This lowlife should never have been out on the streets given his extensive criminal record. I heard just once today, on TV, that his freedom was primarily due to some high ranking Liberal Aussie politician. Did anyone hear that and just who that person was?
I haven't looked at his record in detail, but my impression is that he wasn't in prison because he hasn't yet been found guilty of an offence serious enough to lead to prison. He was on bail pending trial for some extremely serious offences, but like everyone else, he's entitled to the presumption of innocence in law - and on the most serious charge (that of murder) the case was regarded as quite weak.
Clearly the fault of the Aussie Gov’t PCness.