Philip McElwaine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Philip McElwaine

Australian boxer

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1957

Place of Birth: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Philip McElwaine

  • Philip McElwaine (born 5 December 1957) is an Australian boxer.
  • He was born in Maitland, New South Wales.
  • He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
  • He was the Middleweight Gold medalist in the 1978 Commonwealth Games. In 1984, McElwaine was arrested and charged with seven counts of murder for his part in the Milperra massacre.
  • The charges were later reduced to that of affray after police acted as character witnesses for him, stating that McElwaine, who was a volunteer at the Police and Community Youth Club, was "a monument to the police boys' movement as a whole".
  • McElwaine was the only club member to be acquitted of the manslaughter and murder charges that were brought against them.

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