The 7th of May 2005 began as a typical run of the mill day for Shirley Whitters.

She worked the full day in her fashion boat teak and once the shop had closed she bought

a taikyat mill and then headed to a boyfriends' house in Coalfield in Melbourne, Australia.

But what she found when she arrived there about 7pm was anything about the run of the

mill.

Her head of shell art was a 56 year old self made millian air. He lived in a luxury

north Coalfield mansion worth about 6 million dollars at the time. He was the type of person

that everybody had a story about. He was described as a bit of an odd ball, a little bit out there.

Many referred to him as the eccentric millian air. And he lived up to that taik when he appeared

on the today-to-night TV show and outlined his plans to purchase the entire Rolls Royce factory,

worth about 16 billion dollars. He said in that interview,

well I probably am a bit mad, but it's nice to be a bit mad, isn't it?

He made this fortune in real estate and then he bought into a successful, high-end car dealership,

specialising in BMWs, Jaguars and his favourite Rolls Royce. He ended up being the director

of several companies and will go on to own numerous residential and commercial properties.

At the time of his death, his estate was estimated to be worth around 15 million dollars.

Not only was Peter a successful businessman, he was known to be a ruthless businessman.

He wasn't the top person you would want to get on the wrong side of. He never resorted to violence.

His method of battle was to try and financially cripple people. He would file lawsuits at the drop of a hat.

If there was a problem, Peter was suing. In the year 2000, Peter aged 51 at the time,

met Shirley Withers, who was 33 years old.

Shirley isn't the type of woman you picture a multimillionaire property developer and luxury

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