Outside court,Celeste Manno’s mother,Aggie Di Mauro,said the system failed her daughter three-and-a-half years ago,and had failed her again on Thursday. “Today’s outcome proves just how flawed the justice system is,” she said.
Celeste Manno was murdered in her bed. Now her mother wants the world to hear her pain – and to save others.
Lasry unexpectedly resigned following a complaint from Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions over the trial of the Eastern Freeway case,in which four police officers died.
Mohinder Singh,who has been jailed for 18 years over the fatal collision in April 2020,gave evidence in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday.
Just before her 24th birthday,Celeste Manno thought she was safe. Her obsessive stalker went quiet. It was a final night of peace before her family was handed a lifetime of grief.
Luay Nader Sako has relentlessly tried to shift the blame for the murder of his former colleague,which was carried out when she was at her most vulnerable,a prosecutor said.
Luay Sako,who murdered the 23-year-old in her home,told psychiatrists that a hallucination called “Isha” – with big ears,a big nose and pointy teeth – had told him he needed to act like a criminal.
Aggie Di Mauro told the court that in the 18 months leading up to the murder,she and her daughter lived in constant fear of what stalker Luay Sako might do.
The man who pleaded guilty to murdering Celeste Manno has again sacked his lawyers and is planning to contest how many times he stabbed the 23-year-old Melbourne woman when he broke into her home and killed her.
Seasonal workers who picked tomatoes at a site run by Perfection Fresh claim they were repeatedly harassed at work.
Purchasers who paid hefty deposits on blocks of land in a development on Melbourne’s outskirts are in limbo three years on,as delays by the developer have left them unable to settle.