Ep 311: The Murder of Mackenzie Anderson with Tabitha Acret, Part 2

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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21-year-old Mackenzie Anderson was stabbed 78 times with her 15-month-old son present. Her ex, Tyrone Thompson broke into her home whilst he was on bail for assaulting her. Not content with terrorizing and murdering Mackenzie, Tabitha Acret, Mackenzie’s mother, shares how Thompson continued to abuse the system to terrorize Mackenzie’s family even before the trial began. His outrageous claims of self-defense and the disturbing facts revealed for the first time in court will outrage you, compounded by the lenient sentence for what was described as an ‘unremarkable crime’ exposing a stark truth about how women’s lives are too often valued less than men’s within the justice system. This episode is a powerful testament to resilience, accountability, and the urgent need for systemic reform. #MackenzieAnderson #TabithaAcret #DomesticViolence #Femicide #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #TrueCrime #Podcast #Crime #NewSouthWales  Clip https://www.instagram.com/reel/DN78FzCAZvT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link More from Tabitha Acret Tabitha on Instagram Tabitha on FB 2026 Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community     Laura offers 2026 Masterclasses covering topics such as profiling behavior, stalking class on February 12, preventing murder and suicide in slow motion on February 19, coercive control February 25, DASH Risk Masterclass March 11 and 12 and DASH Train the Trainer. Register for Masterclasses     Laura is hosting a FREE Criminal Behavioural Analysis: Profiling Behaviour & Escalating Risk- Learn about behaviours to prevent homicides & identifying the red flags and risks associated with domestic abuse, stalking, coercive control, child abuse & sexual violence. You can register here. www.dashriskchecklist.com   www.thelaurarichards.com     For more insight and knowledge, advocacy and professional development join The Crime Analyst Squad. It’s a growing and dynamic community offering expert insight, in-depth conversations, exclusive episodes and videos, and live events: www.Patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst   Subscribe to Crime Analyst YouTube: @crimeanalyst     Facebook: Crime Analyst Podcast     Instagram: @crimeanalyst, @laurarichards999     Threads: @crimeanalyst     X (Twitter): @thecrimeanalyst, @laurarichards999     TikTok: @crimeanalystpod     Website: www.crime-analyst.com     If you found this episode valuable, please consider leaving a five star review wherever you listen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.8	Morning, this next story is confronting, but one that is too important to ignore. In March
0:35.0	2022, 21-year-old Newcastle mother, Mackenzie Anderson, was murdered,
0:40.0	brutally stabbed 78 times by her ex-partner in her own home. Her killer, Tyrone Thompson,
0:46.6	will be eligible for parole in just 15 years after an appeal to extend his sentence was this week
0:53.2	rejected.
0:59.4	Mackenzie's mother, Tabitha Akrit, joins us now from Newcastle and was in court yesterday.
1:02.5	Tabitha, thank you for joining us this morning.
1:05.1	My heart really goes out to you.
1:06.3	How are you doing this morning?
1:08.4	You know, it's devastating.
1:12.0	It's been a long three and a half years trying to fight for justice.
1:17.3	And, you know, we've come to the end of the road and there's nowhere to go now in our case. And that's a really, really difficult thing to have to reckon with.
1:22.7	And it's, you know, it really feels like we, well, we didn't, we just didn't get justice.
1:27.6	But now I really have to turn this fight to make sure that this doesn't happen to other families.
1:33.1	I know how hard you've worked and I know how hard you've lobbied Tabitha.
1:36.7	And that takes such an incredible strength, right, to park the awful feelings that you have,
1:41.8	having lost your daughter, to try and push for change
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