Shannon Doble has faced court over three domestic violence charges, accused of murdering his 65-year-old mother, Nerol Doble.
Police have charged the 42-year-old man with murder, damaging property with fire and assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Doble did not apply for bail and was formally refused bail by Young Local Court on Monday.
The charges come after Shannon Doble allegedly set fire to a property in the small town of Bribbaree in rural NSW. The property belonged to Shannon Doble’s mother, Nerol Doble.
Emergency services were called to the property at midday on Sunday January 7, finding Nerol Doble inside with serious injuries.
The 65-year-old mother was flown to Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital in a critical condition. At 3am on Monday morning, authorities were informed Nerol had died from her injuries in hospital.
About 12 hours later, Shannon Doble appeared before the court, facing domestic violence charges in relation to the incident. He will remain in custody until his next appearance before Young Local Court on March 4.
In the last few years, Nerol Doble has asked family and friends for donations to charities instead of a present for her birthday. In 2022, she asked for donations to Full Stop Australia, an organisation working to end sexual, domestic and family violence.
Women killed in 2024
The alleged murder of Nerol Doble is one of two similar deaths from gender-based violence in 2024, according to figures from Destroy the Joint’s Counting Dead Women. Both alleged murders occurred within the first week of the new year.
Nerol Doble was killed just two days after a woman in Tasmania was found dead inside her home on the morning of January 5.
Emergency services were called to a home in Glenorchy, Tasmania, at 7am on Friday morning. A deceased woman, identified days later as 39-year-old Alison Robinson, was found inside the property.
Two days after the fire, police charged 40-year-old David George Evans with murder, arson, motor vehicle stealing and unlawfully setting fire to property.
Evans appeared before the Hobart Magistrates Court on Monday, where he did not apply for bail, nor enter a plea to the charges. He will be remanded in custody until his next court appearance on February 1.
In 2023, male violence took the lives of 63 women in Australia, according to Destroy the Joint.
At least one woman is killed by an intimate partner every week in this country, although last year’s statistics exceeded this estimate. Indigenous women are eight times more likely than non-Indigenous women to be murdered by domestic and family violence.
One in six women have experience physical or sexual violence by a partner, and over half of women in their twenties have experience sexual violence.
If you or someone you know is experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family or sexual violence call 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732, chat online via 1800RESPECT.org.au or text 0458 737 732.
If you are concerned about your behaviour or use of violence, you can contact the Men’s Referral Service on 1300 766 491 or visit www.ntv.org.au.
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