“I didn’t want blood, I didn’t want a huge long sentence. It’s not about that,” she said. However, with a string of driving offences behind him, the sentence failed to reflect that Brophy’s adult life was characterised by careless driving, Jones said. “Why did he receive 2½ years when his whole history is leading up to it?” Supplied Jake's children are struggling to come to terms with the loss of their father. Jake, who lived with her, was a protector, Jones said. He looked after people, and he loved his three children. After Jake died, Jones asked to meet Brophy. She felt strongly that Jake’s protecting hand was guiding her: he wanted the meeting to happen, it would be a way to help her process her grief, she believed.