Murdering Perish brothers whose story was told in Underbelly Badness in bid for jail time ne

THE notorious Perish brothers - whose life of crime is being told in the latest Underbelly series - are desperate to serve their jail time closer to family on the Gold Coast.

Anthony and Andrew Perish are behind bars in rural NSW for their roles in the murder of a convicted drug dealer they believed murdered their grandparents.

Legal and underworld sources said the brothers have expressed interest in transferring to a southeast Queensland prison to serve out their sentences near family.

The duo are also long-time "persons of interest" in the brutal execution-style murder of Gold Coast inventor Michael Davies at a villa on The Esplanade at Paradise Point in 2002.

Strike Force Tuno 2 - led by Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin - had previously worked with Gold Coast detectives over the shooting murder.

Mr Davies, a failed businessman, was executed by a killer who stood behind him and shot him once in the head with a 9mm calibre pistol.

After their conviction for the murder of Terry Falconer - a convicted drug dealer - the brothers were split up by Corrective Services NSW, sending Anthony to the maximum-security Lithgow prison. Andrew Perish was sent to the Wellington correctional centre.

Anthony Perish, 42, is serving at least 18 years for Falconer's murder and for conspiring to kill him. His brother Andrew, 41, was jailed for at least nine years for conspiracy.

The pair's legal representative, Carolyn Davenport SC, did not return calls.

A Corrective Services NSW spokeswoman said they had not yet received any formal application for transfer of the Perish brothers, but confirmed moving closer to family would be acceptable grounds for transfer.

The dismembered body of Falconer, who was abducted in 2001 while on work release from prison, was found in plastic packages on the banks of a northern NSW river.

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In the NSW Supreme Court, Justice Derek Price accepted the brothers' main motivation was their belief Falconer had murdered their grandparents, who were shot at their Sydney property in 1993.

"They had become frustrated at the lack of progress in the police investigation," the judge said, adding that the brothers had been very close to their grandparents.

They were motivated "to right the wrong that Falconer was perceived to have committed".

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