ATTORNEY-GENERAL Vanessa Goodwin has requested a full briefing on the violent history of murderer Darren Michael Dobson to determine why he was out on bail when he killed mother of two Jodi Eaton.
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Dobson’s former partner Samara Debnam wants him added to the state’s violent criminal list, which would jail him indefinitely.
The 39-year-old Hobart man was on Tuesday sentenced to life in prison for strangling Ms Eaton to death in February last year, and must serve a minimum of 14 years.
Ms Debnam said no woman would ever be safe around him.
‘‘His record show any women he’s come into contact with or formed a friendship with has experienced violence,’’ Ms Debnam said.
‘‘Nearly every one of them has experienced being choked by him, so it’s quite severe violence.
‘‘And when he hits it’s like being hit in the face by a hammer,’’ she said.
Dobson had violently attacked women on five other occasions during his lengthy criminal history spanning 20 years.
All attacks involved strangling or choking his victims, all of whom were partners.
Dr Goodwin said by appointing a victims of crime representative on the Parole Board the government had demonstrated it was serious about addressing flaws in the justice system.
‘‘While the granting of bail is a decision made by the courts, I have requested a full briefing on the prior criminal history of the offender so we can understand what occurred in the lead-up to this horrific crime,’’ Dr Goodwin said.
Women’s Legal Service principal lawyer Susan Fahey also called for the Director of Public Prosecutions to put Dobson on the violent criminals list.
‘‘If he’s not a candidate for that list, then why do we have one?’’ Ms Fahey said.
Ms Fahey said jail was not a deterrent for criminals like Dobson and notorious killer Adrian Bayley, who murdered Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.
‘‘I don’t think for the Dobsons and Baileys of the world there is an answer,’’ she said.
Dobson pleaded guilty to murdering Ms Eaton at a gathering at Bridgewater last year.
He hid and disposed of her body following the killing, which Chief Justice Alan Blow said placed his crime in the ‘‘worst category of murder cases’’.
The court heard Dobson was using the drug ice, and had most characteristics of a psychopath.
