Jill Meagher Killer Sentenced To Life In Prison A man has been jailed for life for the murder of Irishwoman Jill Meagher in Melbourne, Australia. Adrian Ernest Bayley, who had pleaded guilty to raping and murdering the 29-year-old on September 22 last year, was told he will not be able to apply for parole for at least 35 years. The 41-year-old was sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing, plus 15 years for the rape. Victorian Supreme Court Justice Geoffrey Nettle told Bayley: "The nature and gravity of your offending and its antecedence ensure that nothing but life imprisonment will suffice. It was a savage violent rape of the worst kind. Your killing of the deceased ranks among the worst kind conceivable. I am satisfied beyond reasonable doubt you pose a risk to the sexual safety of the community. Justice Nettle said Bayley would not have received a minimum term if he had not pleaded guilty. Mrs Meagher was attacked as she walked back to her flat after having drinks with colleagues from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Bayley dragged her into a Melbourne alleyway, before raping and murdering her. The serial sex offender was on parole at the time after serving eight years in prison for raping five women previously. In a victim impact statement read to the Supreme Court of Victoria last week, Tom Meagher said he was constantly haunted by visions of what happened to his wife. He said his "love, my best friend and my entire world" had been taken away and replaced with a life of fear, insomnia and anger. I am half a person because of this crime," he said. Mrs Meagher, who is originally from Drogheda, moved to Australia with her husband three years ago.