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The enraged sister of a woman who was raped and then murdered is calling for serious convicted offenders to be jailed until the day they die in prison. Anne-Marie Culleton was just 20 when Jonathan Bakewell, then aged 26, strangled her to death in her bed in a Darwin flat back in 1988. He broke into her apartment where she was asleep before violently raping and attacking her.  Bakewell then callously stuffed Anne-Marees body face-down in the shower, with the water scalding hot in a bid to re...

Sister of murder victim Anne-Marie Culleton wants tougher laws for rapists who kill © Provided by ABC NEWS Eileen Culleton with a photo of her sister Anne-Marie. (Supplied: Culleton family) The sister of a woman who was raped and murdered in her own bed by a "sadistic" intruder three decades ago is calling for the creation of stronger laws to prevent sexually-motivated killers from ever being released from jail. Jonathan Peter Bakewell, who was released in 2016, is currently facing allega...

"Yet he had the power to set the agenda. "And he had the mandate to do that because Australia is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the 2018 committee report called for national law reform to address this national crisis of violence against women. Eileen Culleton at the March 4 Justice event in Mullumbimby on Monday, March 15, 2021. Picture: Liana Boss "Women have had enough of the federal governments dismissive ...

Hundreds of people braved the rain, taking to the streets in Mullumbimby for the March4Justice. Despite limits on those who could attend indoors, women and men spilled onto the streets, standing in solidarity. To sign the March4Justice petition, head to march4justice.nationbuilder.com. To sign E ... by Georgia Schefe | NBN News-News, Sport & Weather

Premium Content Subscriber only A national women’s movement calling for justice and action on violence against women will have Northern Rivers events on Monday. The March 4 Justice will have events across the country, including Mullumbimby and Lismore. Ilona Harker is the convener of the Mullumbimby event. “We need to raise our voices together so that we can protect the next generation from systemic abuse,” she said. “Our focus is on safety and support and have submitted the appropriat...