Domestic violence advocates and legal experts back change to NSW bail laws to protect lives after Molly Ticehurst’s alleged murder
Molly Tyshurst’s family and friends want everyone to know her name and now they want law reform in her memory. I want the legislative change of monitoring devices put onto the perpetrators in Molly’s name. It needs to be Molly’s law. The 28 year old was allegedly murdered by her former partner who was on bail for several violent charges against her. Aidan Clark says his friend was failed by a system designed to protect her. There’s obviously a fault. That. Victims aren’t able to feel safe and comfortable. They have to give up their lives. Molly’s family wants people charged with serious domestic violence offences to be made to wear tracking devices. Independent MP Phil Donato is a former police prosecutor. He says it would require more resources. But when you counter that against what believe would be the lives that would be saved and the protections that can be afforded, especially for women, it strikes the right balance. And we got to look at saving more lives. Any initiative that prevents the death, the unnecessary death of a woman or a victim of domestic violence is worth considering. Molly’s friends are determined to see more immediate actions from politicians. We will fight until this gets changed. We will not stop. We will do this for Molly. So a national cabinet meeting held today. And no real change. Just more talk, more plans. Put it into action. The Premier has made it very clear that we will look at every single option. We just cannot have another Molly Ticehurst in this state. The Forbes community is pausing tonight to remember Molly Ticehurst. People around Australia are being asked to leave their outside lights on in memory of the young mother.