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Man who raped and killed Jill Meagher to stay behind bars until he is 86 years old

Adrian Earnest Bayley won’t be eligible for parole until 2058.

THE MAN WHO raped and murdered Irish woman Jill Meagher in Australia has had his minimum jail term extended by 10 years.

Adrian Earnest Bayley was today sentenced to 18 years for the rapes of three other women between 2000 and 2012.

He now won’t be eligible for parole until 2058 when he is 86 years old.

Bayley, 43, was on parole for raping six prostitutes when he murdered Drogheda native Jill Meagher in September 2012.

ABC News reports that Judge Sue Pullen said Bayley had shown no remorse and there was little to suggest he could ever be rehabilitated.

You were an experienced hunter…once each of these victims were in your sights their fate was sealed.
“Your repeated violent offending and gravity of that offending provides little to offer the faintest glimmer of hope.

“Even if there were any considerations of rehabilitation, they must in your case be subordinated to the gravity of your offending.”

It’s reported that Bailey made no reaction to the sentence as he sat at the back of the court dressed in black.

Read: Priest says Jill Meagher would’ve been ‘home in bed’ on night of murder if she had stronger faith>

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    Mute Periguin
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    May 28th 2015, 8:39 AM

    That’s proper justice.

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    Mute VoiceOfVanguard
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    May 28th 2015, 11:45 AM

    Too right. He’d be back on the streets here before he was 60.

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    May 28th 2015, 8:43 AM

    On parole for raping 6 prostitutes? Who thought it was a good idea to parole him and have they any f.uking guilt over it .

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    Mute Jason Bourne
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    May 28th 2015, 8:54 AM

    That’s the thing. The judge should be in there with him. If proper justice was served in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened.

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    Mute Suzie Sunsine
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    May 28th 2015, 9:15 AM

    Jason , spot on , that’s the sad thing about .

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    Mute Duncan
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    May 28th 2015, 9:15 AM

    Deco

    You’re dead on. How could he possibly have eligible for parole after raping 6 women. Labelling them as prostitutes doesn’t make them less than other women. The people responsible for his parole should be held to account.

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    Mute Tordelback
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    May 28th 2015, 9:24 AM

    Yes, it’s the use of the word ‘prostitutes’ rather than ‘women’ that really grates here – betrays the hidden bias that it’s somehow a lesser crime than if he had raped ‘decent’ people. Ah sure they’re only wh***s, it’s no worse than skipping out on a taxi fare: this dehumanising mindset was part of what allowed Peter Sutcliffe to keep killing as long as he did.

    I’m not usually one for harsh justice, but prison until 85 seems about right.

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    Mute Padraic Quinn
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    May 28th 2015, 9:43 AM

    Proper justice would have been execution after the first rape. Then the others would never have been raped and Jill would be alive.

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    Mute Le Tigre
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    May 28th 2015, 10:45 AM

    So we’re calling for the death penalty for rape now?

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    Mute Duncan
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    May 28th 2015, 11:17 AM

    Le Tigre,

    Do you think that this guy hasn’t sentenced these women by raping them.

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    Mute Pete Hill
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    May 28th 2015, 11:49 AM

    The criminal system needs people to cause crime, or they will go out of business.
    I know of police in London, who cant touch top drug dealers, as the filtering down effect of petty arresting and its economics would cease.

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    Mute William Grogan
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    May 28th 2015, 12:14 PM

    Tin foil hat time Pete. I suppose you think doctors have a cure for Cancer but won’t use it as it would reduce their incomes?

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    Mute Gus Sheridan
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    May 28th 2015, 1:44 PM

    Pete Hill, who are these policemen?

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    Mute Michael
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    May 28th 2015, 2:20 PM

    Yes Pete, do the right thing and name them here for us, along with where they are stationed please.Come on, Let’s hear it.

    Conspiracy nuts aside, this is proper justice. Murder, Rape, Pedophilia. Three crimes for which there can be no response other than to remove those responsible from society permanently. The manner in which this is done is up for discussion obviously.

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    Mute Padraic Quinn
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    May 29th 2015, 5:47 PM

    Yes we are

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    Mute Stephen Duggan
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    May 28th 2015, 8:46 AM

    Fcuk him, hope he dies roaring.

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    Mute Malcolm Lackey
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    May 28th 2015, 8:52 AM

    You watch Boarder Patrol and you see people been turned away because they were in a stolen car aged 12, then you hear they let that convicted rapists out on early parole! Well done Australia, you dopes!!

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    Mute Jane Dwyer
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    May 28th 2015, 8:38 AM

    Great

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    Mute Aimee Kavanagh
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    May 28th 2015, 8:47 AM

    He shouldnt ever get out! Life for a life

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    Mute Shane Walsh
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    May 28th 2015, 8:44 AM

    I hope he gets a taste of the pain he suffered to these poor women in Prison.

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    Mute Tallaght two
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    May 28th 2015, 9:33 AM

    I am confused about the parole at this point. Surely this man should have been spotted as a potential repeat offender…. that the jail sentence had not yet worked. For serious crimes shouldn’t the perp have to prove they are no longer a danger and won’t reoffend? otherwise what is the point of parole?

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    Mute Live Long
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    May 28th 2015, 9:26 AM

    Good, if he had done the same in Ireland he would probably be out in time for the next Eurovision or better still just escape

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    Mute Bill Madden
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    May 28th 2015, 10:04 AM

    Live long…….unless he was convicted of importing garlic, then he’d be real trouble!

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    Mute Jimmy Murphy
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    May 28th 2015, 10:43 AM

    Nice to see a real sentence being handed down.

    A lot better than our joke of a system.

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    Mute Denise Friary
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    May 28th 2015, 9:26 AM

    The devil coward might get prison justice when he stops hiding in the jailhouse.

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    Mute Colin Keogh
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    May 28th 2015, 11:30 AM

    A bullet to the head be better for him.Instead of the tax payer looking after him in prison. A life for a life.

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    Mute mary allen
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    May 28th 2015, 1:06 PM

    That would be too good for him Colin keogh

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    Mute Martin O' Neill
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    May 28th 2015, 10:21 AM

    I wouldn’t waste tax payer’s money on him, just hang him now!!!

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    Mute Smiley
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    May 28th 2015, 9:01 AM

    Parole after half the sentence, if he meets the criteria. Not likely in his case.

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    Mute Robert Tully
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    May 28th 2015, 12:33 PM

    He should have been HANGED

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    Mute Antrim/Kurdistan
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    May 28th 2015, 8:37 AM

    Lol

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    Mute David adams
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    May 28th 2015, 11:00 AM

    I hope this guy is bullied by a big outback bull in prison. Good enough for him.

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    Mute stephen
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    May 28th 2015, 12:12 PM

    I hope he doesn’t live that long to be honest, good people are struck down with awful diseases. Yet this creep could possibly live a long life.

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    Mute Luke Massey
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    May 28th 2015, 12:47 PM

    Cut his mickey off, should be mandatory for all rapists.

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    Mute Rachel Walsh Howe
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    May 28th 2015, 1:07 PM

    How he ever out on parole is criminal in itself. Jill would still be alive.

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    Mute Orlagh O' Brien
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    May 29th 2015, 10:34 AM

    I hate the way it’s written that he ‘raped 6 prostitutes’.
    He raped 6 women. Women.
    Them being prostitutes is irrelevant to his crime.

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    Mute Emachine
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    May 28th 2015, 12:33 PM

    Now that’s a sentence. Give them just enough of a chance to get free eventually so as to keep them looking forward, but not so much that it might happen. We could learn a thing or two from this.

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    Mute Runner
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    May 28th 2015, 8:12 PM

    He will use viagra,and rape again at 87!

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    Mute mary allen
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    May 28th 2015, 1:05 PM

    Still think that is too soon to even consider it he should be left to rot

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    Mute Patrick Farrell
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    May 28th 2015, 9:20 AM

    Australia have there heads up there arse’s when in comes to custodial sentences for crime . Rape seems to be a exciting practice with minimum jail terms for these animals . Where’s the deterrent?
    These animals should be locked up for life !

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    Mute Pete Hill
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    May 28th 2015, 11:45 AM

    I f he wasnt paroled then the law/police/ media industry would not be able to make money from his further crimes.
    Jill was not only a victim of this madman, but of capitalism/politics/and the business of crime.

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    Mute Pete Hill
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    May 28th 2015, 11:47 AM

    Just thinking the ‘business’ of prisons and reform are now making money from him. The law and reform system needs people out on the streets causing mayhem, so their business model can be sustained.

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    Mute Periguin
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    May 28th 2015, 12:10 PM

    Pete, thats pretty warped thinking.

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