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Rex Martinich

DARK SECRETS: Mother s pleas labelled lower priority before murder - The Real Truth

Kelly Wilkinson was repeatedly stabbed, doused with petrol and set alight by her estranged husband. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Weeks before setting his estranged wife on fire, Brian Earl Johnston was granted bail by a police officer who did not follow the law, a coroner has heard.

An inquest into the death of mother-of-three Kelly Wilkinson has been told it was "not appropriate" for an arresting officer to grant bail to Johnston who had been identified as a "high" domestic violence risk.

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