From the Archives: The murder of Jill Meagher & the serial sex crimes of Adrian Bayley

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🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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On Friday the 22nd September 2012, Jill Meagher left work after a long week and went out for a night on the town in her adopted home of Melbourne, Australia. She spent the evening in a number of bars and pubs with work friends. But that night, there was a predator out on the streets too. One who had spent nearly a decade in prison for violent assaults and rape, and was still on parole and bail. Because of him, Jill would never make it home that night. Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5QbRGBMvk-8 – CCTV footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdrma5QWNk – Boutique CCTV footage Sean Dunne, “Jill Meagher killer Adrian Bayley stabbed in prison” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/jill-meagher-killer-adrian-bayley-stabbed-in-prison-1.3205995 (1 September 2017) “New details emerge about Bayley's past” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/new-details-emerge-about-bayley-s-past-1.1435075 (19 June 2013) Michelle Hennessy, “Jill Meagher murderer has sentence cut by three years” in TheJournal.iehttps://www.thejournal.ie/adrian-bayley-sentence-cut-2875832-Jul2016/ (13 July 2016) Peter Greogory, “When a fair trial could be at risk, supression is the order of the day” in TheConversation.comhttp://theconversation.com/when-a-fair-trial-could-be-at-risk-suppression-is-the-order-of-the-day-109181 (21 December 2018) Mark Pearson, “You wouldn't read about it: Adrian Bayley rape trials expose flaw in suppression orders” in TheConversation.comhttps://theconversation.com/you-wouldnt-read-about-it-adrian-bayley-rape-trials-expose-flaw-in-suppression-orders-39375 (27 March 2015) “Adrian Bayley's minimum prison term extended by 10 years over three rape convictions” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-28/adrian-bayley-minimum-prison-term-extended-10-years-over-rapes/6502986 (28 May 2015) Loretta Florance and Peta Carlyon, “Adrian Bayley told young victim he was 'one of those bad guys' before raping her, court hears” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/adrian-bayley-told-young-victim-he-was-one-of-those-bad-guys/6341230 (26 March 2015) Loretta Florance, Peta Carlyon and staff, “Adrain Bayley told victim she should have 'spotter or pimp' to protect her” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/adrian-bayley-told-victim-she-needed-pimp-or-spotter/6342150 (26 March 2015) Loretta Florance and Peta Carlyon, “Dutch backpacker convinced Adrain Bayley to drive her home after rape with promise not to go to police” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/dutch-backpacker-convinced-adrian-bayley-to-take-her-home/6342936 (26 March 2015) “Bayley gets longer sentence after new convictions” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0528/704313-adrian-bayley/ (28 May 2015) Mark Russell, “Timeline: the dark past of Adrian Bayley” in The Agehttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/timeline-the-dark-past-of-adrian-bayley-20150320-1m3sda.html (20 March 2015) John Silvester, “Conviction: How police caught Jill Meagher's killer” in The Agehttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/convicted-how-police-caught-jill-meaghers-killer-20160914-grg666.html (16 September 2016) Elaine Edwards, “Jill Meagher's killer 'may have been misidentified' in rape case” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/jill-meagher-s-killer-may-have-been-misidentified-in-rape-case-1.2566547 (9 March 2016) "Beast who raped and murdered Irish woman on way home launched stunning bid for early release” in The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/jill-meagher-killer-adrian-bayley-6359055 (1 September 2015) Joel Cresswell, “Jill Meagher killer Adrain Bayley guilty of three rapes” in Illawarra Mercury https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/2971208/jill-meagher-killer-guilty-of-three-rapes/ (26 March 2015) Naaman Zhou, “Suppression orders in Australia: why you can't read what you may want to” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/14/suppression-orders-australia-why-you-cant-read-what-you-may-want-to (14 December 2018) Candace Sutton, “Shadowed by a killer: Jill Meagher's final walk” from News.com.auhttps://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/shadowed-by-a-killer-jill-meaghers-final-walk/news-story/ebe461b014086b7a31c6c8d47d5ee0cf (4 May 2017) Huda Hayek, “What we know: Facts about the Jill Meagher case” in The Herald Sunhttps://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/what-we-know-facts-about-the-jill-meagher-case/news-story/578e4a9343f7ba20b9c04aefce6659a5 (24 September 2012) Conviction: The Jill Meagher Story ABC (2016) Joe St John, Evil in a Blue Hoodie (Sydney: New Holland, 2014)

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Men's Raya podcast, and this is the story of Jill Ma.
0:31.0	Jill Ma was born on the 30th of October 1982 to Edith and George McKeown.
0:46.0	Three years later, the couple would have another child, Michael.
0:50.0	The family lived in Termin Feckin, a small village just north of Drahada.
0:55.0	That's the county town of Laud, which is north of Dublin, working out at about 50 kilometres from the city centre.
1:03.0	They lived there before the housing boom, and so at that time it was a small place near to a smallish town, very picturesque, verging on rural.
1:14.0	As a child, Jill was exuberant and messy and clumsy.
1:20.0	She was always falling over things, but it was endearing.
1:24.0	She was full of life and doted on by her family.
1:28.0	Her mum said that she was goofy, but she had style.
1:32.0	In 1990, the McKeown family made the big move that so many families made in and around that time.
1:40.0	They picked up and moved abroad, setting themselves up in Western Australia with her father taking a position with an accounting firm
1:48.0	to further his career.
1:50.0	This kind of move can be difficult for children, upending their lives and moving away from friends and family, but Jill took to Australia.
2:00.0	The laid back Australian lifestyle suited her, and she would develop a love for her new country.
2:06.0	The whole family was granted citizenship there, but they eventually returned to Ireland around the time Jill was to begin secondary school.
2:15.0	Again, she adapted to the move and settled back into life on the outskirts of Drahada Town.
2:21.0	She attended Drahada Community College, where she again made a name for herself as a friendly outgoing person.
2:28.0	She was artistic and thoughtful and cheerful, and had lots of friends.
2:34.0	After completing her leaving certificate in 2000, she went on to take an arts degree in University College Dublin,
2:41.0	UCD, one of the premier universities in the country.
2:45.0	She studied English and Psychology and Sociology, and began supporting herself with a number of part-time jobs.
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