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A man has pleaded guilty to the brutal axe murder of his former partner, Tara Costigan, who was holding their baby at the time of the attack.
Marcus Rappel, 41, was arrested after being restrained at Ms Costigan's home at Calwell, in Canberra's south, in February last year.
Ms Costigan was found dead on the laundry floor of the home.
Court documents revealed Ms Costigan, a mother of three, had been holding the couple's one-week-old baby when Rappel came at her with an axe.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/tara-costigan-marcus-rappel-pleads-guilty-to-murder/7216192
Ms Costigan applied for and obtained an interim domestic violence order on February 27.
A few hours later, Rappel is accused of driving to the Duggan Street home in Calwell where Ms Costigan was staying.
Rappel allegedly struck her with the axe and she fell to the ground. At the same time as striking Ms Costigan, the axe allegedly connected with the hand of the sister, Rikki Schmidt, severing a tendon.
Ms Schmidt's partner Bryce Bullman then stepped in, knocking the axe out of Rappel's hands and struggling with him.
A neighbour came in and saw Rappel, taking him by the arm and leading him out of the unit.
Rappel, according to court documents, is alleged to have said:
"I killed her, I killed her, I think I killed her."
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act...-murder-of-tara-costigan-20150915-gjmpbn.html
Before killing Tara, this man bragged to his new girlfriend that the next woman to slap him with a DVO is going to die!
He's a brute, a monster! He knows what he is, he bashes women and expects them to put up and shut up! He needs to be locked away for a very long time.
Tara leaves behind her 3 beautiful children.
Marcus Rappel, 41, was arrested after being restrained at Ms Costigan's home at Calwell, in Canberra's south, in February last year.
Ms Costigan was found dead on the laundry floor of the home.
Court documents revealed Ms Costigan, a mother of three, had been holding the couple's one-week-old baby when Rappel came at her with an axe.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-03/tara-costigan-marcus-rappel-pleads-guilty-to-murder/7216192
Ms Costigan applied for and obtained an interim domestic violence order on February 27.
A few hours later, Rappel is accused of driving to the Duggan Street home in Calwell where Ms Costigan was staying.
Rappel allegedly struck her with the axe and she fell to the ground. At the same time as striking Ms Costigan, the axe allegedly connected with the hand of the sister, Rikki Schmidt, severing a tendon.
Ms Schmidt's partner Bryce Bullman then stepped in, knocking the axe out of Rappel's hands and struggling with him.
A neighbour came in and saw Rappel, taking him by the arm and leading him out of the unit.
Rappel, according to court documents, is alleged to have said:
"I killed her, I killed her, I think I killed her."
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act...-murder-of-tara-costigan-20150915-gjmpbn.html
Before killing Tara, this man bragged to his new girlfriend that the next woman to slap him with a DVO is going to die!
He's a brute, a monster! He knows what he is, he bashes women and expects them to put up and shut up! He needs to be locked away for a very long time.
Tara leaves behind her 3 beautiful children.