Adrian Ernest Bayley: Melbourne

Jill Meagher Dept: The death of Jill Meagher shocked Melbourne. A week after she died last September, 30,000 people rallied against violence near the laneway where she was strangled, according to Montreal Gazette. Adrian Ernest Bayley pleaded guilty to rape and murder in a Victoria state court Friday. The 41-year-old potentially faces life in prison and MELBOURNE, Australia - A man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of an Irish immigrant he attacked as she walked home from a bar in Australia's second-largest city. The 29-year-old had been drinking with colleagues and was walking home when she was attacked. She was born in Drogheda, Ireland, and held an administrative job at Australian Broadcasting Corp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.