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About Peter Kocan
- Peter Raymond Kocan (born Peter Raymond Douglas, 4 May 1947) is an Australian author and poet, best known for his attempted assassination of Opposition Leader Arthur Calwell on 21 June 1966.
- He fired a shot at point-blank range through a car window, but Calwell escaped with only minor facial injuries from broken glass.
- Kocan, 19 years old at the time, was sentenced to life imprisonment.
- He was transferred to the Morisset Mental Hospital and released in 1976.
- He began writing in prison and has published several volumes.
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