Sunday Night exclusive: Inside the mind of Martin Bryant
Startling new video has emerged as well as chilling first person accounts of Martin Bryant and the true motivations of Australia's worst mass murderer.
The location, Port Arthur, Tasmania, is seared forever in the national consciousness.
What is known is precisely how Australia's worst mass killing unfolded, how many people died and the accounts of the seriously injured.
During the attack on April 28, 1996, Martin Bryant killed 35 people. 23 were injured. He was sentenced to 35 life sentences plus 1035 years with no possibility of parole.
His actions shaped Australia's strict gun laws.
But what can now be revealed, in material and testimony hidden from the public, is what motivated Bryant to kill so many and how he accounted for his killing spree once he was arrested and charged.
The new evidence has enabled Sunday Night to build the most definitive picture of one of the nation’s darkest days.
There is also deeply personal and detailed accounts of Martin Bryant from those who came to be closest to him in the days, weeks and months that followed the Port Arthur atrocity.
The girlfriend who was showered by Bryant with money and proposals opens up about who he really was -- a simple, illiterate loner harbouring a terrifying murderous intent.
And in never-before-seen video, hidden from the public and obtained by Sunday Night, we’ll see and hear arguably the most authoritative account of all.
As the man responsible remains silently imprisoned for his natural life, never before has there been such an insight into his crimes.
Watch the full story on Sunday Night, March 6 at 8:30pm.
