marlywings
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Why we must never forget Anita Cobby: Sister continues to fight violence against women
January 14, 2015 2:57PM
IT WAS a horrific murder that deeply scarred a community and profoundly changed how violence against women was viewed in Australia.
On February 2, 1986, Anita Cobby was abducted as she walked home along Newton Rd in Blacktown. Her brutalised body was found in a farmers field in Prospect two days later.
Less than a month later, five men John Travers, Michael Murdoch and brothers Leslie, Michael and Gary Murphy were taken into custody suspected of the horrific sexual assault and murder of the 26-year-old nurse.
All five would be found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, never to be released.
Almost 30 years after the senseless murder of her sister Anita, Kathryn Szyszka is continuing to advocate to end violence against women.
It could have happened to anyones daughter, Mrs Szyszka said. She was just walking home and it happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
But people should be free to walk on the street without being abducted there shouldnt be a wrong place.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ce-against-women/story-fngr8i5s-1227183663420
January 14, 2015 2:57PM
IT WAS a horrific murder that deeply scarred a community and profoundly changed how violence against women was viewed in Australia.
On February 2, 1986, Anita Cobby was abducted as she walked home along Newton Rd in Blacktown. Her brutalised body was found in a farmers field in Prospect two days later.
Less than a month later, five men John Travers, Michael Murdoch and brothers Leslie, Michael and Gary Murphy were taken into custody suspected of the horrific sexual assault and murder of the 26-year-old nurse.
All five would be found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment, never to be released.
Almost 30 years after the senseless murder of her sister Anita, Kathryn Szyszka is continuing to advocate to end violence against women.
It could have happened to anyones daughter, Mrs Szyszka said. She was just walking home and it happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
But people should be free to walk on the street without being abducted there shouldnt be a wrong place.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...ce-against-women/story-fngr8i5s-1227183663420
My oldest daughter works for the police so she is well aware of safety precautions, both girls are probably a lot more aware than I was at their age. But, I still go through the motions with them. I tell them if they're ever threatened with kidnap, fight with all their might right there, because once you're taken someplace else, it's definitely over. 
