‘Worst day of my life’: Mother’s fight to appeal daughter’s ‘low’ murder sentence

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‘Worst day of my life’: Mother’s fight to appeal daughter’s ‘low’ ******* sentence

The mother of murdered woman Mackenzie Anderson has urged for her daughter’s ********* to be kept behind bars for longer after claiming his sentence was too “low”.

Tyrone Thompson, 25, pleaded guilty to stabbing his former partner Ms Anderson, 21, 78 times in her NSW unit on March 25, 2022.

Her toddler son witnessed the attack.

At the time of the *******, Thompson breached his apprehended violence order (AVO) to find Ms Anderson and had been released on parole for 16 days for previous domestic violence offences against the Newcastle woman.

Camera IconMackenzie Anderson was murdered by her former partner in 2022.

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Thompson was sentenced to 22 years and six months in jail for the *******, but with time already served behind bars and a non-parole ******* of 15 years and six months, he could be released before he turns 40.

Ms Anderson’s mother, Tabitha Acret, called for an appeal against the sentence, urging prosecutors to keep him behind bars for longer.

“I think that the worst day of my life was the day that I found out my daughter died, and the second worst day of my life was actually that sentencing day,” she told Today.

She recalled feeling “shocked and overwhelmed” by the judge’s sentence and said she “never expected something so low”.

“My daughter’s son was nearly two years old when this happened. He unfortunately witnessed it and was there, and he won’t even be 18 by the time this non-parole ******* is (over),” Ms Acret said.

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