On 22 September 2012, Jill Meagher went for drinks with her friend, Tom Wright. She rejected Tom’s request to her walked home so he walked home alone after the drink. During this walk, Adrian Bayley stopped Jill and raped her in a laneway off Hope Street before strangling her to death. A CCTV footage showed that a blue hoodie man talking to Jill Meagher and after identified as Adrian Bayley as the blue hoodie man. According to the police summary, Bayley put Jill’s body in his white Holden Astrabury’s boot after he murdered her and went back to his Coburg home. He then put a shovel into his car’s boot and drove to the side of Black Hill Road, Gisborne South on Calder Freeway. He arrived there around 5am and started burying her body straight
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Tom thinks that he should be life sentenced in this situation and his records. The judge did not sentence Bayley the maximum punishment was because Bayley’s guilty plea showed that he was remorseful and he should be given a non-parole term, and that he has some chances of being released in the future. Tom thinks that he was not remorseful and he described Bayley is the worst person he ever met. He feels that Bayley will not stop committing crime even he was on parole. Bayley’s previous records had shown that he is a threat for women and he should be put away forever. He had raped so many women and he did not learn from the crimes at all. He kept on doing over and over again. Jill’s father thinks justice has been done to Adrian Bayley. He said that there is nothing they can do to bring his beloved daughter back to live. He thanked the police and prosecutors at the conference after the trial at the Victorian Supreme Court in …show more content…
Adrian Bayley was one of the six criminals who committed crime when they are on parole. This shows that criminals in Victoria took parole as an advantage. After this unfortunate and horrifying rape and murder crime, The Victorian Government changed the legislation that violent sex offenders will be sent back to jail immediately if they re-offend others. This will not only happen to criminals that are on parole but also to any criminal who were released from prison. Furthermore, people who breach their parole will receive a penalty of three months in jail, and or a $4,200 fine. Police also have the powers to arrest and charge a parolee for breaching their paroles’ terms and conditions and so this will improve the safety of the communities. Besides, before prisoners are granted parole they must prove that they are low risk
Tom thinks that he should be life sentenced in this situation and his records. The judge did not sentence Bayley the maximum punishment was because Bayley’s guilty plea showed that he was remorseful and he should be given a non-parole term, and that he has some chances of being released in the future. Tom thinks that he was not remorseful and he described Bayley is the worst person he ever met. He feels that Bayley will not stop committing crime even he was on parole. Bayley’s previous records had shown that he is a threat for women and he should be put away forever. He had raped so many women and he did not learn from the crimes at all. He kept on doing over and over again. Jill’s father thinks justice has been done to Adrian Bayley. He said that there is nothing they can do to bring his beloved daughter back to live. He thanked the police and prosecutors at the conference after the trial at the Victorian Supreme Court in …show more content…
Adrian Bayley was one of the six criminals who committed crime when they are on parole. This shows that criminals in Victoria took parole as an advantage. After this unfortunate and horrifying rape and murder crime, The Victorian Government changed the legislation that violent sex offenders will be sent back to jail immediately if they re-offend others. This will not only happen to criminals that are on parole but also to any criminal who were released from prison. Furthermore, people who breach their parole will receive a penalty of three months in jail, and or a $4,200 fine. Police also have the powers to arrest and charge a parolee for breaching their paroles’ terms and conditions and so this will improve the safety of the communities. Besides, before prisoners are granted parole they must prove that they are low risk