King was sworn in as a judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria on 21 June 2005 and served until 14 August 2015.
Melbourne gangland trials
King presided over the prominent cases involving Melbourne criminal figure
Carl Williams and his associates arising from the
Melbourne gangland killings.[1][11] In 2008 King ruled that the Underbelly television series could not be shown in the state of Victoria during Williams' murder trial.[12][13][14] During the trial of
Evangelos Goussis for the murder of
Lewis Moran she banned a proposed television showdown on Today Tonight between
Judy Moran and Williams' mother. While instructing the jury during Goussis' trial she referred to herself as the "queen of banning things".[15]
Public statements
In May 2010 she spoke out against prominent defendants, their family members, and judges being treated as celebrities. King claimed to have had a
Wikipedia article about her deleted.[16][17] In 2008 a fake
Facebook profile bearing her name was removed after a complaint.[16][18]
References
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abcPorter, Liz (18 November 2007).
"King of her court". The Age. Melbourne.
Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
^Batsas, Michelle (Autumn 2010). "Interview With Justice Betty King". Young Lawyers Journal (44). Law Institute of Victoria: 10.
ISSN1441-4449.
^Carbone, Suzanne; Money, Lawrence (16 June 2008).
"Fake faces on Facebook?". The Age.
Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2010.