THE HOMICIDE SURVIVOR OF THE 2007 MELBOURNE C.B.D SHOOTING (18 JUNE 2007)

Autumn Daly-Holt was bashed by the alleged gunman; shooting victim Kara Douglas.

QUOTE: Ms Douglas said she had never believed in capital punishment, but her attitude had changed.

"Bring back the death penalty as a punishment for this cowardly breed and hopefully deter any future monsters acting out their sick and twisted depraved fantasy on any more unsuspecting innocent victims," she said. "Those who have shown no mercy shall be granted none."

AUTHOR: Kara Douglas was almost killed when Hell's Angel Christopher Wayne Hudson shot her during a 2007 rampage that claimed the life of lawyer Brendan Keilar and critically injured Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard. Shen has since founded the Beautiful Kaos Foundation, a group aimed at helping the victims of domestic and dating violence. The 2007 Melbourne CBD shooting was an incident that occurred in the Central Business District of Melbourne, Victoria on 18 June 2007. Three people were shot, one fatally, by Christopher Wayne Hudson, 31, a member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, who opened fire on two men and a woman during an argument on the corner of William Street and Flinders Lane at about 8:20 am. Hudson fled from the scene and went into hiding for two days, before turning himself in to police on 20 June 2007 in Wallan, north of Melbourne. In May 2008, Hudson pleaded guilty to the murder of Brendan Keilar and was sentenced that September to life imprisonment with a minimum of 35 years before becoming eligible for parole.

COMMENTS AND CONDOLENCES:

                We, the VFFDP, care for all victims and their families, and include Homicide Survivors, regardless of race and country.

            Kara, we understand that there is no death penalty in Australia, but we wish you all the best in the Beautiful Kaos Foundation. Coming this November 2013, we will blog about Marsy’s Law. We recommend Marsy’s Law for you, it is a law where victims’ family or homicide survivors, whose killers are still alive in prison, have victims’ rights. It is better than having no protection at all.