Gregory Davies, now 75, has pleaded guilty to the 1984 murder of 6-year-old Kylie Maybury
The man who brutally raped and killed six-year-old Kylie Maybury in 1997 also sexually attacked a dozen other children in the years before and after the murder.
Gregory Keith Davies, now 75, has pleaded guilty to the 1984 murder of Kylie , and will on Monday appear in the Victorian Supreme Court for a pre-sentence plea hearing.
Kylie’s murder case was cold until 2016 when the Victoria Police cold case squad had a fresh look at the murder.
Davies was previously jailed for two-and-a-half years in 1996 over sex attacks on six young girls.
He knew and had ‘regular and easy access to’ all of 12 of his other victims, according to the Herald Sun.
Kylie Maybury, aged 6 (pictured), was murdered on November 6, 1984, while out at the shops
Davies (right) also sexually attacked at least 12 other children before and after the 1996 murder
A family member has since come forward and accused Davies’ mother Eileen of having ‘blood on her hands’ because she ‘knew her son was sexually abusing children for decades but never dobbed him in’.
‘A decision was made to keep his child sex offending quiet. That left him free to sexually abuse other girls, which he did for years,’ said the family member.
Davies also spent in jail over the sexually motivated 1970 hammer attack on 14-year-old Lucy Stasiewcz, for which he was found guilty of attempted murder and causing grievous bodily harm.
It has also been alleged that Davies sexually abused a further four children, but never faced court because police talked the children out of pressing charges ‘by saying it would be too traumatic for the children to go through the court process’.
Another two victims allegedly reached out to Davies’ daughter, explaining that they hadn’t reported the sexual abuse they suffered at his hands but wanted to confide in her.
After Davies’ arrest in 2016, one of the victims came forward and said that she would be prepared to press sexual assault charges against Davies ‘if it would help get him convicted over the Maybury murder’.
Gregory Davies was arrested and charged in June last year with abducting and murdering Kylie
Kylie’s mother Julie said that she will never forgive Davies for taking her young daughter away
Despite the fact that he wasn’t charged over Kylie’s murder for almost two decades, ‘somebody very close’ to Davies reportedly told police in in 1997 that they should look at him as a murder suspect.
Davies allegedly doesn’t remember murdering the young girl, but told his daughter that he must have done it ‘because my DNA is a match to Kylie’s killer’s DNA’.
Kylie’s mother Julie said that she will never forgive Davies, adding: ‘I hope the other prisoners make his life hell and that he dies a painful death in jail.’
Davies’ daughter has reached out to all of her father’s victims as well as Kylie’s parents to apologise for his despicable behaviour.
‘I particularly want to say sorry to Kylie’s mother,’ she said on Sunday. ‘I can’t imagine what she’s going through. If it was my child I would be absolutely devastated.’
Davies allegedly doesn’t remember murdering the young girl, but says he ‘must have done it’
Kylie mother’s Julie Maybury n 1984 with her father John Moss, who later killed himself in 1985
While Julie said that she does appreciate Davies’ daughter’s gesture, she will still never forgive Davies for taking the life of her beloved daughter.
Kylie’s uncle Mark Maybury and her grandfather John Moss were both wrongly accused of her murder, and both committed suicide.
Julie visited Kylie’s grave on Saturday in the lead-up to Davies’ sentencing and said Justice was ‘almost here’ for her girl.
Julie Maybury spent her life hunting for the vile man who murdered and dumped her daughter
With Davies’ (pictured) sentencing, Julie believes that she will finally have justice for her child