The youngest of the three infamous Snowtown killers has been pictured for the first time.
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday lifted a gag order on James Spyridon Vlassakis’ image, which has been in place for more than 25 years.
Vlassakis pleaded guilty to four murders in the infamous ‘body in the barrels’ case and gave evidence against two other men – John Bunting and Robert Wagner.
The group were involved in the murder of 12 people between 1992 and 1999 in several locations around South Australia, including Snowtown.
A fourth man, Mark Haydon, was not convicted of murder but spent 25 years behind bars for helping cover up seven of the killings.
He was released into the community in 2024.
Vlassakis was briefly granted parole in August last year but the decision was overturned following a review by Parole Administrative Review Commissioner Michael David KC.
He can apply for parole again in August 2026.
Commissioner David’s decision to reject the parole is currently before the Court of Appeal, following a request by the Parole Board for a judicial review.
More to come…
James Spyridon Vlassakis (above), youngest of the three infamous Snowtown killers, has been pictured for the first time
