Jill Meagher’s killer convicted of three rapes

The man who raped and murdered Louth native Jill Meagher in Australia in 2012 has been found guilty of three more rapes also carried out while he was on parole for a string of other crimes.

The new convictions have led Ms Meagher’s family to say the Victoria Parole Board “failed to protect our daughter and many others in the community”.

Adrian Ernest Bayley was on parole for other rapes when he raped and murdered Ms Meagher in September 2012. The then 41 year-old had also been jailed for three months for recklessly causing serious injury but had lodged an appeal and was on bail awaiting his appeal when he killed Ms Meagher.