The Prison Guard Who Fell In Love With An Inmate

In 1992, career criminal Peter Gibb met prison guard Heather Parker while serving a 12-year sentence at the Melbourne Remand Centre. Heather claimed she didn't notice Peter at first, but she quickly became smitten, and their relationship developed from flirtatious to physical. When their affair was exposed, Heather was immediately transferred, with communication between the two forbidden. But they couldn't be stopped, and with the help of another inmate acting as their middleman, the pair hatched a plan to break Peter out of prison. Their escape sparked one of Australia's largest criminal pursuits and saw Heather and Peter dubbed Australia's Bonnie and Clyde. THE END BITS

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The Prison Guard Who Fell In Love With An Inmate is an episode from True Crime Conversations by Mamamia Podcasts.

This episode is 40:20 long.

This episode was published on Jan 3, 2026.

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