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ADRIAN ERNEST BAYLEY, the Australian man convicted of raping and killing Irish woman Jill Meagher in Melbourne in 2012, has been convicted of three further rapes.
Two of the three victims, a Dutch backpacker and a prostitute, were raped in 2012, just months before Jill was murdered.
Bayley was on parole at the time he raped and killed the Drogheda native close to her home in the Australian city.
Bayley has now been found guilty of the rape of 10 women and is serving a minimum of 35 years in prison.
A court in Melbourne heard that the 43-year-old raped an 18-year-old prostitute in his car in 2000, before raping another sex worker in 2012.
He raped a Dutch backpacker on her way home from a night out in July of that year, two months before killing Jill Meagher.
He had contested the charges, but was found guilty in each case.
ABC News in Australia quotes a Meagher family statement as being critical of the parole board.
Jill’s father, George McKeon said while nothing can bring back their daughter, it was clear the Victorian Parole Board “failed to protect their 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 Jillian’s murderer.
“However now that these proceedings are completed we want to try and obtain closure to ensure that other families don’t have to endure this trauma.”
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It is a tragedy that Bayley was given parole and was thus able to offend again.
It is also a tragedy that the male journalist and editorial staff of this newspaper discounts the other victims as “a backpacker and a prostitute” while intimately referring to Ms Meagher as “Jill”.
The other victims of this offender were daughters, sisters & friends – their occupation deserves no stigma nor does the media need to present rape or murder as “occupational hazards” when the victims are sex workers, reserving outrage for when a “good girl” is hurt.
I can’t imaging the horror Tom Meagher has experienced – horror similarly felt by the survivors and families of the other victims.
Maybe the other victims didn’t waive their right to anonymity. A lot of victims of sexual assault prefer to keep their names out of the papers.
It’s appears that the other victims’ names have not been released, only a small amount of identifying detail is known. It’s like this across many media stories this morning, so let’s not jump to conclusions about the “male journalist” and his intentions.
Hi Mama,
As others have pointed out, the identity of the other victims has not been released, as per their own wishes.
My gender has nothing to do with the decision not to name them and the editorial staff of this website are all female.
Paul
The fact that all the editorial staff of the journal are women is blatant sexism.
Still doesn’t excuse using their occupation or past time. I.e. Sexworker, backpacker. Why not just say ’2 other women/ladies’. What a person (male or female) does or does not do, shouldn’t ever be an excuse or reason for rape. No human deserves that.
So Kate since when was it ok to rape a prostitute ? Are they not women ? … That kinda places you on the same side of the ledger as Bailey does it not ?
Apologies Kate…misread your comment
Phew and thanks for apology Boganity :-) Incase my post is confusing, no body ever ever should be raped…ever.
Serving a minimum of 35 yrs!
Take note irish law makers!
You mean too lenient for a man who rapes 10 women – should be 100 years at least – man should never see the light of day again. I’d even put him into solitary confinement… no rehabilitation possible so make his life as uncomfortable as possible.
No Gabbi Johnson, he is hopefully with the general prison population getting hell. Apparently, he is getting hell from the other prisoners as he has been complaining about it, despite being in isolation. 35yrs of a living hell, is too good for him, shame he is in isolation though.
He should rot in his own faeces for the rest of his days…
Hard to fathom how this guy was out on parole,what were they thinking,crazy stuff,this guy will never be rehabilitated,throw away the key
I heard on radio here that he was jailed for 8 rapes and one attempted murder and a parole board saw fit to let him out just because he completed some 6 week mickey mouse rehab course and because he had a good behaviour record…. in an all male prison! whoever made that decision really should be held accountable.
He should never get out.
should read ”animal” not man
This is an insult to the Animal Kingdom. ..They do not do this lad!
The Australian police should be feeling guilty about Jill.This animal/evil monster rapist should have been on their radar
Not the Australian police, the Australian Judicial system.
Its the victorian parole board who have a lot to feel guilty about not the police
Why was this man out and about. A double whammy blow for the Meaher family!
I can’t fathom why this guy was given parole for a start, but at the very least he should have been forced to wear an ankle monitor!
This man does not deserve to live.
He is an animal and a monster and no doubt some “To much time on there hands do gooder” will disagree with me
Don’t bother! Animal,Monster,Death Penalty..
rape is the worst crime one individual human can inflict on another ..Bayley is a psychopath who feels no remorse for the terrible crimes he committed. no punishment is to great for a man like that. lets hope hell does in fact exist so he can rot in it after he dies alone in a prison cell
Worse than torture and murder? Come off it.
fu*k off jake
Tragically big fail by Australia
Now THIS man was a waste of a pregnancy.
35 yrs me arse should be 35yrs per victim !
It’s appears that the other victims’ names have not been released, only a small amount of identifying detail is known. Its like this across many media stories this morning, so let’s not jump to conclusions about the “male journalist” and his intentions.
Out on parole to do the same thing again? What an absolute shambles of a law. And we complain about our country. Let the f**ker rot in solitary confinement, with the exception of letting men take turns on him. B***ard.
I hope that he lives a very long life and for every day of that long life he feels terrified that the other inmates will get their hands on him for what he has done.
I know a lot of Aussies descend from convicts but that’s still a bloody ridiculous thing to happen. I always thought the country was firmer on crime than this place.
I don’t think you can throw stones at the Australian judicial system when you’re a nation that gives child sex offenders a warm hug and a beer.
What a ridiculous comment !
Get back to work and stop misreading comments
Send him to Utah.
Great to see so many Journal readers now on board, when Jill was murdered I posted the Melbourne community’s rally point spontaneous slogan “enough is enough” and got a massive amount red thumbs response.
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