‘I have no problem staying here. There are no ghosts’

As John Geary yesterday began four life sentences , life went on as normal at 18 Hazelgrove, Newcastle West.

It was hard to reconcile this neat, cul-de-sac estate with the scene of one of the biggest multiple murders in the State’s history .

Building worker Shane Joyce now rents the three-bedroom semi from the owner, Atar Jay Singh.