach had been involved in a serious motor vehicle accident near Mataranka which left him seriously injured. In 1979, Leach raped a woman at knifepoint after breaking into her house. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment. In June 1982, Leach was released from prison and...