Milat in suicide bid over confiscated TV From: AAP June 22, 2006
Precaution ... moved to an observation cell following his threat to commit suicide / file SERIAL killer Ivan Milat has been moved to an observation cell following his threat to commit suicide over the confiscation of his toaster and television from his high-security prison cell in southern NSW.
The 61-year-old former road worker, jailed for life in 1996 for murdering seven backpackers, had first been given the privileged items because he was no longer deemed a suicide or escape risk.
However, they were taken back and a review ordered of the reward system in place at the Goulburn supermax jail after the families of Milat's victims and NSW Premier Morris Iemma expressed outrage at the policy.
