Minister apologises after victim's family not told of killer's day release

Victorian Corrections Minister Enver Ergogan has apologised to nan family of a execution unfortunate aft they were not told her slayer had been fto retired of situation connected time release.

Adriana Donato, 20, was stabbed to decease pinch a hunting weapon by her ex-boyfriend James Stoneham successful 2012.

Stoneham had researched really to execution Adriana earlier luring her to a parkland and stabbing her.

He was sentenced to 19 years' jail, pinch a minimum non-parole play of 14½ years successful November 2013. 

Despite Adriana's mother, Grace Donato, placing herself connected nan Victorian Victims Register truthful she could beryllium notified of immoderate developments relating to Stoneham's parole application, nan family were not notified he had been fto retired into nan community, The Age reports. 

Donato and her family only recovered retired erstwhile a comparative said they thought they had seen Stoneham astatine a section shopping portion adjacent nan family home.

In a connection this morning, Erdogan said he was sorry for nan error.

"We widen our deepest sympathies to Ms Donato for what has occurred," Erdogan said successful nan statement. 

"This is an appalling correction and it is wholly unacceptable. Corrections Victoria person updated their processes to guarantee this tin ne'er hap again."

Donato told The Age she was initially sceptical that Stoneham was retired successful nan community.

"I didn't judge he could beryllium retired successful nan community. We dismissed [the relative] – we thought she was being ridiculous," Donato said.

However, erstwhile Donato checked pinch police, she was told Donato had been transferred astir a period earlier to nan Lazarus centre, a artifact of self-contained units wherever residents tin spell retired while accompanied.

Adriana was group to postgraduate from Melbourne University pinch a Bachelor of Science erstwhile she was killed pinch a azygous stab coiled to her cervix by Stoneham astatine Riverside Park, successful Melbourne's north-west.

Stoneham, who was adopted from Sri Lanka successful 1991 erstwhile he was only 8 weeks old, had been suffering awesome intelligence unwellness pinch psychotic features erstwhile he killed Donato, his defence squad argued.