Ep 313: The Murder of Mackenzie Anderson with Tabitha Acret, Part 3

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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While on bail for assaulting her, Tyrone Thompson broke into Mackenzie Anderson’s home and stabbed the 21-year-old mother 78 times as her toddler looked on. Laura’s conversation with Tabitha Acret continues and the focus turns from the courtroom to the culture that enables violence against women. Laura and Tabitha examine how women are treated within society and the justice system, and explore how these crimes are often minimised, normalised, or reframed, and why accountability must extend beyond individual perpetrators to the wider systems and social attitudes that protect them. Mackenzie’s was a Murder in Slow Motion™. Laura and Tabitha explore the intervention and prevention points in Mackenzie’s case - the moments where action could have changed the outcome - and the case law and government reforms still urgently needed. They also speak directly to the role men must play in changing this culture, including how influencing young boys and men begins in the home. This episode is not only about what happened to Mackenzie - it is about what must change. It is a call for accountability, prevention, intervention and meaningful reform. And it reminds every listener that we all have a role to play in challenging harmful narratives and creating safer communities. Together we can save lives. #MackenzieAnderson #TabithaAcret #DomesticViolence #Femicide #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #TrueCrime #Podcast #Crime #NewSouthWales  Clip https://youtu.be/SG4ByDtcSE0?si=aHEBsR6rAn8d0T-Q More from Tabitha Acret Tabitha on Instagram Tabitha on FB Thank You to Crime Analyst Sponsors Who Make the Show Possible. Support The Show Thorough the Sponsors: Amplify your spring look with Thrive Causemetics. Go to thrivecausemetics.com/ANALYSTS for an exclusive offer of 20% off your first order. Go to AquaTru.com now for 20% off using promo code CRIMEANALYST. Feel like your best self again, Visit forhers.com/CRIME to get a personalized, affordable plan that gets you. 2026 Masterclasses and Crime Analyst Resources and Community     Laura offers 2026 Masterclasses : Coercive control February 25, DASH Risk Masterclass March 11 and 12 and DASH Train the Trainer. Register for Masterclasses     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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0:00.0	New South Wales is drawing a line in the sand against domestic violence murder.
0:04.8	Under new laws introduced today, killing a partner will carry the same sentence
0:09.5	as killing a police officer or a child, a minimum 25 years.
0:15.5	Tabitha Akrit, fighting a failing justice system.
0:19.3	It's been a really hard year, I'm not going to lie, it's been
0:21.7	tough. There's been a lot of hits and a lot of failures and today feels like a win for me and for
0:27.0	women across Australia. Her daughter, Mackenzie Anderson, stabbed 78 times by her ex.
0:33.1	She looked terrified. Tyrone Thompson's sentenced to just 15 and a half years non-parole.
0:39.5	We disgusted that this sentence is what they think is the value of my daughter's life.
0:43.5	The appeal court said the sentence was not manifestly inadequate.
0:48.0	Today's message, it sure was.
0:50.6	This is nation-leading legislation.
0:53.0	These are the toughest sentences of any jurisdiction in the country.
0:56.0	A standard non-parole period of 25 years for the murder of an intimate partner giving judges a new guide.
1:03.0	People I don't know stood up and screamed with me and I'll be forever grateful.
1:08.0	25 years, the same sentence for murdering a child or a public official like police.
1:13.6	For standard murder, it's 20 years.
1:16.0	The DV scourge serious in five years, 59 murders.
1:20.6	Most of them women, many of their killers, let off too lightly.
1:25.1	Tabitha Akrit is not done fighting. She's now pushing the government
1:29.1	for automatic penalties for AVO breaches and she wants the law to acknowledge when kids
1:36.5	witness violence. This is an important change in Australian law. It won't change this story
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