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R V Murphy Murder Case Summary

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LEGAL ASSIGNMENT: HAYLEY MILES
COURT CASE: R V MURPHY

FACTS:
On February 2nd 1986 a 26 year old women by the name of Anita Lorraine Cobby was kidnapped when walking home on Newtown Rd in Blacktown at around 10pm. Cobby was dragged into the car containing five men and ordered to strip and perform sexual acts, the accused men than dragged her body through a barb wire fence and subjected her to a commit a series of sexual assaults while her attackers beat her repeatedly, and then killed her.

PENALTIES IMPOSED:
The five men John Travers, Michael Murdoch, and siblings Michael, Leslie and Gary were arrested and charged with multiple offences including:
Murder
‘taking …show more content…

A person’s attitude towards crime includes social, economic, genetic, and political and self-interest.

John Travers was brought up in poverty in Blacktown, New South Wales. Travers was smoking marijuana at the age of 12 and an alcoholic at the age of 14. Travers was expelled from school in year 10. His family life wasn’t steady his father with whom he had a close relationship walked out in 1981 and that’s when Travers started to rely on crime to provide clothes, and he would steal animals including chickens to provide food. Travers suffered economically and pushed him towards crime so he could support his family as his own father walked out on him and the family. Traver didn’t gave much control in his life his father left in 1981 and his mother died in 1989 through crime Traver had a sense of power being a ringleader for gang …show more content…

Murdoch spent most of his time in juvenile prisons where he was sexually assaulted.

The three Murphy brothers were also accused of the crime.
Michael Murphy was aged 33 at the time of murder.
Gary Murphy has a hearing impairment which affected his schooling which forced him to leave school and work. Gary’s interests in cars lead him to criminal behaviour including stealing cars and other related convictions.
Les Murphy was the youngest brother and suffers bad temperaments.

EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JUSTICE LEGAL SYSTEM
The criminal justice system accepts that everyone has rights and gives protection and recognition of the individual’s rights. Some of the rights the accused were entitled to include:
To not have illegally obtained evidence presented at trial
To not have prior convictions detailed to the court prior to the guilty verdict
The right to appeal
To have legal representation
The right not to be illegally searched
The Legal system gives members of society the reassurance and peace of mind that they live in a safe environment. For the Criminal Justice system to be effective and for society’s protection, it needs to act quickly and deal with issues effectively by

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