Jill Meagher
THE man who killed Jill Meagher was a serial rapist on parole for previous offences when he raped and murdered the young ABC employee.
Chief Crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert SC said Bayley was a “sexual predator” who showed a modus operandi of exerting physical power over his victims and threatening to kill his victims.
The details of Bayley’s history have previously been suppressed, but can now be published after Justice Nettle today revoked his earlier suppression order.
Mr Silbert said Bayley knew as he raped Meagher that he was likely to serve the maximum rape penalty of 25 years in prison if he was caught.
“Accordingly, he had no option but to kill her,” Mr Silbert said.
That’s like about 20 cases of rape – I wonder if the Parole Board members have any trouble sleeping at night?
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I also wonder if the Librarians/judges who sentenced him for the previous matters have any idea. They have no conscience nor respect for the victims it is obvious. A serial rapist in the first instance and sentenced to 1 year each (effectively) for three rapes. Then with those previous matters on record he is sentenced to an effective six months for each of a further 16 rapes. Personally I think jurors should have a major input into sentencing. Jurors are people from the community and have an understanding of what the community expects from the judicial system. It appears to me that judges live in isolation, or in a coccoon environment which seems to give them immunity from the feelings of an average person.