Australian pleads guilty to rape and murder of Jill

A man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of an Irish woman he attacked as she walked home from a bar in Australia’s second largest city.

Australian pleads guilty to rape and murder of Jill

The death of Jill Meagher shocked Melbourne. A week after she died last September, 30,000 people rallied against violence near the lane where she was strangled.

The 29-year-old had been drinking with colleagues and was walking home when she was attacked. She was born in Drogheda, and held an administrative job at Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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