61st Murderer: Robert Arthur Selby Lowe - Victim: Sheree Beasley, 6
Sheree Joy Beasley was an Australian schoolgirl from Rosebud, an outer suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
Six year-old Sheree was kidnapped, raped, and chocked to death by Robert Arthur Selby Lowe (born 1937) in June 1991. Her body was found weeks later in a stormwater drain.
Sheree Joy Beasley
Robert Arthur Selby Lowe
Now aged in his late 70s, Robert Arthur Selby Lowe will die in jail. But not without trying to do whatever he can to get free.
Lowe has tried to be released from jail in recent years but has been rejected by the courts each time.
It’s easy to see why.
In 1991, Lowe abducted, raped and murdered six-year-old Sheree Beasley, who was lured to her death while she was riding her bike.
Sheree was choked to death and her body left in a stormwater drain.
He is one of only a few Victorian criminals to be classed as too dangerous to be released.
Lowe, now 83, will never be released from jail. He has been behind bars for 27 years. Based on the average annual cost of Maximum Security Incarceration in 2020, should Lowe live another 1 year to 84, his jail incarceration of 28 years will have cost the Vic. taxpayer $4.9 million circa ($175,000 p.a. X 28 years).
Questions re 61st Murderer
Should the Victorian state government amend its criminal codes so that where the level of proof is Beyond Any Doubt of Guilt that the death penalty may be sentenced for malicious unprovoked murder because Justice for the Innocent Victim should be a consideration amongst the Purposes of Sentencing?
Should other states and territories similarly amend their criminal codes?
Write responses to above two questions re 61st Murderer on the 'Peer Reviewer's Responses to Sentences Form' Word document