Who s who in the micheal duffy case 20150918 p5tkob.html – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
Advertisement
Advertisement
This was published 10 years ago

Who's who in the Micheal Duffy case

AAP

Powered by

The main people involved in Micheal Duffy's case

COLLEEN DEBORAH AYERS (VICTIM), 33

- Long history of drug abuse

Advertisement

- Meets Evans and Duffy on May 8, 2012, and has threesome with them that night

- Invites them to parents' rural property in Picton the next day

- Killed either late May 9 or in the early hours of May 10

- Reported missing on May 25 by parents

- Decomposed body was found in shallow grave on May 31 at property

MICHEAL JOHN DUFFY, 34

- Former lover of Rachael Evans

- Admits to digging the shallow grave and burying Ms Ayers

Advertisement

- Denied murdering Ms Ayers saying he got caught up in Evans' twisted desire to kill

- Says he was having sex with Ms Ayers at her parents' property when Evans burst in and started strangling her

- Claims the teenager hit Ms Ayers over the head with a glass bottle

- Sentenced to at least eight years for the manslaughter of Ms Ayers

Advertisement
Advertisement

RACHAEL EVANS, 25

- Duffy's former lover

- On a cocktail of drugs in lead-up to murder

- Met Ms Ayers at a Campbelltown pub on May 8 and introduced her to Duffy

Advertisement

- Pleaded guilty to murder

- Sentenced to at least 18 years and nine months

- Given a discount for giving evidence against Duffy

- Says Duffy helped her strangle Ms Ayers

Advertisement
Advertisement

- Says she took Ms Ayers' body into the shower after the killing to get rid of Duffy's DNA

- Allegedly boasted about wanting to be a serial killer and about sending letters to Ivan Milat in prison

- Diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, paraphilia or sadomasochism and substance abuse disorder

SCOTT DERBRIDGE, 24

Advertisement

- Pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact for helping to bury Ms Ayers' body

- Sentenced to at least three years

- Received a discount on sentence for giving evidence against Duffy and Evans

- Derbridge said he was "stunned" when Duffy told him "he broke Colleen's neck"

Advertisement
Advertisement

UNNAMED TEENAGER, NOW 18

- Granted indemnity as she was 16 at time of killing

- Denies hitting Ms Ayers with a glass bottle

- Says she was bullied into filming them having a threesome at Picton hotel room on May 8

Advertisement

- Says Evans "lost the plot" the next day when she heard Duffy and Ms Ayers having sex and said, "I'm going to do it"

email icon

Contact us

Share a tip-off, video or photo with us

Most viewed in NSW

More to explore