Airdate: Murder in Melbourne

Tonight a Nine documentary Murder in Melbourne, looks at three profile murder cases: Jill Meagher, Dermot O’Toole and David Greene.

Narrated by Nine News reporter Alexis Daish, this incredibly moving program investigates failings in Victoria’s parole system, which could be said to be responsible for two of the murders.

The program opens with the botched robbery and killing of Dublin-born jeweller Dermot O’Toole in July 2013. We see poignant interviews with his wife and family.

David Greene was attacked while managing a hostel in Melbourne one year earlier. The program documents the plight of his parents, Aidan and Catherine, who on hearing of his attack flew to Melbourne, only to have to sanction his life-support being switched off 12 days later. They then had to face David’s killer in court.

The most infamous Melbourne murder in recent history is of course that of Jill Meagher. Jill’s death became one of the highest profile murder cases in Australia’s history, not just because of its brutality, but because her killer, Adrian Bayley, a convicted rapist, was out on parole at the time.

Convicted armed robber Gavin Perry was also on parole. Perry was a highly dangerous career criminal and quickly went on a spree of armed robberies, which eventually led to the death of Dermot O’Toole.

This is an engrossing and touching portrait of ordinary families coping with devastating loss and the difficult and heartbreaking journey to get justice for their loved ones.

9:30pm tonight on Nine.