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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Police improperly granted Kelly Wilkinson’s estranged husband bail days before he murdered her, inquest hears

Kelly Wilkinson
Kelly Wilkinson, 27, had contacted police on four occasions and been granted a domestic violence order before she was murdered at her Gold Coast home in 2021. Photograph: Supplied

Kelly Wilkinson was flagged as a high-risk aggrieved person by both Queensland police and a domestic violence service but was murdered by her estranged husband days after he was improperly granted bail, an inquest has heard.

Wilkinson, 27, had made rape allegations against Brian Earl Johnston which should have been treated as “show cause” offences and have been heard by a magistrate, the inquest heard.

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