Crime & Law

Bayley admits murder of Jill Meagher in Melbourne

Adrian Ernest Bayley formally admits raping and killing Irish woman

Jill Meagher from Drogheda, Co Louth, who was killed after a night out in Melbourne, Australia, last September. Photograph: Victoria Police/PA
Jill Meagher from Drogheda, Co Louth, who was killed after a night out in Melbourne, Australia, last September. Photograph: Victoria Police/PA
Pádraig Collins
Fri Apr 05 2013 - 07:18

In a brief court appearance today, Adrian Ernest Bayley (41) pleaded guilty to raping and murdering Irish woman Jill Meagher in Melbourne, Australia last September.

When asked how he would plead, Bayley replied "guilty" to both counts.

Justice Geoffrey Nettle then told him he accepted his pleas and remanded him in custody to return to court on June 11th for a plea and sentence hearing.

Floral tributes to Jill Meagher outside the Duchess boutique in Melbourne, the store which captured the last CCTV footage of her. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Floral tributes to Jill Meagher outside the Duchess boutique in Melbourne, the store which captured the last CCTV footage of her. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

For legal reasons , further details of the case cannot be reported.

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins

Pádraig Collins a contributor to The Irish Times based in Sydney