The family of murdered Gold Coaster Linda Reed will lobby the state parole board in a desperate bid to keep her killer behind bars after prosecutors ruled out appealing a jail sentence that could see him freed next year. Troy James O Meara has been in custody for more than three decades over the unrelated murder of Vanessa O Brien, but despite being sentenced to 20 years jail over the 1983 killing of Ms Reed last month, he could be eligible for parole as soon as next July. Ms Reed s shattered mother Nancy Fein met with Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman this week to push for an appeal, but after consultation with prosecutors, any hopes of an appeal have been dashed.
Last ditch plea to keep Linda Reed s killer behind bars
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Last ditch plea to keep Linda Reed s killer behind bars
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Last ditch plea to keep Linda Reed s killer behind bars
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Why explorer Vanessa O’Brien left the corporate world to climb the world s tallest peaks Salon 1 hr ago To The Greatest Heights by Vanessa O Brien Photo illustration by Salon/Penny Vizcarra
The phrase
climbing a mountain is often used as a metaphor to describe doing something hard. And for good reason obviously, summiting a mountain, literally, is a challenging feat.
Author and mountain climber Vanessa O Brien knows this firsthand. She was the first American woman to climb K2, and as a dual citizen, the first British woman to return from its summit alive. But O Brien didn t grow up wanting to climb mountains a career she now doesn t advise young children to take up because of the dangers that come with it. In fact, before the 2007 financial crisis, O Brien was focused on a different kind of climb up the corporate ladder. Once her career fell into a tailspin in 2008, she decided to take up mountain climbing as a hobby that eventually t