LETTERS written from his maximum security jail cell reveal an insight into the mind of Australias worst serial killer, Ivan Milat.

From what he calls his “cement cave” Milat, 70, has been writing up to twice a week to his eldest nephew, Alistair Shipsey, about the cold, arthritis, marriage proposals and reading The Da Vinci Code.

The man who murdered seven backpackers and has been suspected of killing at least another five women ends almost every letter by sending his kind regards to Mr Shipsey’s mum, Olga — Milat’s eldest sister.

“He has a lot of concern for my mum, he is a good-hearted person,” Mr Shipsey, 55, a former Rebels bikie gang member, said yesterday.

News_Image_File: The Milat Letters, reveals the inner thoughts of a notorious killer.News_Image_File: Alistair Shipsey, the oldest nephew of Ivan Milat, has released a book of letters his uncle wrote to him from jail.

There is not one word of sympathy in the letters for any of Milat’s victims, whose bodies were found in the Belanglo State Forest. Instead Milat, jailed for life in 1996 after being convicted of their murders, continually claims he is innocent.

“Framed by the police, a kangaroo court trial, persecuted by government departments,” Milat writes.

He also states that his great-nephew Matthew Milat, jailed for 43 years for murdering David Auchterlonie in the Belanglo State Forest in 2010, was involved in a “drug deal that went wrong”. There was no evidence drugs were involved.

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Milat hates radio personalities Ray Hadley and Alan Jones, former assistant commissioner Clive Small, who led the backpacker investigation, his trial judge Justice David Hunt and former prisons boss Ron Woodham — among others.

“Had an interesting day today. The prison commissioner, Woodham, came around with a bunch of shifty-looking stooges in suits,” he wrote in 2005. Came into my quarters, front room (he generally does to show me off) but this time he had that prick Clive Small with him.”

Mr Shipsey has collected 94 of the letters into a book, The Milat Letters, which he describes on the cover as a “look into the mind of an infamous, crazed killer who had no mercy on his victims”.

Milat, in his own words On women: “I note your views on women; perhaps you may have to find a deaf or blind one, as you say there are some weird ones about. I often get them writing to me, the f...en frightening things they say.” On others who write: “There are a lot of wackos out there as well. A lot of them write to me at times. I tell you, Al, there are some real crazy people out and about.” On politics: “All those experts on TV/radio say that I am utterly useless, then go on to say how utterly useless the Gillard government is. Does that mean I am prime minister material?” On fellow prisoners: “There are a lot of Islanders and Lebs in here ... I hear they run all the rackets, that the Asians took over from the Aussies and the Lebs/Islanders now took over; they do get out of control a bit.” On his life sentence: “The longer I live, the longer my sentence is.” On a dismissed appeal: “I was not too surprised with my result; I realise they cannot allow me to win. I got railroaded. The High Court covered up the matter.” On New Year’s Eve: “I see the government did the usual fireworks show — that’s OK for the kids I suppose but ... it would be more of a fun night if they sectioned off part of Sydney and let everyone run about with paintball (skirmish) guns.” On life in jail: “I do f... all in here day in, etc day out! No wonder I continually spend hours each day and night working out ways to injure myself.” On exercise: “Perhaps you may consider golf ... I would rather join a pistol club.”

News_Image_File: Milat’s victims were dumped in the Belalnglo State Forest. Picture: Jeff Herbert

Yesterday Mr Shipsey said he did not believe that statement but it was how his Uncle Ivan was always portrayed. He believes Milat was framed: “He may have done a couple (of killings) but I don’t think he did them all.’;

Milat wrote he is “sick” of the police blaming him for other murders. He also complains about his tinnitus, a “permanently deformed” broken hand and the arthritis in his legs which makes him feel like he wants to chop them off with an axe.

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He complains about prison food, regularly going on hunger strikes and living on four slices of dried bread, crushed up Weetabix (no milk) or an apple.

“Some mornings I am surprised that I’m still alive,” he wrote.

He complains that he can’t always get what he wants on weekly buy-ups on which he spends $25-$30 on magazines, biscuits, noodles, soft drinks, shampoo and envelopes.

News_Image_File: Police search for clues to the backpacker murders in the forest in the early 1990s.

When he couldn’t get any biros, he wrote that he considered cutting himself and writing a complaint “in blood”.

He has already cut off a finger to send to the High Court.

He wrote one woman was trying to contact the dead backpackers for him to ask who murdered them. Other women sent photographs and at least one proposed.

“I often get letters, even had some crazy f... from Mulawa prison writing to me (I used to write to her in the past — she was doing a few years and got out but it lasted about three months),” he wrote.

“She started writing again; in her last letter she asked me to marry her. I haven’t replied to her.”

Mr Shipsey said he had published the book to give Milat a chance to have his say.

The Milat Letters by Alistair Shipsey is available for $32 from his website, themilatletters.com or from Amazon.

EXTRACT

News_Image_File: Milat is serving seven consecutive life sentences plus 18 years without parole.Letter 43

DARKSIDE Goulburn C.C. 13 June 2009

G’day Alistair,

And about my letter or parts of it being in the Women’s Weekly, to date I have not seen that article.

For seven days after I chopped my finger off, I was locked away in the safe cell, lights on 20 hours a day, and no idea of time. It’s in a cement box, no windows or openings. The best way I deal with that shit is not eating, and after a couple of days I had all that pain in my hand, I didn’t give a f*** about what happened. It took seven days to negotiate, as usual, once I agreed to start eating.

I had no idea what was being said as to why I did chop my finger off, though the screws did say the media put a lot of shit on me. The first thing I did was to write a letter to Bill and Carol, and to explain exactly why I did it. I found out later that during that week, when all that shit was being put on me, that lady editor of Women’s Weekly rang up Bill and Carol about that finger business. So, when that letter arrived at their place, they realised what my story was, and why I did such a thing — that I wanted to either accomplish something or give up, because the government (the High Court) was being a real arsehole.

For seven days after I chopped my finger off, I was locked away in the safe cell, lights on 20 hours a day, and no idea of time

So I choose my way, and I don’t regret it at all and will do it again when meanness and unreasonableness are used against me. I do not think that any money was involved; Bill and Carol are not like the Warthog. In time, I will know whether Women’s Weekly has printed my reasons and not altered them, as I’ve asked a person to send me that article.

I’m surprised it took Women’s Weekly such a long time to print it up, as it was in early February that they had the true facts. And if Women’s Weekly decided to write a story contrary to mine, well, so be it—just shows what the media is.

News_Image_File: The letters reveals why the serial killer chopped his finger off with a plastic knife.

I always appreciate it when family do things, to assist me, even when they get double-crossed, which mostly does occur because government media lies sound like a much better story.

So, thanks for your 5th of June letter received on the 10th; of course, you must feel quite unwell in your heart after the loss of the club—you had a lot of good mates, and now you can’t say g’day without fearing arrest. And hell, there is nothing else, so to speak, going on to match what you had at the club. In the club everybody has the same interests, and age did not matter; in ordinary life, an oldie can only hang out with other oldies, a bunch of old drunks—fuck that.

I see that it’s getting worse for most out there; I see today one of the banks raised its rates for home loans because their profits were falling. I’m certainly glad at least the government got that cash out, that Xmas extra bit and whatever else, as I notice the price of oil is creeping up. So everything is on the up and up.

News_Image_File: Ivan Milat pictured camping at Wombeyan Caves in 1991.

The politicians — who can you believe? I watch them on TV, on Question Time/Senate. They put shit on each other. I see what you say as to how Rudd is doing things, getting us in debt! Well, at least he is doing something that other bloke, except for raising the price of smokes as an answer, says they wouldn’t do anything. Good luck and hopes! Perhaps at least it livens up the place.

It certainly looks as if it is going down the gurgler; it may pick up a bit for a while, but unless most of the people get back into making things, it won’t last. And, yes, around 2012 it will really be tough.

The environment is going to pieces, the ice is slowly melting. Perhaps if more factories go bust, it may slow that meltdown. I see GM in the USA is arse up, so at least there’s less smoke heating the planet.

News_Image_File: Ivan Milat pictured in 1983 holding a WWI vintage machine gun at the Buxton home of his brother Alex in the Southern Highlands of NSW.

Yes, things are getting worse here. In here I’m concerned with What I will do next; after seven and a half years sitting here with nothing to do have f***** me, I’m determined to either get something to do to keep me busy, or next time I post bits of me to f***** Woodham. Whatever does occur, if they force me into damaging myself, and if I survive it, they will have to ship me out of this f***-up place.

The only real thing keeping me going here is awaiting the High Court people to decide on how I am to proceed with an appeal. If it’s bad news, well, I’m f***** so nothing will matter. And it’s easier then to do things to f*** them, so to speak, and give the media something else to write about.

Thanks again, Al. My regards to your mum.

My regards and respect to you.

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