Calls for parole review over Camperdown stabbing death
The State Parole Authority will be asked why a woman jailed for a violent stabbing attack was free on parole when she allegedly killed a man in a Camperdown unit block.
Corrections Minister Anthony Roberts will ask the State Parole Authority to review why a woman convicted of a violent stabbing attack was not in jail when she allegedly murdered a man in an inner west apartment block on the weekend.
Sharee Lorraine Turnbull, 30, received just over a year in jail for stabbing a 45-year-old woman in an attempted robbery in Tamworth in January, 2018. She was free on parole when she allegedly killed Jack Mulligan, 25, whose body was found riddled with stab wounds in front of a Camperdown unit block on Saturday night.
Turnbull allegedly breached her parole two weeks ago by being in possession of a knife. She was arrested by police but not taken into custody.
Mr Roberts last night vowed to “hold the State Parole Authority to account for its decisions”.
An internal source told The Telegraph Mr Roberts was increasingly “frustrated” with the SPA and was reviewing the entire operation of the agency.
Victims of crime advocate Howard Brown said Turnbull should have been locked up.
“When it is an incident involving a weapon, especially when her previous offence was with a knife, she should have automatically (had her) parole revoked,” he said.
Turnbull appeared in Newtown Local Court yesterday, charged with Mr Mulligan’s murder. She was refused bail and is next due in court on November 25.
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