Robyn Westgate
Robyn Westgate is an Australian woman and convicted murderer. Westgate murdered her husband in Perth, Western Australia, in 1999 and subsequently spent more than 17 years in prison.[1]
Westgate has accused the deceased of coercive control and intimate partner violence.[2]
On 26 June 1999 Westgate shot her husband dead while he slept. Westgate asserted at trial that the shooting was a failed attempt at suicide.[3]
As of July 2024 Westgate works as a domestic violence consultant and is the project lead for the Mate Bystander project operated by Curtain University.[4]
Western Australian legislative changes in 2008 mean that a woman murdering her husband under similar circumstances today would not be convicted.[5]
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References
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-09/robyn-westgate-bystander-effect-curtin-university/103988718
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-09/robyn-westgate-bystander-effect-curtin-university/103988718
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-09/robyn-westgate-bystander-effect-curtin-university/103988718
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-09/robyn-westgate-bystander-effect-curtin-university/103988718
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-09/robyn-westgate-bystander-effect-curtin-university/103988718