Anthony John Michael "Rooster"[3] Perish (born 4 September 1969) is a convicted Australian murderer from Leppington, New South Wales, who killed a Sydney drug dealer, Terry Falconer, in November 2001.
Anthony and Andrew Perish became motivated to kill Terrence (Terry) Falconer, a convicted Sydney drug dealer, as they believed he was involved in the murders.
On 16 November 2001, Perish and his associates disguised themselves as under-cover detectives and conducted a fake arrest of Falconer, who was serving a prison sentence at the time, while he was on a work release program.
During his period in South Australia, he resumed production and distribution of amphetamine and methamphetamine, in conjunction with disgraced former solicitor Justin Birk Hill.
Along with Keith Payne, Michael Christensen and Jeremy Postlewaight, Andrew allegedly committed robberies, engaged in drug manufacture, extortion of money from third parties and sundry other offences.
[7] In 2008, Waygood was located in Mudgee where Anthony Perish was involved in building a large facility with a spacious basement, suspected to be for further amphetamine production and manufacture.
Finally, in December 2008, Christensen murdered Melbourne gangland figure Paul Elliott, who had arrived in Sydney after being sold a faulty batch of methamphetamine.
[6] Sydney journalist Michael Duffy wrote an account of the activities of the Perish gang and associates entitled Bad: The Inside Story of Australia's Biggest Murder Investigation.