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Painter of the Month

Wilmer Duque Castillo recently completed his painting qualification with the National Institute of Painting and Decorating, and the Institute of Training. He operates Trend Coat Painters, based in Sydney's inner suburbs.

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But life hasn't been easy for this hard-working painter who immigrated from Columbia five years ago. In 2012 he was involved in a tragic accident that left one painter dead, a prominent ex-boxer charged with assault, a Kings Cross bouncer convicted of manslaughter, and forced the NSW Government to introduce new laws. Watch this moving story of how one night changed the life of three painters forever: