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| Eurydice Dixon: Jaymes Todd pleads guilty to rape and murder of comedian | Eurydice Dixon: Jaymes Todd pleads guilty to rape and murder of comedian |
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| A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon, whose body was found in a suburban park, and whose death sparked a national outcry over sexual assault and violence against women. | A 19-year-old man has pleaded guilty to the rape and murder of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon, whose body was found in a suburban park, and whose death sparked a national outcry over sexual assault and violence against women. |
| Jaymes Todd followed her from Flinders Street Station, for some 5km across the city, until attacked the young woman at Carlton North’s Princes Park overnight on June 12. | |
| A passer-by found the 22-year-old’s body about 3am. | |
| Todd, 19, from Broadmeadows, pleaded guilty to murder, rape, attempted rape and sexual assault in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday. | |
| Dressed in a grey shirt and with a shaven head, he addressed the court when asked to enter a plea. | |
| “Guilty your honour,” Todd said. | |
| A summary of events shows Todd first spotted Dixon at the intersection of Flinders Street and Swanston Street, central Melbourne, at 11.08pm on 12 June. | |
| He followed her up Swanston Street, maintaining a constant distance behind. | |
| “Whenever the deceased slowed down or stopped, the accused made a similar speed reduction,” the document read. | |
| As Dixon crossed two soccer pitches and stepped on to a third, she was attacked. | |
| Documents released by the court did not show the exact time of the attack. | |
| Her body was found at 2.50am on 13 June by a passer-by walking home from work. | |
| Todd handed himself in to police later the same day and initially denied any involvement with Dixon. | |
| Dixon’s death sparked a national outpouring of grief with a subsequent vigil at the park attracting more than 5,000 people. | |
| Then-prime mininster Malcolm Turnbull and opposition leader Bill Shorten stood shoulder to shoulder surrounded by colleagues at a vigil held at Canberra’s Parliament House. | |
| Federal Labor deputy leader Tanya Plibersek choked back tears as she noted the “shocking” and “terrible” death of Dixon, which shone a light on violence against women. | |
| Dixon had been walking home from performing at a comedy gig at Melbourne’s Highlander Club when attacked. | |
| Todd is expected to face the supreme court, where he will later be sentenced, on Tuesday. | |
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