Mar 31, 2023 · Family members and loved ones of murdered mother Michelle Darragh wept and embraced each other in the Supreme Court, as the man who took her life was jailed for 25 years. Benjamin Coman's actions on the evening of October 9, 2021 were described by Justice Andrew Tinney as an "outrageous outpouring of violence".

Mar 31, 2023 · Mother-of-two Michelle Darragh, 32, died as a result of stab wounds inflicted on her by her long-term ex-partner Benjamin Coman at the Bayswater North home where the pair used to live on the afternoon of October 9, 2021.

Mar 31, 2023 · On Friday, Benjamin Coman, 31, was sentenced to a maximum of 25 years in jail with a non-parole period of just 20 years after he pleaded guilty to murdering the mother of his two children....

Mar 31, 2023 · On Friday, Coman, 31, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing Darragh inside the home they once shared with their children in Bayswater North.

Feb 9, 2023 · Benjamin Coman, 31, also bloodied himself by using a piece of wire to access a “chip” in his brain via his nose and ear before he killed Ms Darragh, 32, at the Bayswater North home the pair formerly lived in October 2021, his pre-sentence hearing was told on Thursday.

Feb 7, 2023 · Benjamin Coman, 31, murdered his recently separated partner Michelle Darragh as she returned to the home they once shared to collect belongings. Ms Darragh’s father, Ashley, found her lifeless body lying next to a critically injured Coman on October 9, 2021, after becoming concerned because he hadn’t heard from her in hours.

Feb 7, 2023 · Benjamin Coman held delusions that his ex-partner's unborn baby was not his when he killed the mother-of-two at their former family home.

Feb 6, 2023 · Benjamin Coman has pleaded guilty to murdering Michelle Darragh, 32, whose body was found by her father at a Bayswater North home in October 2021. The 31-year-old faced Victoria's Supreme Court on Monday for a pre-sentence hearing where Darragh's parents read emotional victim impact statements.

Feb 7, 2023 · Ben Coman faced the second day of a pre-sentence hearing on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to the 2021 murder of Michelle Darragh in the Bayswater North home they once shared with their children.

The 32-year-old and her ex-partner Benjamin Coman, 29, were both found inside the Huntingdon Ave property with life threatening injuries. She could not be saved. The couple had two young children.