Lewis Turtur met Bevan von Einem in the late 60s at Number 1 Beat when Turtur was a teenager. They formed a friendship that was based around the drugging and raping of youths and young men. Bevan often used Turtur’s residences to take his victims back to in return for Lewis being able to participate after von Einem had finished.
- Born 1953
- Age in 1979 – 26
- He is a transvestite/drag queen. Has not had an operation
- When he cross dresses he goes by the name “Lana”
- Sometimes referred to as “the suspect whose brother was an Olympic gold medallist”.
- Turtur lived in a shared house at Alberton with Pru Firman and Kerry W. Bevan von Einem visited many times with drugged youths, often with Mr B or Mr R in tow. Often Turtur, Firman, and Kerry W would invite young men back to this address for a “party”.
- The address of the “Alberton House” was 59 Prince St, Alberton.
- Turtur moved to Sydney soon after von Einem’s trial for the murder of Richard Kelvin
- In the 1990 committal hearing (State v BVE re Barnes and Langley), Turtur gave evidence that the accused had given one youth an enema and on another occasion he had seen a torch light showing from under the bed clothes when the accused was in bed with a youth
- He’s currently living in Redfern in Sydney