The parents of a young woman who was murdered by a man who had spent 10 years in prison for violent crimes intends to sue the Victorian government for granting him parole.
News Ltd reports that Sarah Cafferkey’s stepfather, Lawrence Seery, and her mother, Noelle Dickson, hope a lawsuit will force the government to review its procedures.
Sarah was just 22 when she was killed by Steven James Hunter, who was out on parole for previously murdering a young woman.
Sarah was stabbed 19 times and her body was found in a wheelie bin, covered in cement, at a home in Point Cook, Victoria.
Hunter was not flagged as a significant risk to the community.
Sarah’s stepfather said: “He hadn’t been on the radar and because he hadn’t done anything for the last 10 years — because he was in prison — he was automatically classified as a low risk so he wasn’t even on police radar.”
