Grieving mum requires justice for murdered 23-year-old Celeste Manno

The grieving mom of murdered girl Celeste Manno has revealed how the justice system failed her daughter, who was stalked and murdered by an obsessed co-worker.

Aggie Di Mauro informed 60 Minutes her 23-year-old daughter had carried out every thing she may to cease Luay Nader Sako from harassing her, but it surely wasn’t sufficient.

In November 2020, the 35-year-old broke into Celeste’s house in the course of the night time and murdered her whereas she slept.

Final week, Justice Jane Dixon sentenced Sako to 36 years behind bars for the “appalling crime”.

However Ms Di Mauro stated it wasn’t sufficient.

“The sufferer doesn’t exist, all of it has been stunning and it’s simply incorrect,” Ms Di Mauro informed 60 Minutes.

“There’s nothing that’s concerning the sufferer.”

She claims the prison justice system has failed her daughter a second time by exhibiting her killer mercy.

Justice Dixon had declined to condemn Sako to a life sentence on February 29 after discovering he had important psychological issues which had impaired his judgement.

Ms Di Mauro stated Sako deserved to spend life in jail for brutally slicing her daughter’s life so brief.

Sako had labored along with his sufferer at a cell centre and developed romantic emotions for her.

He despatched Celeste quite a few messages on social media, which she politely rebuffed. He was not deterred.

In July 2020, Celeste known as police out of worry for her security.

Ms Di Mauro stated she thought Sako had “realized his lesson” and “acquired scared” to not contact her daughter once more.

“All the pieces stops. He disappears. We actually thought it was over,” she stated.

However round 4 months later, Sako tracked her to her home, climbed by means of her bed room window, and stabbed her to loss of life.

“By no means, ever did it happen to me… ..that this beast can be able to one thing like this,” Ms Di Mauro stated.

Ms Di Mauro stated the eye Celeste obtained from him was neither desired nor reciprocated.

She stated Sako had made her daughter’s life depressing, however police didn’t initially take the younger girl’s complaints severely.

The grieving mom known as for reform of stalking legal guidelines and the way in which through which police reply to alleged victims.

“I promised Celeste that I might get her justice a method or one other,” Ms Di Mauro stated.

The Victoria’s Regulation Reform Fee launched an inquiry within the wake of Celeste’s homicide, with 45 suggestions from the report since being adopted.

However Ms Di Mauro stated she’s been left disillusioned with the delays within the introduction of such reform since her daughter’s loss of life almost 4 years in the past.

“I used to be made commitments, guarantees and, foolish me, I believed all of it,” she stated.

“And we all know that, proper now, if Celeste’s state of affairs was occurring – in the identical approach – it could occur once more.”