https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/canberra-star/mother-of-bradyn-dillo...

The mother of murdered boy Bradyn Dillon drugged his abusive father’s drink in an attempt to rescue him from further violence, an inquest has heard.

The nine-year-old died in February 2016 after being subjected to beatings by his father that were so severe they were described as “torture”.

On Tuesday Bradyn’s mother told an inquest into his death that she had alerted police, child protection workers, the courts and multiple government departments about Graham Dillon’s repeated physical abuse of their son as she tried to gain custody.

She broke down in tears as she recounted the desperate lengths she went to in late 2014 when she drove from Shepparton in Victoria to Canberra in a bid to get her son back and save him from further physical abuse at the hands of Dillon.

“I put 300 grams of Seroquel in his coffee so he could go to sleep so I could take (Bradyn) without him harming us,” she told the inquest.

Seroquel is an antipsychotic but drowsiness is one of the drug’s side effects.

This was after allegedly learning Bradyn had been taken to hospital for a sexual examination after Dillon had “interfered” with him, the inquest heard.

he mother, whose identity has been suppressed, also told the inquest Bradyn had begged not to be sent back into the custody of his father in a meeting with Victorian authorities in which he said: “Please don’t send me back to daddy”.

He had also screamed in protest when delivered back into Dillon’s custody.

Even in the moment Dillon took Bradyn away he was still threatening the mother with violence, making a gesture that suggested he was going to slice her throat as he took Bradyn away, she said.

Dillon is serving 36 years in prison after pleading guilty to Bradyn’s murder.

The inquest has heard Dillon’s treatment of the boy amounted to “torture” as he had subjected him to repeated physical abuse described as “brutal and cowardly”.

The mother said she had shown officers at Shepparton Police Station in Victoria photos of bullets and a gun sent by Dillon to her in December 2014.

He had posted the photos on Facebook accompanied by the message: ”Christmas presents for you … tick tock bitch”.

She told the inquest officers told her they did not want to “touch” her case as it dealt with federal jurisdiction.

“I wanted (the police) to help,” she said. “Someone was going to end up dead.”

She tried reaching out to child protection agencies in Victoria and the ACT, the Australian Federal Police, lawyers and various courts to alert them to Dillon’s violence but ultimately he maintained custody over Bradyn.

The court heard the mother occasionally smoked the drug ice but never in the presence of Bradyn.

She made calls two to three times every week “to anyone who I could think of who would actually listen to me and help”.

The ACT’s Child and Youth Protection Services were getting “crabby” with her due to her persistent phone calls, she claimed.

She obtained a protection order for her and Bradyn in Victoria but dropped it after Dillon promised to return Bradyn if she did so.

He never did.







and now a 2 yr old boy has been found dead with multiple injuries.....in Melb....

oh give me a break  look at all the dept she went too..

unbelievable   they need to all be answerable for this childs death and life...

rhino wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2019 at 11:31pm:


... and in leaping into that lifestyle in the first place.... anyone who, by now, doesn't understand the utter stupidity of drug use is already lost...

Maybe we need another Stolen Generation.... children removed from nasty environments ..... give them to old bastards like me who've never touched the sh1t, and they might get a better life.  School's just across the road here......

All Australian and State government departments and police are corrupt. They all believe they have impunity for offenses against the law.

They conspire with each other against ordinary law-abiding people.

If they were made accountable murders like this wouldn't happen.

He should be hanged.

Society needs cleaning.

Bobby. wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:36am:



sometimes bobby you do have a point....in this ase I think it would be too quick.. I want him to suffer...

So...a lack of social workers in Australia?

there is going to be an investigation in the ACT...should also happen in Vic.....she doesnt sound as if she was the best mum in the world....but nothing compares to him..

now we have another male charged with killing a 2yr old in Melb....our crimes against children must be up with the world records.....

I am so angry... ..

we need to come down on these monsters with such a heavy hand....instead we protect the bastards.

Gnads wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:29am:


Maybe this???

Gnads wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 9:28am:



WHY was he given custody....surely this child had other members in the family who would love and take care of him??

where the hell are our courts they have to have had some impact on this case.....I cant believe only the mother knew of the violence this child endured ..

something has to change..do the courts only listen to the mother and father ??? where are the extended family????   everyone has an extended family.....why are they not heard?.....even neighbours hear and see things....

cods wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 10:47am:



All true - the fact that they were both meth-heads was an instant red flag... how many innocents have to be brutally murdered by idiots like that before some solid policy is put in place for real action?

I actually met that guy up Grafton way who was a meth-head and beat his 'girl-friend's' son to death, even tearing the scalp from the kid's head with his hands .... needed shooting...

Bobby has a point..... we need a little more 'resisting arrest and assaulting with a knife etc' and needing to be shot.. sometimes.. for that kind anyway....

rhino wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 11:55am:


The mother was right and the father killed their son whilst authorities did SFA???

cods wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 5:32pm:



He does it to "yank your chain", cods.

He admitted some time ago that his whole reason for being in this forum is to "yank people's chains".

He has no interest in debate - he's just a poo stirrer.

Ignore him, or yank back, but don't expect intelligent debate.

rhino wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 11:55am:


Nope. Such agencies are well aware that there a multiple reasons why people either remove VFOs or do not seek them in the first place.

This is s gross failing of the system. Heads should roll.

cods wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 6:19pm:



In fact, in a significant number of cases, it makes things a whole lot worse.

There agencies are supposed to be trained to individually determine. The failing is with them entirely.

mothra wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 6:13pm:


I agree!!!

From the OP edited....
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freediver wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 6:02pm:


Isn't it a parent's responsibility to not torture and murder their children?

Didn't he have the opportunity to not torture and murder his son?

I'm curious.

philperth2010 wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 12:54pm:
The VRO would have ensured at least she got sole custody of the child and at the most he would have had supervised access. She removed the VRO. VRO's are not useless, it means if they are breached the police have the power to arrest the person named. The legal avenue that was given to her to gain sole access to her child was removed by herself.

Hearing those voices again Pecca, you should take something for that. Give yourself an uppercut for contributing a minus to the thread.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 10:55am:

rhino wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 6:49pm:




have you ever read Rosey Bates story?   perhaps you should.

Jasin wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:17pm:





do you not think someone   anyone   should have had a word with the child?   he was 9  someone should have had a lightbulb moment..and thought it worth while asking the boy what he would like to see happen...

why is that so hard?..



if you are going to use the removal of a VRO to blame the mother.....then you must look at the reason she removed it......

rhino wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 6:49pm:


Firstly, an AVO doen not determine whether or not sole custody is granted, nor whether visits are supervised.

All of that happens daily without AVOs.

Secondly, nobody said they were useless, just that they are not required for any agency to do it's job. They are, indeed, often known to be counterproductive and/or inflammatory. All cases should be individually determined at every stage.

You again talk almost completely out of your arse.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:22pm:



sadly as I  have already said... so do a lot of women..

it  it can and does in fact stir them into action....


rhino sadly believes they work...

but he doesnt take into account the type of man she and the boy were dealing with...and by the look of this case neither did any of the authorities....

I am sad beyond belief to be honest.

cods wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:26pm:



The sad fact is that most of these agencies are understaffed, under-resourced and overworked.

And (you're not going to like this Cods) the Coalition government have been slashing and burning for the better part of two decades.

Couple that with burnout of experienced workers leading to a relatively young work force (burn out for CPA workers is about 3 years), we simply do not have enough competent and discerning workers to handle the magnitude of the problem our society is facing.

And i sgree, it's enough to despair.

mothra wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:24pm:
A VRO with the childs name along with the applicants will by its nature deny access to the child effectively giving the mother sole access. Get it? It doesnt need to be a condition.  The mother removed the VRO, theres no way round it thereby allowing access to the child. The article states it and I have seen no argument to refute that.    Ive also seen plenty of VROs with access conditions amended, so Mothra,  looks like you are busted talking out of your arse. 
Its amusing for you to tell me I dont know anything about this though, carry on.

cods wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:26pm:
So the kid got killed after the VRO was removed and you use this to  say VRO's dont work. Some specious logic you got going on there Cods. They definitely dont work if they arent used Cods, just like some peoples brains in this thread.

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Unfortunately we do not live in a Tom Cruise type of future world where we can predict crime and arrest criminals before they commit their crimes. Neither are the "authorities" vigilante groups who go round locking up people indefinitely on suspicion because a known junkie meth head starts screaming irrationally about a situation she is herself enabling.  One thing is 100 percent for sure, If she had not removed the VRO that child would not have been  in that house with the father because the restraining order would have prevented access. .

Heres whats shameful, the people who are arguing so vehemently that its the fault of various government agencies would not support the death penalty for this maggot who beat the child to death. The one person who deserves the blame is not even being mentioned by these idiots.

rhino wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:31pm:

Happens all the damn time  -

freediver wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 9:47pm:






I think you will find many many many break the rules of their dvo.avo. and not a thing is done about it....

many women are dead and also children  because these dvos dont work....and the thugs know it..

does a threat of a speeding fine stop speedsters????...

i DONT THINK SO...

villains do not believe in rules or laws....they enjoy breaking them..

John Smith wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:51pm:
yes, I can see why you find this subject hilarious. Why arent you on Facebook trolling some 16 year old.

mothra wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 7:32pm:


Yes .... and across a lot of other social service agencies.

As it seems both parents are/were meth heads it wouldn't have been unreasonable to remove the child from either parents custody ...
sadly it seems there is another younger child in the picture as well.

And removal by govt agency also brings along another possible outcome for the child of being passed around from foster home to foster home adding more pressure to their mental state & consequent behaviours.

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I doubt it is many cods. Can you give one example?

On the other hand, there are plenty who have died when it could have been prevented with a restraining order, such as this child.

In 2011-2012 WA Police recorded 1,949 breaches of a protection order.

That's just one state, in one year.

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Parliament/commit.nsf/luInquiryPublicSubmissions...

That figure suggests there would have been around 20,000 breaches in Australia in 2011-2012.

And that's just the ones which are reported.

As many as half of all breaches are not reported.

freediver wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 8:21am:

https://www.qt.com.au/news/just-25-of-thugs-who-breach-dvos-go-to-jail/3120658/

MORE than 24,000 Queensland family abuse thugs breached domestic violence orders in the past 28 months, but only a quarter of these perpetrators spent any time in jail.

The shocking statistics have spurred calls for courts to show no mercy to offenders who repeatedly harass, stalk, abuse and intimidate their victims.

An ARM Newsdesk examination of Queensland Government data reveals that 24,178 people were sentenced for DVO breach offences from July, 2014 to October 2016.

However, only 6380 of those offenders spent any time behind bars for disregarding court orders.

Just over 8720 Queenslanders breached DVOs in the 2014-15 financial year and 2206 of those offenders were jailed as a result.

In 2015-16, there was a massive increase in breaches with 11,225 offenders caught and 3094 jailed.

So far this financial year, 4226 abusers have breached DVOs and 1080 of those have been jailed.

According to Queensland Police, the number of domestic and family violence applications increased 19% from 25,143 in 2014-15 to 29,938 in 2015-16.

DVO offenders can be jailed for three to five years.

Front-line domestic violence workers believe more than 65 Australian women have lost their lives as a result of intimate partner or family violence this year.

Research shows that domestic violence order breaches are often precursors to family violence murders.

Women's Legal Service Queensland co-ordinator Angela Lynch said a lot of breaches were not being taken seriously by authorities.

"Our clients are reporting to us problems in getting breaches acted upon or taken seriously," Ms Lynch said.



as you know fd  its almost impossible to get those stats

but read the above and remember thats QLD ONLY...


we have a HUGE PROBLEM in this country fd.....

you seriously believe a women living with DV  would not go to the police..who would advocate a DVO...and lead the women to believe it will stop the violence... ,,may as well fly a kite.. it wont stop anything either.

"A 54-year-old man has appeared in court, charged in connection with the death of a Bullsbrook woman earlier this week.

"Roma Pollit, 60, was found dead in her home on Wednesday night.

"Mark Hill appeared in the Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court via video link from Esperance, where he was charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

"He was remanded in custody to appear in the Stirling Gardens Magistrates Court in Perth later this month.

"It has been revealed Ms Pollit had taken out a Violence Restraining Order against her former partner ..."

Man charged over death of Bullsbrook woman

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 9:14am:


"The violent death of a woman in Melbourne last month has highlighted systemic flaws in the use of restraining orders designed to protect women from abuse.

"Last month, around the same time Australians were horrified by the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher, another woman was also killed in the city.

"But her death went largely unnoticed.

Sargun Ragi, 23, appeared in court shortly before her death to extend a restraining order against her husband, Avjit Singh."

Violent death prompts restraining order rethink

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 9:16am:




greg when you read only 25% of those who BREACH DVOs  face any kind of retribution  you know a system isnt working.....

the police are helpless when it comes to these pieces of paper.....they are meaningless...as most are dealing with psychos  who cannot be reasoned with......

these guys dont fear the police or the law...in fact they see them as a reason to get even madder at the spouse who triggered it...

cods wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 9:17am:


Far more sure than you can be that a restraining order has ever caused a death.

Greg, your example was from 2012.

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That depends on whether you see the goal as retribution or prevention.

It just doesn't make it seem that prevalent when you have to go that far back in time for an example.

freediver wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 9:47am:


"I didn't ask for stats. I asked for an example."

You were given two.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 9:55am:


From 2012, apparently.

Meanwhile, we frequently see reports of women and children killed in the newspaper in situations where the mother should have seen it coming.

freediver wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 10:35am:




what do you think the AVO is about fd?..


its to keep the villain a long way away... that is what that piece of paper is MEANT TO DO>>

as we have proved it does nothing of the sort..

you might enjoy keeping this going.. but a child is dead in a most brutal  way, and you seem to be ignoring that part of the thread....

we are not protecting the children......and the piece of paper doesnt even mention the children...

well almost none  end up in jail for breaching   just for murder. fd....in fact one case the mum was murdered on the steps of the court she was waiting to enter to give evidence against him..... he was so full of hate he bragged about it...

what do you think about health workers taking out AVOs  fd... you have so much faith in them...they could just wave a massive AVO order at their patients   and they all crumble.....

come on you would have to agree with that...you think its more than  apiece of paper....it would in fact  work in every case....

freediver wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 10:35am:


Authorities were warned and shown threats from the father who murdered his son whilst they did nothing....What else do you expect these woman to do mate???

80% of crime in Australia is committed by Lab and Lib supporters and voters

Parliament has a policy of "Harm Minimization" - drugs are tolerated

Whether AVOs work or not, the mother withdrew it but at the same time reckoned the father would kill her son

Her son said "I don't want to go back to Daddy" - did he mean it? He already knew what Daddy was like

Mother decides to leave her son with Daddy. Her son gets murdered

Tax payers pay Daddy's keep for next thirty years

This is the Lib Lab world we live in

"I'm DRUGGED to the eyeballs, as ANGRY as hell, and not thinking straight. I'm gonna go KILL someone in my family!". 

"Um, there's a piece of paper that says you can't go near them". 

"Oh, really? I forgot about that. I'll give it a miss then". 

Lots of emotional hysteria in his thread, very little based on the facts.

Like it or not, the government is not going to start splitting up families who do not want to be split up. It always does more harm than good, and for every case like this there are thousands that do not escalate. If the mother is unwilling to lift a finger to sign a piece of paperwork, she cannot blame the government for not coming to her rescue. It is not the government's job to micromanage who a single mother chooses to live with or to help people who do not want to be helped.

freediver wrote on Sep 5^th, 2019 at 12:40pm:



Yes she can will.



It the duty of the 'caring society' to care for the abusers of others.


e.g.
WWW search....
child rapist, murder, Michael Guider will be released today







We employ politicians, legally, to be our stewards.

I'm not happy, with how our stewards are conducting their duties of care, towards us, Australian citizens, and the nation.

But YOU keep keep voting for the incumbents who keep making the same mistakes.

And that only encourages them.

Dumb.

Very, dumb.



steward = =
1 a person who looks after the passengers on a ship or aircraft.
2 a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, etc.
3 an official appointed to supervise arrangements at a large public event.
4 short for shop steward.
5 a person employed to manage another’s property, especially a large house or estate.


incumbent = =
1 (incumbent on/upon) necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
2 (of an official or regime) currently holding office.