Surely society needs to rethink the way Magistrates look at bail applications. The recent Melbourne atrocity could have been avoided if the perpetrator had remained in custody, either in jail or in a facility for those with a mental illness.

Here was an offender well known to police with an extensive history of violence presented to the courts regarding another assault claim and he is granted bail to continue his out of control life. This is sheer lunacy and can't continue.

If one decent thing happens out of this madness it has to be a tighter system around letting habitual criminals back on the street pending their court hearings. May those who have lost their lives rest peacefully, our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those involved.

Please share so those in government make the appropriate changes to the law to ensure repeat violent offenders are not given bail prior to their day in court.

#nobailforrepeaters