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Group of men who are rotting in jail have cost taxpayers more than $17million
Anita Cobby was gang raped and murdered in 1986 in Blacktown, Sydney's west
The five men have been jailed for life amid public outcry to hang them for crime
It costs $108,000 to host a criminal in a maximum security prison per year

Published: 09:50 EDT, 22 October 2018 | Updated: 10:18 EDT, 22 October 2018

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The men who gang raped and murdered a beauty queen in a crime that shocked Australia have cost taxpayers upwards of $17million as they rot in jail.

Anita Cobby, 26, was walking home late at night in Blacktown, Sydney's west, when she was abducted by five men in 1986.

The beauty queen and nurse was tortured, raped and beaten before being dumped in a paddock where she was found with her throat so severely damaged she was almost decapitated.

Anita Cobby (pictured), 26, was walking home late at night in Blacktown, Sydney's west, when she was abducted by five men in 1986

Five men - Leslie Murphy, 22, Gary Murphy, 28, Michael Murphy, 33, Michael Murdoch, 19, and John Travers, 18 - were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison (pictured: Gary Murphy, left, and Leslie Murphy, right)

Five men - Leslie Murphy, 22, Gary Murphy, 28, Michael Murphy, 33, Michael Murdoch, 19, and John Travers, 18 - were convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison.

To hold a criminal at a maximum security prison, it costs $108,000 per person, per year.

In the 32 years since their conviction, the five inmates would have cost taxpayers $17.28million when taking into account inflation, according to Seven News.

Gary Murphy's solicitor Leigh Johnson said the case was horrible and acknowledged the hefty cost of keeping the criminals behind bars.

'It certainly is a great cost to the taxpayer. I mean, I've never seen it before, they're never going to be released but it looks like they're holding to that,' she said.

The crime was so horrific there was widespread public outcry and calls to hang the five men.

The beauty queen and nurse was tortured, raped and beaten before being dumped in a paddock where she was found with her throat so severely damaged she was almost decapitated

Michael Murphy (left), 65, is suffering from liver cancer and has been transferred from Long Bay Jail in Sydney into palliative care at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick (pictured right: Michael Murdoch)

'You can't imagine what happened to Anita on that particular night,' said retired detective chief inspector Gary Raymond.

Mr Raymond added the men have no remorse for the victim, claiming 'they're almost narcissistic.

Michael Murphy, 65, is suffering from liver cancer and has been transferred from Long Bay Jail in Sydney into palliative care at Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick.

He was recently asked whether he would apologise to Ms Cobby's family and responded with a lack of remorse.

'Why would I f**king apologise to anyone while you b******s leave me in this f**king room and treat me like this?' he said.

To hold a criminal at a maximum security prison, it costs $108,000 per person, per year. In the 32 years since their conviction, the five inmates would have cost taxpayers $17.28million