Aftermath
Bradley's wife returned to Europe after the trial. Bradley was kept protected from other prisoners, but he was not the outcast that had been expected. He died in prison on 6 October 1968, aged 42.
The Thornes, with their daughter, moved to another suburb, but never quite recovered. Bazil Thorne died in 1978.
Lottery procedures in Australia were changed after the Thorne case, with all lottery winners being given the option of remaining anonymous when collecting their winnings. Very few have opted for publicity.
The late crime journalist Alan Dower was of the opinion that Graeme was not Bradley's initial target. Dower's theory was that Graeme's younger sister was Bradley's target and that he had no intention of killing her. She was young enough that, if she had been kidnapped and then released, she would not have been able to give any useful information that could identify her kidnapper. However, she was also so young that she was never away from her parents and so Graeme was abducted instead.
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