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Abe Maddison

'Dreadful crimes': bid to block hitman's parole win

The decision to grant parole to a man who killed four people in the 1980s is set to be reviewed. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A hitman responsible for four "dreadful" execution murders in two states is fighting for his parole approval to proceed after nearly four decades behind bars.

Alistair Farquhar MacRae, 77, was granted parole in June despite his plea in 1997 that a court show him no mercy and lock him up for the rest of his life.

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