She never made it home to her Husband... | Murder of Jill Meagher | Aus Crime
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- An intense and riveting study of what it takes to solve a high-profile and emotionally-charged murder, told through the eyes of the homicide detectives who brought Jill Meagher's killer to justice.
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Adrian Ernest Bayley pleaded guilty to Meagher's rape and murder in April 2013. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a 35-year non-parole period. His bid to appeal his minimum term, in September 2013, was unsuccessful. In May 2015, Bayley was sentenced to another 18 years and his non-parole period was extended from 35 to 43 years for three other rape convictions. In July 2016, the sentence was reduced to 40 years, deducting three years of the term, making Bayley eligible for parole in 2055.
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I worked at the arts center as a barista, and and I used to make her coffee every single morning, the day before she disappeared. She had this beautiful emerald colored silk shirt on, and I remember telling her how glamorous she looked in it, her sweet giggle and beautiful smile something I’ll never forget.
Keep your good memories and know that you added to making her days beautiful
💐
oh, Wow!!! 💔
God Bless You 🙏🙏🙏
Probs her last compliment :(
Oh so touching❤🥺
I remember this case. That disgusting piece of filth shouldn't have been out on parole. RIP Jill and peace to your dear family.
I agree. These monsters, should never walk the streets.
the lawyers who got him off need to rethink their career choices
thats almost whats happening with this youth crime bs
@@AlonsoRulesthat’s most defence lawyers in my opinion
Our legal system here in Australia is an absolute disgrace.
Exactly,considering the vast amount of land you have to build enough prisons to house these monsters 👹
Unfortunately activist judges
@IDontTalkToCops
Australia should have remained a penal colony.
These judges need to held accountable for releasing these killers. Same as in USA where the judges continue to let them free.
@@redblade8160 You should have remained in your father.
He had 7 prior convictions for r??? The key should’ve been thrown away long before !
Exactly. I find that to be not only willfully ignorant and even criminal of these judges, but it seems actually very bizarre. They must've known someone with his history would only get worse instead of better. I'd be disgusted to be a wife or daughter of these judges.
Pretty sure he said, “17”. Like what?
Exactly,the legal system should be sued for this crime
17, not 7
His file should read
Never to be released. The parole board should be disbanded. Useless
System of parole should be ended.
The punishment is the punishment.
Ja fuer bestimmte Straftaten sollte es keine Bewaehrung geben. Ausserdem nicht fuer Wiederholungstaeter, sie haben ja bewiesen, das sie sich nicht aendern wollen!
Absolutely!
Exactly 💯 right.. and in all countries, no exceptions.
Or as my grandfather put it, who was a prison officer for forty years, prison rehabilitates.
What id like to know as to why not question the corrupt judge that has given this monster knowing of all the rapes hes done only 8 years! today many women wouldnt of been traumatised and this poor girl woud still be alive today! these judges should be taken their licences away and never practice again
Why are the dumbest and most stupidest judges still holding these positions?
The others were hookers thats pretty standard
The judge is a man... so probably he sympathise with the rapist's needs! In the end, only the victims and their family suffer.
Exactly well said but as we all know unfortunately nothing will happen to them 😢
That man had no right to take her life cos God gave her life him
This case is horrific…Poor Tom, never seen a man so crushed
Shame on the system that let him out of jail in the first place, all those women would of been saved. It's a big joke the system. Wake up Australia jail system.
this case changed the law.
@@antoniaweber8074
They get a more lenient sentence now.
Same corruption here in the United states
it's happened again this last week
Same here in Spain. Laws made to favor criminals!🤬
They did a great job with this video. I really appreciated how they also told the story of the detectives. They are amazing, selfless people!
Now that is what a real man looks like, the detective that could admit that he was wrong. You don't see that often.
It’s crazy how there is still huge major flaws in our justice system, not much has changed. Incredibly sad this beautiful lady lost her life I hope she’s resting in peace 💕
How the hell can he have 7 prior rape convictions and he still be on the streets, that is just unbelievable
In the US the war on drugs is more important than keeping violent offenders in prison.
17 not 7 btw.
I love to see these brave, compassionate and intelligent warriors for justice share their feelings and emotions after the case is solved. Job well done, ladies and gentlemen!🎖🏆💯
I was so touched 😢with the one officer that had tears in his eyes speaking of the case. Thank you for your work as a caring police officer in a very difficult job.
@lisabergman3779
You must be "touched" then!
The prison sentences are a joke
I am always shocked at these vs USA offenders of this type
Weirdly they have less recidivism than the Us .
Idk whatever they’re doing less people return back to jail than in America
For real. Ridiculous
And don't worry, nothing has changed.
I feel so sorry for Jill’s parents , husband & friends . She was a beautiful soul ❤ Prayers for her dear parents .
I’m in awe and have full respect for the police involved in this case.
So much raw emotion shown, which proves they’re just as human as we are.
They must get high blood pressure with the conflict. Trying to be calm in presence of evil.
I still pray for Tom and Jill’s family to stay strong in good memories of Jill. Amen 🙏
Pray all you like, it's just talking to yourself and you have no powers.
@@fgoogleinthea7475Why comment? Just because you’re a miserable person and want to insert your opinions on others for the hell of it?
@@fgoogleinthea7475
Professor John Lennox Oxford university graduate, Scientist and Mathematician, Reveals Gods existence and refutes Atheism.
Why don't you look him up?
Each of us will have a life review, when we die.
@@fgoogleinthea7475your lack of faith shows what kind of person you are. You're obviously very bitter to write such a comment.
@@fgoogleinthea7475 Go away. Their religion is none of your business.
Gorgeous woman. What a horrific death at the hands of a predator.
Paul Rowe was amazing in this - smart, compassionate, eloquent and determined to find resolve for Jill. Bless the whole team for this result!
Something seriously wrong with the shopkeeper who returned her handbag back to the lane way! Definitely not the full quid! He should have called the cops handed the bag in without delay.
Though it did bring about other evidence
Totally agree. I never knew this but his malfaincence was wrong.
@@albertlanger2339 *MALFEASANCE
@@JulieRushworthOnly by luck, he dropped it back in a different spot and they searched for the scene. His daughter pushed him, he'd have held onto it forever.
@@cynthiatolman326 the cops should have charged him with tampering with evidence
As a young woman from Melbourne who walked that street on nights out so many times, I still shed tears for Jill even though I never knew her. We will never forget you Jill or your loving husband & family ❤❤❤
*this sighting occured in Brunswick St, Fitzroy
IMO, he confessed only because of the leniency he got all the other times he committed his immoral acts. He thought he'd get off easy again.
Why do they act “shocked” when their prison sentences are a joke??
@Micayla2540
Maybe he was shocked because of the light sentence!
The government and judicial system failed Jill. Criminals strolling cities for an easy prey. Senseless crime losing precious life.
Yes. I never knew they let these monsters free on crowded fity streets where innocent girls go just enjoying life. Unaware of their appetites.
An exceptionally gruesome case. This is haunting.
I feel for Tom, grieving to find your wife & being acused... Jill may you rest peacefully.
That's what happens. The government strips men of their natural right to protect their wives. And then turn around and hold men responsible when something goes wrong - "responsibility without authority is slavery". The government is to blame for this one
@@kokoyaroI think you're playing the victim card a little bit here. Sadly there's been enough husbands/boyfriend's that have killed their significant others, that questioning them is justified. If that weren't the case, the police wouldn't need to interogate them to the degree they do and It would be highly irresponsible for them not to. It's awful that innocent men who are already grieving have to endure that, but parents have to go through similar if their child dies from suspicious circumstances. Heck, even a babysitter/nanny would get grilled.
@@tlc6756 Apparently you missed my entire point. So I'll ask you this (hopefully you're not too brainwashed by MSM to acknowledge observable reality). Here comes my question :
1. Are there more husbands trying to hurt their wives than husbands trying to protect their wives?
@@kokoyaroMen really need to start holding their gender responsible for their horrific crimes against women and do something about it, not blame others. ‘Hold men responsible for when things go wrong’. Men are doing this to women, no one else. You sound like the type who would tell their wife what she can and cannot do. We only need protection from men and husbands are the number one perpetrator hence why they are the first person suspected. Make YOUR gender do better!
@@kokoyaroThey weren't trying to hold him responsible "when something went wrong". They wanted to hold her KILLER responsible and had to rule him out. I feel empathy for him, but they always start with the partner first when ruling out suspects. You notice he wasn't held responsible when they found the killer, they held the killer responsible. In fact, they ruled him out fairly early on in this case, before they had another suspect even.
I feel for the police in this case, for once we see what they were going through. However he should never have been out on the street, it's time the courts started using their brains when they sentence these animals, not only do the loved ones suffer, so do the police who have to go out and investigate, with their arms tied behind their backs
My thoughts exactly excellent job by the police and detective's unfortunately let down time and time again by the courts and as for the parole board their a joke
@@Karen-vw4fn. I agree with you!
@@Karen-vw4fn *detectives *THEY'RE
I agree! I say this all the time but especially if the case is in the UK, Australia or Canada. Those 3 places have a pathetic justice system. The police work their butts off for the system to just release these predators again. They are given such light sentences in the UK it’s like a slap in the face to the victims families. I know light sentences can and do occur everywhere but they’re especially light in the UK.
The people who process the law seem split into 2 camps. Those who do it for justice..and those who do it for money. Maybe that's why. Wheels within wheels as they say.
They always say they should never have been on the streets, but it keeps happening. Women please don't walk alone.
Many people are still truly devastated by this atrocious brutal crime!! 🤨
✨💕✨💕✨💕✨
💕Beautiful Jill 💕
🕊️ Rest in Eternal Peace…
with the Angels🕊️
✨💕✨💕✨💕✨💕
@kathrynbillinghurst188.
Hearing Kylie Minogue sing is a far worse crime!
I'm sure there are other victims! The guy is a genuine psychopath...
5 other victims
Maybe he is. Maybe not. He did seem to have remorse. A real psychopath would have none.
@@disco1446He had remorse fir being caught, not for what he did!
This monster was given $5000 bail after brutally attacking and SA dozens of sex workers in 2001. Nothing ever happened to him until he attacked a ‘respectable precious woman’. He offended whilst on bail and 2 weeks after this bail a woman who had travelled from 6 hours drive away from Melbourne reported to the then, rape squad a man exactly fitting his description had abducted and attacked her. The policeman at the time dismissed her report by saying “and what were you doing there at that time anyway” as if she was a sexworker. He was jailed for a few years after his trial and then committed his crime against Jill as well as several others who managed to escape. His mother tried to warn “high up” police many times about her concerns about her son but they didn’t act on her reports. Australia is so much behind the rest of the world when it comes to profiling and accepting the research on serial Sex offenders. Yes these cops did a good job but you can imagine how scared they were knowing the public would eventually find out how the system had failed the community the past.
Thankyou for your illuminating addition to these comments.
Wow! That is seriously mind blowing!
@fionalee929 thanks. You can find the woman’s story online it’s harrowing if you google journalist Nina Funnell Juliette (the woman’s name) and Adrian Bayley all in the same search. The woman escaped from him when he abducted her in 2001. Nina’s full article is online and there’s a short TH-cam video too
I'm impressed by how this channel sheds light on lesser-known cases. The best true crime storytelling.
This wasn't a lesser known story. Because she was Irish and killed in Australia almost all English speaking countrys knew of it
Thank You@@Neckoya
This case was MASSIVE at the time. The media went all in, which did cause more stress on her family.
This was a really well done documentary. So much respect was shown to the family and the police. Also the dedication of the police was palpable. RIP beautiful lady
Wow. That was great job done by police. This crime should never have happened to Jill or anyone. So tragic. Such a beautiful ladyand family. I hope they are all o.k.
A, chilling case, the monster looks evil. Rest peacefully Jill.
Black eyes!
It will be even worse for him in the next life.
@fionalee929 his eyes were blue, actually
RIP beautiful Jill ☘
I'm an Irish gal living in Australia for many years...watching this had me crying my lamps out😪
@polly844.
Stop using candle lamps then.
@@redblade8160go troll somewhere else for once.
Hi polly I just had that pathetic comment removed, it had me crying as well you can't disguise the Irish look she was a beautiful woman with a loving husband and family. I hear her husband has returned to Ireland god help the man he was a broken hearted soldier ❤
It's time to re-introduce the "Death Penalty"!
Long overdue, we live in hope my freind 🙏
It's inhumane that this guy is still alive!
Should never have been abolished.
very sad....that there are people in this world that do these terrible things....is even more sad! Who are we?
My thanks to all police for their dedication, skill, and sheer determination to bring him to justice. Total respect!🙏To Tom and Jill's family and friends, what a beautiful young woman she was. So sorry for your loss, sending you light and love🥰💜
*SHEER
@kiwigal8134.
There are plenty more out there.
NEVR RELEAS HIM!
He started crying crocodile tears!
He thought he'd get away with it!
Her darling husband, who the police first focused on, left Australia for Ireland, NEVER TO RETURN!
I was attacked by this beast 2 weeks before he killed Jill. Only survived as I played dead. I refused to go to court as I was so traumatised. I was one of the few St Kilda women mentioned. I took a shortcut down a lane way To get home quicker. After years am better now but has taken years with obvious fall out to my husband & children. So devastating
I hope you are better now!
Hugs and healing to you sister and prayers are with you 🙏
Justice has now been served but unfortunately a life lost. Hope you continue to heal. It must have been a horrific and traumatising experience.
I'm very sorry this happened to you❤.
Oz needs to reintroduce capital punishment.
Unfortunately, the judges have to work with the laws of the land. We have to blame those who frame these laws in favour of the criminals who generally have some slick defence lawyers.
Charters, laws from the Crown. The parliamentary system favors criminals as Rights don't get stripped away.
What a beautiful lady ❤
She’s really is
@@thatonethisone5904 such a sad world we live in 🫶
An Angel and a Demon.
This is one of the most sensitive crime video's I have seen and the team was amazing R.I.P. Jill ,really hope lessons are learned when someone has such a terrible history .
Anita Cobby😢.
wow! he had 7 other prior rape convictions? and he is back on the streets?
Clearly the so called justice system is made by and for criminals.
😢😢😢 so sad this happened to this young person had a full life ahead of her so much evil in this world rest well😢😢😢
Wow. 30,000 people. It gave me chills.
Did that detective say he had 7 or 8 convictions for R?
That's what I thought he said. Then another gentleman later also said 7 and that they just kept letting him out after a short time!
@@janettamcgee8124
You mean every time they let him out and put him back in, their score goes up?
Yes.
@@janettamcgee8124 after 14months...ffs
What the hell kind of man wants a womans purse takes it home then returns it only under pressure during a crime investigation? Shopkeeper seems so strange.
He probably didn't know it's related to a crime. Intention was to keep for whatever valuable there was inside.
Court system killed Jill by giving Bailey 8 year instead of 25 years
not the court system ...the liberal system ...natural selection always targets the naive first
Sad.
Shopkeeper should have been charged with tampering with evidence.
The justice system sure wasn't against him, nor the parole board. If men were the usual victims of sexual assault, I'll bet they wouldnt go so soft on these monsters. He forces himself on many many women, and then takes a woman's life, but the world's against him.
What is he doing out and about free to commit more of these horrific crimes with 17 rape convictions??? The Australian legal system makes no sense, ever, what a joke.
This is what is wrong with our sentencing and parole laws😢😢😢 rip Jill
How come there's no actual interrogation footage anywhere that I can find
I don't believe that is has been fully released - there are transcripts, you can apply for it through the supreme court, but not openly. It is not standard in Vic to release everything from an investigation, without due cause.
Yes it feels like they are protecting his privacy for some reason. Weird.
A magistrate needs to be removed from the bench.
The whole bunch seem rotten
@@relocatetoEUROPE
I think people on here have to understand the way the laws are done. Judge's don't make the laws politicians do. The judge's only hand the sentences given that a politician makes
@@cheshardlow5832
JUDGES* don't
The *JUDGE only *HANDS the
@@stfuplsok don't understand what you have written. Just a bunch dribbled words
@@cheshardlow5832 sorry, better go to school so you will learn my dribbled words. Thanks
I've seen this case before on another channel. That doesn't make it any less sad though.😢
What happened to the judge/judges/who handed down those pathetic sentences in the first place, and the parole board for letting him out early? Poor lady 😢
Good job to our able detectives.
@enoaddai7040.
Shut your mouth!
These detectives are so good and care so much. God Bless all of you
I don’t think there is enough praise for the work these detectives put in ! Amazing work guys 👏
If you jail him longer than expected police won't be very busy finding the culprit so jail him big time😢
@allnboxful.
Why not put everyone in jail? Then the streets will be safe.
How was he released after all the previous rapes in the first place the little time he spent in prison is beyond belief 😢
He should be charged 50 years
First, my condolences to her family and friends. I’m heartbroken for you all💔What is justice? He got away with so much and many suffered at his hands. I hope he finds the true justice in prison, if you get my drift.
@tsw1963.
They can always send you in there to give him justice!
@@redblade8160or maybe you since you have enough time on your hands.
That creep would pick women up drive them to a laneway and park so the passenger side was against the brick wall so they would not escape. He was paroled every time.
Parole Board she be sacked and disbanned have the public decide on their fate it nay have saved nany victims their lives . 😢😢😢
Hmm.. language please.
@@fgoogleinthea7475 ?
Collectively, we don't care about women. Misogyny is widespread.
A woman walking 🚶♀️ at 1.43 am so dangerous never walk alone middle of the night night mare
😂😂😂no the time of night or early morning is not dangerous we have killings at 11am in broad daylight, 130in the afternoon location and time dont matter only if the person that wants to hurt you is out at those times
You are victim blaming SHAME ON YOU!
A teenage girl in my town was abducted and murdered walking to work in full daylight at 8am.
@@Elena-tq9vsvery sad..Experts say that if rapists don't break into a victims home later at night, they'll often hit at early morning to 8am.
I've had more scary encounters during the day than at night.
ALL Australian crimes shake the nation.
Your comments are a crime but we aren't shaken.
@@fgoogleinthea7475 Yeah I've heard telling the truth these days is a crime. Suck it up.
That's not an Australian flag you're showing!
@@fgoogleinthea7475 Your patter is the real crime
@@redblade8160Ye its the flag of the woman murdered
The judges should be sent to jail for the sentencing ffs
Inner Melbourne has always been unsafe always will be
No area is unsafe, its the people and their location that makes a difference
@@OgglyGoogly about the dumbest comment ever on YT.
@@arconeagain actually 100 percent facts. A park at 3am is not dangerous you will walk through it nothing happens. At 3am in the morning you go there and no one is there how dangerous is it? Please tell me 🤣
Then you go there at 10am and there is a man thats wanta to rob someone then it has become a dangerous time, a dangerous placeas you say? No he is the danger not the park
@@OgglyGoogly the person's comment is clearly about an area being unsafe because of types of people and the population density. There's no need to dissect this, and on top of that, claim some sort of wisdom over everybody. You're just a simple fool.
@@OgglyGooglyI think arconeagain was saying that it's obviously the people in an area that makes a place unsafe when it comes to crime. Sadly he doesn't hold himself accountable for being verbally nasty towards other human beings though.
So thankful for the excellence in policing that led to his capture and imprisonment. ❤
Don't walk alone people
Poor husbandet and other family members and frends😢😢😢❤❤❤
In Victoria the sentencing is even more lenient today due to Labor corrupt government
That's you making things up to satisfy your beef with the political system
Liberalism doesn't seem to work. In uk prisoners volunteer for samaritan phonetics. I found that totally shocking to hear..if its true of course. That poor husband. He lost a lovely wife for no good reason.
i feel like the judge / jury or whoever gave him such a short sentence...all of them should go to prison
Me too.
Unfortunately they are governed by the judicial protocol it needs changing !!
Globally, especially in the western world the Justice System needs an overall with judges and magistrates to wake up and take note of previous doings before releasing criminals regardless as to whether theyre gnipar/redrumming men or women
The police should not feel bad it’s the judge that let him out
Bayley needs to be offed in prison.
This was one of the saddest murder cases and one that has stayed with me. She was such a beautiful and vibrant girl and so happily married to her lovely husband Tom. It fills me with fury that her precious life could be extinguished like that. I used to see Tom a lot in my neighbourhood subsequent to this and he always looked so terribly sad. I regret not going up to him to sympathise on the times that we passed each other but I was always fearful that he may be having a good day and didn't want to upset him. I hope he and her family have gone on to have brighter days ahead. Rest in Eternal Peace Jill 💞
A brilliant coverage of this horrific story.
Proper Punishment would have been EXECUTION IMMEDIATELY following trial.
Just popped in to say, I can't watch this story. It happened in my city and it still feels raw.
This was heartbreaking for us back in Ireland, she was one of ours taken far too soon and it had a massive impact on the female community here. Her beautiful family & her devoted husband are amazing people which shone through in this programme. The detectives & all the members of the police service who worked on this case showed how much it impacted on them and how hard they worked to find Gill and get her and her family justice. RIP Jill x
Look up Anita Cobby. Arguable the worst crime against a woman in Australian history.
Second time this name has came up, ❤
Bayley should not have been allowed out on the street. Whoever his lawyer was definitely came up with a good lie or two to get him off. Perhaps that should be on their resume. It isn't the first time it's happened either and will definitely not be the last.
That town legit looks like EXACTLY the sort of place where this would happen.
💔
Deepest respect for the detectives and the husband.
So what exactly happened to her?
He followed her, then attacked her. He r@p3d and strangled her
Watch the documentary if your tiny concentration span can handle it
Hate when they summarize the whole episode in the first minutes. Start at the beginning. Let the viewer follow the case how it unfolded.
It unfolded with her going missing like they showed
If Jill had pepper spray, she would have survived. It is evil that we cannot defend ourselves!!
Why not? You can carry pepper spray it's legal and has been for quite some time now.
@@GailGreen-tq8jdIncorrect. It's illegal in most states in Australia. I believe the exception is WA.
Totally evil act.
There should be a channel titled "THE PAROLE CRIMES"
Reason: A lot of heinous crimes are committed by criminals on parole, which should have been avoided if not for the shoddy/failed laws
What a team!!! An incredibly hard job that takes a massive toll.
In Florida he would have given death penalty....
I am so sorry for what has happened, but the background music in this video was so irritating I had to switch off.
Yep...and the images flashing like crazy, I almost turned it off.
Poor anna
death penalty is not a thing in australia? what a shame.
I agree.
We use to have it in Australia but it got abolished . The last person executed was in the 60's.
justice system in that country is a joke sad for the victims
@riadnigano8164
What country do you live in?
@@redblade8160your mamas troll.
@@GailGreen-tq8jd
That reminds me; your mamma is calling you for your milk.