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| Adrian Bayley raped three other women before killing Jill Meagher | Adrian Bayley raped three other women before killing Jill Meagher |
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| Serial rapist Adrian Ernest Bayley raped three more women, including two just months before he murdered ABC employee Jill Meagher. | Serial rapist Adrian Ernest Bayley raped three more women, including two just months before he murdered ABC employee Jill Meagher. |
| Bayley, 43, raped an 18-year-old sex worker in his car in St Kilda in 2000. | Bayley, 43, raped an 18-year-old sex worker in his car in St Kilda in 2000. |
| He raped another 25-year-old sex worker in April 2012, in near-identical circumstances. | He raped another 25-year-old sex worker in April 2012, in near-identical circumstances. |
| Related: Adrian Bayley jailed for life for murder of Jill Meagher | Related: Adrian Bayley jailed for life for murder of Jill Meagher |
| He also raped a Dutch backpacker in July 2012 – two months before he attacked Meagher – after telling her she was in danger and convincing her to climb into his car for safety. | He also raped a Dutch backpacker in July 2012 – two months before he attacked Meagher – after telling her she was in danger and convincing her to climb into his car for safety. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | Bayley has now been found guilty of raping 10 women and attempting to rape two more. |
| Victorian police said the detectives involved in investigating the rapes had “done an exemplary job”. | Victorian police said the detectives involved in investigating the rapes had “done an exemplary job”. |
| “They have worked hard and diligently to ensure a successful prosecution and did everything possible to ensure today’s outcome,” the police said in a statement. | “They have worked hard and diligently to ensure a successful prosecution and did everything possible to ensure today’s outcome,” the police said in a statement. |
| “We would also like to acknowledge the bravery of the women involved, who have shown tremendous strength to see this case through to today’s verdict.” | “We would also like to acknowledge the bravery of the women involved, who have shown tremendous strength to see this case through to today’s verdict.” |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Related: Jill Meagher's murder: our legal system is letting women down | Amy Gray | Related: Jill Meagher's murder: our legal system is letting women down | Amy Gray |
| 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. | 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. | Judge Sue Pullen lifted the orders when the final jury returned its verdict on the backpacker’s case on Wednesday. |
| 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. | 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. | 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. | |
| “In particular as a family we would like to: | |
| “A - Continue to raise awareness of the systemic problem of violence against women, an issue we as a family and Tom Meagher, in particular, is very closely associated with in both his writings and his role as an ambassador for the White Ribbon Campaign. | |
| “B - Ensure that the proposed Coronial Inquest into the circumstances of Gillian’s death does not proceed. Following the Callinan Report, the 20 May 2013 amendments to The Corrections Act 1986 (Vic) and the criminal proceeding in relation to her murder, we see little to be learned or gained from an open inquest into her death.” | |
| Bayley will be sentenced at a later date. | Bayley will be sentenced at a later date. |