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Celeste Manno’s mother calls for tougher stalking laws after daughter killed in Melbourne home
The mother of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno, who was killed while she was sleeping in her family home last month, has called on the Victorian Government to tighten laws around stalking offences.
Key points:
- The Attorney-General will ask for an urgent review of Victoria’s responses to stalking and harassment
- Ms Manno’s mother says her daughter was being stalked in the lead-up to her death
- She says while police took the situation seriously, they were limited in what they could do
Speaking publicly for the first time since her 23-year-old daughter’s death, Aggie Di Mauro said she wanted harsher penalties for offenders who breached intervention orders, GPS tracking for perpetrators and better protections for victims.
“There may be laws and…
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