EXCLUSIVE: At home with 'Australia's most evil woman': Belinda Van Krevel sips bourbon as she describes her love for her serial killer brother, why she conspired to kill her father and the day she stabbed her boyfriend in the neck 

  • Criminal fiend Belinda Van Krevel, 36, speaks about her new life outside jail
  • She served four years in prison for masterminding her father's murder in 2000
  • Van Krevel was also found guilty of stabbing her lover Marshall Gould five times
  • Despite her freedom, she says she would swap it all to take her brother's place
  • Her sibling, Mark Valera, is serving two life sentences for the murder of two men

As one of Australia's most notorious prison inmates, Belinda Van Krevel spent many long, lonely days in isolation ('segro', she calls it) where she talked to no one and was barely allowed to exercise in her own prison yard.

Life is very different now. Long ago branded the country's 'most evil woman', the 36-year-old now lives a quiet suburban existence, spending her days hanging out with friends, snacking on Burger Rings and talking about 'getting fit'.

But the criminal fiend who masterminded the murder of her own father has sensationally revealed she would swap her new free life in for a jail cell... if only her beloved serial killer brother could take her place.

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One of Australia's most notorious prison inmates, Belinda Van Krevel, 36, (pictured) has sensationally revealed  to Daily Mail Australia that she would swap her freedom for a jail cell if her beloved serial killer brother could take her place

One of Australia's most notorious prison inmates, Belinda Van Krevel, 36, (pictured) has sensationally revealed  to Daily Mail Australia that she would swap her freedom for a jail cell if her beloved serial killer brother could take her place

Van Krevel's brother Mark Valera, (pictured) is serving two life sentences with no possibility of parole for brutally murdering two men, David O'Hearn and Wollongong Mayor Frank Arkell, in the late 1990s

Van Krevel's brother Mark Valera, (pictured) is serving two life sentences with no possibility of parole for brutally murdering two men, David O'Hearn and Wollongong Mayor Frank Arkell, in the late 1990s

The 36-year-old now lives a quiet suburban existence, spending her days hanging out with friends, snacking on Burger Rings and talking about 'getting fit'

The 36-year-old now lives a quiet suburban existence, spending her days hanging out with friends, snacking on Burger Rings and talking about 'getting fit'

Van Krevel says her serial killer brother, Mark Valera, is 'a better person than me' and stridently defends her never-to-be-released sibling

Van Krevel says her serial killer brother, Mark Valera, is 'a better person than me' and stridently defends her never-to-be-released sibling

'He is a better person than me,' Van Krevel said in an exclusive sit-down interview with Daily Mail Australia this week, as she sipped Woodstock Bourbon and Cola and refused to take off her dark sunglasses.

Her sibling, Mark Valera, is serving two life sentences with no possibility of parole for brutally murdering two men, David O'Hearn and Wollongong Mayor Frank Arkell, in the late 1990s.

They were heinous crimes. Arkell's head was smashed with a lamp and tie pins were found stuck in his eyes and cheeks. Meantime, O'Hearn was decapitated and his body mutilated.

But despite the depravity of his actions and her own years in jail, Van Krevel still stridently defends her never-to-be-released sibling.

That's even despite revelations on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program last year, which alleged police had found Belinda's name on a list of people Mark was planning to kill.

'My brother protected me my whole life,' Van Krevel said, as she sat on the front porch of her Wollongong home. 'If he wasn't here I wouldn't be here anymore. I live for my brother.' 

Her beloved brother's name is seen tattooed on her arm. Van Krevel says 'if he wasn't here I wouldn't be here anymore. I live for my brother'

Her beloved brother's name is seen tattooed on her arm. Van Krevel says 'if he wasn't here I wouldn't be here anymore. I live for my brother'

Van Krevel says she thinks about her brother 'every day' but admits she hasn't gone to visit her sibling in years

Van Krevel says she thinks about her brother 'every day' but admits she hasn't gone to visit her sibling in years

Van Krevel was also found guilty of stabbing her lover Marshall Gould five times. The pair are pictured together above  

Van Krevel was also found guilty of stabbing her lover Marshall Gould five times. The pair are pictured together above  

Van Krevel served four years in prison for masterminding her father Jack's slaying in August 2000. He was hacked to death by her then boyfriend as she sat in the next room with a child

Van Krevel served four years in prison for masterminding her father Jack's slaying in August 2000. He was hacked to death by her then boyfriend as she sat in the next room with a child

She thinks about him 'every day'. (The pair have both claimed in court to have been sexually abused as children.)

'He doesn't like to talk about (the killings). It's not something to be proud of,' Van Krevel said.

'I'm sure no 19-year-old wants to be abused their whole lives and be able to commit an offence to what my brother committed.'

The interview - where she hit out against the media's description of her as 'Belinda Van Evil' as sensationalism used to 'make money' - came more than 18 months since Van Krevel was released from her most recent jail stint.

Then, she was found guilty of stabbing her lover Marshall Gould five times in the neck, arm and leg in an attack she claims not to remember.

'It was completely out of character for me to do that,' she said. 'It is! I'm not a violent person at all'.

She earlier served four years in prison for masterminding her father Jack's slaying in August 2000.

He was hacked to death by her then boyfriend as she sat in the next room with a child. She describes her father as a 'monster'.

Van Krevel seemed to be keeping out of trouble recently, at least until last Friday, when she is allegedly stole a red handbag from an elderly woman

Van Krevel seemed to be keeping out of trouble recently, at least until last Friday, when she is allegedly stole a red handbag from an elderly woman

Images taken at a crime scene following a brutal murder of David O'Hearn

Images taken at a crime scene following a brutal murder of David O'Hearn

Mark Valera had mutilated decapitating one of victim's head to keep it as a trophy before deciding against it

Revelations on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program last year alleged police had found Van Krevel's name on a list of people her brother was planning to kill

Revelations on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes program last year alleged police had found Van Krevel's name on a list of people her brother was planning to kill

The word 'Satan' and a pentagram drawn in his victim's blood by Mark Valera before he handed himself in to police 

The word 'Satan' and a pentagram drawn in his victim's blood by Mark Valera before he handed himself in to police 

The criminal fiend says being out of prison makes her feel 'guilty' as she 'likes to have a little bit of fun'

The criminal fiend says being out of prison makes her feel 'guilty' as she 'likes to have a little bit of fun'

Speaking generally about her life, Van Krevel insisted everything is on track and she is 'doing something right'. She is unemployed and lives a 'pretty quiet' life

Speaking generally about her life, Van Krevel insisted everything is on track and she is 'doing something right'. She is unemployed and lives a 'pretty quiet' life

Marshall Gould speaking on 60 Minutes about the frenzied attack by Belinda Van Krevel when he was stabbed at least five times on a night in  2013

Marshall Gould speaking on 60 Minutes about the frenzied attack by Belinda Van Krevel when he was stabbed at least five times on a night in 2013

'JEEZ THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY': BELINDA VAN KREVEL ACCUSED OF STEALING A HANDBAG 

Belinda Van Krevel is accused of stealing a red handbag from an elderly woman in the middle of the day one Friday this month.

Police allege the bag contained about $160 cash and the woman's car keys, with the matter set to return to court this month.

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Ms Van Krevel said she had already admitted to grabbing the handbag after thinking it was an 'opportunity'.

'Look I didn't take it from a person,' she said. 'It was sitting on the back of a table in a cafe.

'It was something that even the most innocent of people would have looked at twice and thought, jeez this is an opportunity.'

'I didn't hurt anyone. And I wouldn't, because I don't do that sort of thing.'

Van Krevel said she had already admitted she had taken the bag.

'I remember I jumped in the car that I hit my head that hard that I was seeing birds'.

'If you're so concerned about your belongings... It's like leaving a car in the middle of Redfern.' 

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Van Krevel seemed to be keeping out of trouble recently, at least until last Friday, when she is allegedly stole a red handbag from an elderly woman. The matter will see her return to court next month.

In the interview with Daily Mail Australia, she said she had already admitted stealing the bag and said it was like 'leaving a car in the middle of Redfern'.

Speaking generally about her life, Van Krevel insisted everything is on track and she is 'doing something right'. She is unemployed and lives a 'pretty quiet' life.

'I'm not working at the moment. I know that I can (do) what I've always done, waitressing, catering...' she said.

After her first stint in prison, she worked a news agency in Brookvale, on Sydney's northern beaches. Her customers included a prominent Channel 10 TV weatherman.

'I had what's his name, short fella, the one who does the weather - Tim Bailey! He used to come in… He might've recognised me.

'I think they treat you the way you treat them. I always get a job the way I present myself. Never by what I've been through.

'And I've always been successful. And I'm a people person!'

Being out of jail makes her feel 'guilty' sometimes.

'I like to have a little bit of fun but it also makes me feel a little bit guilty at the same time,' she said.

'Because there's good, very good people out there who are locked up.

'Why should I be out there having fun?

After her first stint in prison, she worked a news agency in Brookvale, on Sydney's northern beaches. Her customers included a prominent Channel 10 TV weatherman

After her first stint in prison, she worked a news agency in Brookvale, on Sydney's northern beaches. Her customers included a prominent Channel 10 TV weatherman

A self proclaimed 'people person', Van Krevel says she has always been 'successful'

A self proclaimed 'people person', Van Krevel says she has always been 'successful'

Van Krevel and her brother have both claimed in court to have been sexually abused as children

Van Krevel and her brother have both claimed in court to have been sexually abused as children

'But then I think to myself, my brother wants me to be happy.'

But she hasn't gone to visit her sibling in years. She just couldn't bear it anymore, she said.

The once a week, 45 minute meetings were 'too repetitive', she said. And it was becoming 'harder and harder' each time.

'You don't want to leave,' she said. 

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