Mother of Geary victim speaks out

The mother of one of the women murdered by John Geary has appealed to people trying to escape a controlling relationship to be wary of the danger they could be in.

Geary stabbed former partner Sarah Hines, her children Amy and Reece, and friend Alicia Brough to death in 2010 in a murder spree triggered by his jealousy over the fact that Ms Hines had entered a relationship with another man.

During his sentencing on Monday, Alicia Brough’s mother Maria Dempsey, her husband Paul and four of their children told the court of the grief they still feel almost three years later.