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Jill Meagher, a young Irish radio manager working for one of Australia's major broadcasters, has been found dead in a field off a dirt track on the outskirts of Melbourne - with a 41-year-old man arrested for raping and murdering her.

The 29-year-old, who worked for the ABC, had been missing for six days after a night out with friends and work colleagues in the Melborne suburb of Brunswick, five minutes from the home she shared with husband Tom.

After spending the evening in Bar Etiquette, a popular local haunt, a friend offered to walk Ms Meagher home, but she insisted on making the trip alone.

CCTV footage taken from inside a bridal shop showed a man in blue hoodie beckoning to her as she walked along the road at around 1.40am, sparking a manhunt.

Police later arrested Adrian Bayley who, after several hours in custody and initially refusing to speak to police, led police to the edge of a field in the Melbourne suburbs, where her body was discovered.

Bayley was charged with rape and murder at Melbourne court on Friday. He did not enter a plea and has been remanded in custody.

Ms Meagher's devastated husband and parents, who live in Perth, were told of the tragic development on Friday morning, and Ms Meagher's brother Michael has arrived in Australia from Ireland.

Police had earlier discovered her handbag in a nearby alleyway - days after the area had been throughly searched.

The discovery made the detectives suspicious - they believed they would not have missed such an obvious item in their last search of the area - leading to the notion that it had been planted or ditched there.

Her husband Tom Meagher said outside court: "I just wanted to say very briefly that despite the fact that this is the worst thing that we'll ever go through in our lives, I've been really humbled by the support of the Australian public, the tireless efforts of the police and all the friends and family who have put their lives on hold to help us out.

"And while I really appreciate all the support I just would like to mention that negative comments on social media may hurt legal proceedings, so please be mindful of that.



"I would also like to say if the media could respect the privacy of the Meaghers that would be brilliant. Thank you.â€￾

In a statement issued on behalf of the family of the ABC staffer, Ms Meagher's uncle in Ireland Michael McKeon said: "We are devastated. We are heartbroken.

"She was the first grand-child my mother had and her aunts, uncles and cousins are powerless to describe their loss.

"There are no words to describe how we feel at what has happened. We had hope yesterday when there was no evidence of foul play but when the man in the CCTV footage was arrested we feared the worst.

"We acknowledge the role that social media has played in the search for her. We believe that it has helped us to reach a conclusion although it is not the one we had hoped and prayed for.

"We thank the people around the world who have supported us.

"Both the McKeon family and Meagher family will have to plan now to grieve for Jillian and this is going to be one of the hardest things given that only three years ago we came together for the marriage of this lovely couple.â€￾



ABC managing director Mark Scott also issued a statement, saying: "As you will have heard, overnight Victorian Police have confirmed the tragic death of our colleague, Jill Meagher.

"Throughout this long week, we had all hoped for a breakthrough and good news. The police announcement is just devastating for her family, her friends and her many colleagues in Melbourne, across Victoria and in ABC Radio.

"Our thoughts are with Jill’s husband, Tom, her family and her friends. I know that ABC staff everywhere will want to send their love and support to Jill’s colleagues who have endured such a terrible week only to face the reality of her loss."

ABC Melbourne, Cath Hurley, said on ABC 24: "She really stood out ahead of the pack, she was just a wonderful life force."

She was the life of the office, the kind of person who would organise the cupcakes ... when it was someone's birthday, organise for people to get together, make sure everyone got together and talked when they needed to."

The crime has shaken the nation, and sparked much debate about the safety of women walking home late at night, but police and the family have begged users of Twitter and Facebook not to speculate or jeopardise the court case.

Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan said: “All Australians are thinking of Tom Meagher and Jill's family. Their grief and the loss they must be feeling is hard for us to comprehend.

“Australians right across the country are shocked by this horrible and senseless violence and have the Meagher family in their thoughts and prayers.â€￾

Flowers have been laid outside the Duchess Boutique on Sydney Rd, the store which captured the CCTV footage of Ms Meagher's final moments.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/28/jill-meagher-dead-adrian-bayley-arrested-abc_n_1921987.html?GEP

The Fucker:
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Jill:
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Jill & her Husband:
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A man charged with the murder of an Irish woman in Australia has changed his plea to guilty.

Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, has admitted murdering 29-year-old Jill Meagher on 22 September last year at Brunswick in Melbourne.

He had admitted rape at an earlier hearing but had been due to stand trial in September on the murder charge.

He was remanded in custody until 11 June.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22037142
 
A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish immigrant while free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women. Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, was sentenced by the Victoria state Supreme Court in Melbourne, and cannot be considered for parole for 35 years.
He pleaded guilty to raping and strangling Jill Meagher as she walked home from a bar after an evening out with work colleagues on Sept. 22 last year in Melbourne. The court heard that Meagher rejected a colleague's offer to escort her home.
Bayley accosted her on a busy street and dragged her into a lane only a few hundred meters (yards) from her home. He was caught on closed circuit TV approaching her.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/0...led-for-life-for-rape-murder-irish-immigrant/
 
A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish immigrant while free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women. Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, was sentenced by the Victoria state Supreme Court in Melbourne, and cannot be considered for parole for 35 years.

He rapes five women and they let him out to do it again?!

She was beautiful, and my heart breaks for her husband and parents.
 
He rapes five women and they let him out to do it again?!

Not only did he rape women previously, but he king-hit a guy WHILE ON PAROLE, and they didn't put him back in prison.

There's been a huge change to the parole system here since this case. They failed Jill, and other women too, but they will not fail any others by letting these dangerous dirtbags back out on the street.
 
Not only did he rape women previously, but he king-hit a guy WHILE ON PAROLE, and they didn't put him back in prison.

There's been a huge change to the parole system here since this case. They failed Jill, and other women too, but they will not fail any others by letting these dangerous dirtbags back out on the street.
What does "king-hit" mean? I suck at the vernacular.
 
Jill Meagher tragedy leads to creation of new free phone app: Now at the touch of a button help can be at hand immediately
  • Irish woman was brutally raped and murdered two years ago in Melbourne
  • App shows people how many other users are within a 25-kilometre radius
  • Touching a button alerts the nearest person that you are in danger
  • It was created over 12 months and launched on iTunes and Google Play
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tton-help-hand-immediately.html#ixzz3IpoJwzFV
 
Husband of murdered Jill Meagher urges Facebook followers to stop 'pick-up artist' Julian Blanc getting an Irish visa
  • Tom Meagher asked people to sign petition to stop Julien Blanc entering Ireland
  • Mr Meagher's wife, Jill, was raped and murdered two years ago in Melbourne
  • Her disappearance sparked a widespread social media campaign to find her and her killer
  • Mr Meagher said Ireland should not be a 'haven' for the self-confessed dating expert
] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-Blanc-getting-Irish-visa.html#ixzz3K3coKntu
 
Todays headlines in the land downunder reveal 3 new rape convictions for this pos little man. That makes 10 rape convictions, plus 2 attempted rape convictions, plus a murder conviction.

One of Victoria's most notorious criminals - the man who brutally raped and murdered Jill Meagher in 2012 - has been found guilty of raping three other women after being released on parole for a string of other heinous crimes.

A jury of seven men and five women began deliberating at 10am on Tuesday before returning their guilty verdicts just before 11am on Thursday in the last of three rape trialsthat had been kept secret.

Bayley's name has been suppressed for the past eight months while these most recent cases were heard, but now Fairfax Media can reveal the full extent of Adrian Bayley's reign of terror.

Bayley now has more than 20 convictions for rape.

When Bayley, 43, was charged with the rape and murder of Ms Meagher in a Brunswick laneway, he became infamous. His arrest made headlines throughout Australia. In the weeks after Ms Meagher's death, more than 30,000 people marched down Sydney Road in her memory, demanding greater focus on women's safety. His shocking crime led directly to a new law that makes breaching parole a criminal offence.

But for eight months, Bayley's name has been completely suppressed in the media. The judge ordered the suppressions after Bayley's legal counsel unsuccessfully argued that the trials should not go ahead because notoriety meant the defendant could not get a fair trial.

In the third and most recent trial Bayley was accused of attacking a Dutch backpacker at Balaclava on July 15, 2012, and charged with one count of rape, two counts of indecent assault, one count of false imprisonment and one count of assault.

The killer's shocking back story was laid bare in the three separate rape trials, all of which ended in a guilty verdict.

Two of the victims, a Dutch backpacker and a St Kilda sex worker, were raped just months before Bayley raped and murdered Ms Meagher. At the time he was out on parole after serving time for a string of sex worker rapes in 2000

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In the second trial, Bayley was found guilty of raping a sex worker in Elwood, just five months before he would rape and murder Ms Meagher.

Bayley picked up his victim, who was 25 at the time and struggling with drug and alcohol addiction, about 2am on April 5, 2012, before driving her to a dead-end lane off Dickens Street in Elwood.

Parking up against a wooden fence so his victim could not get out, Bayley jumped on top of her, pinning her arms down and placing one hand on her throat before raping her.

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In the first trial, which began on July 1, 2014, the jury was told Bayley raped a teenage sex worker between October 31 and December 1, 2000.

Mr Rose told the jury the victim had come from a good family but became addicted to heroin after trying the drug when she was 14.

She was walking along Grey Street in St Kilda when Bayley pulled up in a 1974 red Mini Minor and asked her, "You wanna make some money?"

Bayley was 29 at the time, working shift work at the Sweet by Nature bakery and had a pregnant girlfriend.

The victim had earlier been to the Prostitutes Collective in Inkerman Street, St Kilda, and taken a pamphlet which featured information on dangerous men in the area.

She agreed to get into the car and Bayley drove her to a secluded laneway.

The victim was reading the pamphlet when she told Bayley, "I can't believe how many bad people there are out there".

Bayley suddenly punched her in the face, saying "Do you know I'm one of those bad guys?".

Mr Rose said Bayley digitally raped the victim, telling her "You little junkie slut, you're sick, you like this, you're getting off on this".

Bayley then threw the victim into the back seat "like a rag doll" and raped her.

The victim was trapped in the car because the laneway was so narrow she couldn't open the doors. Bayley ignored the victim's pleas to stop.

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http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/a...nd-murdered-jill-meagher-20150326-1m3otn.html
 
And here's the sad story of how the Victorian judicial system failed Gillian Meagher.

Bayley picked up all three women in St Kilda and drove them to a secluded laneway where he parked with the passenger side door pressed against a fence, blocking their escape.

He contested each charge but juries found him guilty in three separate Victorian county court trials.

Bayley has now been found guilty of raping 10 women and attempting to rape two more.

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Bayley is serving a life sentence with a 35-year-minimum for the rape and murder of Meagher in a laneway in Brunswick in September 2012.

His attack on Meagher led to a review of Victoria’s parole laws after he was mistakenly allowed to remain on the streets.

Bayley was released from prison on parole in 2010, but that should have been cancelled after he was convicted of assaulting a man in February 2012.

Instead he appealed against the assault charge and was released on bail, leaving him free to rape the 25-year-old and the backpacker, and to kill Meagher, 29.

Bayley was found guilty of raping the 18-year-old in July 2014, but suppression orders prevented reporting of the case until he faced the two other trials this month.

Judge Sue Pullen lifted the orders when the final jury returned its verdict on the backpacker’s case on Wednesday.

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In June 1991, a 19-year-old Bayley was jailed for five years, with a three-year non-parole period, for raping a teenager and attempting to rape two more women.

He was jailed again in April 2002 for 11 years, with minimum of eight, for 16 charges of rape against five victims.

George McKeon, Jill Meagher’s father, said yesterday in a statement: “Nothing can bring back our daughter, but as was clear from the Callinan report [into the parole system following Meagher’s death] the Victorian Parole Board failed to protect our daughter and many others in the community.

“As a family, we have until now been very mindful not to make any statement or take any actions that might delay the outstanding criminal proceedings against Gillian’s murderer.

“However now that these proceedings are completed, we want to try and obtain closure and to ensure that other families don’t have to endure this trauma.

http://www.theguardian.com/australi...women-just-months-before-killing-jill-meagher
 
All kinds of fail happened with this guy. Nothing more or less than a sick, violent predator. Too bad he slipped thru the cracks in 2012. SMDH...
 
Hopefully if this pig ever survives prison and is paroled he'll be to old to worry about. I hope he's one of those old people who end up in a crappy, abusive, nasty rest home and no one is involved with his care and not speaking up for his rights. He didn't stand up and try to protect any of these women he attacked and killed so what do I care except he should have been taken out already?
 
I can not even read this.. I am so angry. How does this fcking happen!

I have read so much fcked up stuff on DD. This makes my top fcked up stories list.
 
Too bad he slipped thru the cracks in 2012

Doesn't sound to me like he slipped through anything. He didn't somehow mistakeningly fall through the gov'ts radar or the justice systems wrath. This was a blatant and intentional disregard for the public safety. People failed to do what the public entrusted them to do.
 
Adrian Bayley's minimum prison term extended by 10 years over three rape convictions
Today he was sentenced to 18 years in jail for the rapes of three other women, including a Dutch tourist in 2012 and two prostitutes.

He will now be eligible for parole in 2058, when he is 86 years of age.

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Judge Sue Pullen said Bayley had shown no remorse and there was little to suggest he could ever be rehabilitated.
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"I was also conscious that the sentence I have imposed, will most likely, ensure you have likely forfeited your rights to hope [for], or expectation of, eventual release from prison," " Judge Pullen said.

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He did not react to the sentence.

Bayley is currently held in "protection" in the Metropolitan Assessment Prison and will remain there for the time being because of the perceived threat to him from other prisoners.
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At the trial, Bayley admitted to her murder.

"They should have the death penalty for people like me," he told the court.

"How many chances does a person need? They should never have let me out."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-28/adrian-bayley-minimum-prison-term-extended-10-years-over-rapes
 
It's official. A major systematic fuckup.


Authorities could have prevented the rape and murder of the Melbourne woman Jill Meagher by revoking Adrian Bayley’s parole as soon as he breached it, a coroner has found.

While no inquest was held into the 2012 murder of Meagher at her family’s request, coroner Ian Gray said on Friday he had made the findings because she was one of three women murdered by men with violent criminal histories during a six-month period.

“Gillian Meagher’s death was preventable,” he said, pointing to failings by Community Correctional Services and the Adult Parole Board.

“A more rigorous, risk-averse approach by CCS and the APB would have led to a cancellation of Bayley’s parole,” Gray said.

“The approach taken is difficult to understand ... it did not bring dangerous and high-risk parolees immediately to account.”

http://www.theguardian.com/australi...eagher-could-have-been-prevented-says-coroner
 
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In the south and in boxing that is also called a rabbit punch.

What we call a King Hit, is when you come up behind someone and punch them dead on - in the back of the head/upper neck, from behind. Some come from the side and punch the victim straight in the temple/side of the head too. Its an unexpected, vicious act of violence. The victims are almost always caught entirely by surprise and often die from it.

We've started renaming it a 'cowards punch' here as its pretty fucking cowardly and quite a few young men have died from being randomly king hit in the street by a drunken fuckwit.
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Yep. Jail the judges who kept giving him freedom, the parole committee members who let him go each time and the post release corrections officers responsible for monitoring him on release. They're all accountable in her death. They're all utterly accountable and should not be pulling a wage paid by the taxpayers, nor should they be able to operate under the implied authority of their jobs.

This filthy animal has been caught so many times doing hideous things. There's been talk of countless more crimes against women that for various reasons he got away with. We had a red faced monster stalking women in our midst because our government failed us. And beautiful, young, promising Jill Meagher paid the ultimate price of their fucking lefty hand wringing.

Bayley is appealing. Don't be surprised if he gets a sentence reduction - our judiciary is hopelessly out of touch with community expectations and time has passed to calm down public opinion. I bet my purse he'll get parole again before he dies.
 
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