Hear our plea: Alicia Little’s family fight for justice
The 2½ year jail term for a man who violently killed his partner, Alicia Little, sparked fury across the state. And now, the tragic woman’s heartbroken mum has revealed the final message she sent her daughter, who was lying dead in a Kyneton driveway.
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A family has demanded prosecutors fight to extend the minimum 2½ year jail term imposed on their daughter’s killer.
The violence of Charles McKenzie Ross Evans had put Alicia Maree Little in hospital long before he ran her over at their Kyneton property.
The mother and brothers of Ms Little have reacted with fury at the sentence handed to Evans and say the Office of Public Prosecutions must appeal.
They say Ms Little lived in fear and — like many other women — died while trying to leave the man who killed her.
Alicia’s brother Bronson said the family had objected to a plea deal being struck between the defence and prosecutors which resulted in the dropping of homicide charges.
Evans, 45, pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving causing death and failing to help Ms Little and was handed a maximum four-year sentence.
The foul-tempered Evans had previously assaulted Ms Little, 41, and lied to police investigators in the aftermath of the tragedy, on December 28, 2017.
The Herald Sun is aware of claims that Evans had previously assaulted a domestic partner in New South Wales.
The family has started a petition seeking 10,000 signatures to support a national database of domestic violence perpetrators, similar to a sex offenders register.
Alicia’s mother Lee has shared pictures taken in a hospital when she was being treated for injuries allegedly inflicted by Evans and messages she exchanged with her frightened daughter.
Among them are is an SMS from Alicia predicting “drama” as she tried to leave Evans just hours before being killed.
“I’m trying to ring … sent a masg (sic). Are you OK. Love you,” Lee Little writes in reply, not knowing Alicia is already dead.
“Our daughter will never be here again. We have got to go to the cemetery to visit her,” she told the Herald Sun.
“He’ll be out of prison in June next year.”
Lee Little said she understood why Evans could not be tried for murder, but is adamant he intended for the car to hit her daughter.
“I have no doubt in my mind. 100 per cent,” she said.
Alicia’s son Ariki reported to police an incident in which he says he was assaulted, threatened and called a “pussy” by an enraged Evans.
“That (the prison term) is not enough for someone who killed my mum. That’s a holiday to me,” he said.
“You could see he was that kind of person.”
Bronson Little said Evans should at least have been tried for manslaughter but, even with the lesser charges, should be doing more jail time.
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He compared it to the case of Jack Aston who is serving a minimum two ½ years for accidentally crashing a bus into the Montague St bridge
A spokesman for the Office of Public Prosecutions said: “This sentence, like all sentences, is under review for possible appeal and no decision has been made as yet.
“We won’t be making any further comment at this stage.”