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Drug kingpin buried in gold coffin

Sat, 05/01/2010 - 12:03 by Pankaj Damin

Essendon, Australia h-- A former Australian drug kingpin, killed in prison last week, was buried Friday in oversized gold casket valued at $30,000.

Carl Williams, who was beaten to death last week in Barwon Prison, where he was serving the third year of a life sentence, was buried Friday in the gold casket at Keilor Cemetery in Essendon, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday.

Williams' family followed the hearse to the cemetery Friday in a black stretch Hummer.

Williams was convicted of four murders and was a suspect in at least six others.

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