Victorian stabbing accused arrested
A man has been arrested over the stabbing death of his de facto partner on a Melbourne street.
The 38-year-old man handed himself into police at Sunshine Police Station on Thursday morning.
The Sunshine North man is now assisting homicide detectives with their inquiries, police said.
The man's de facto partner died after being stabbed in front of lunchtime shoppers and her teenage son in Sunshine's busy Hampshire Road shopping district on Wednesday afternoon.
Floral tributes left at the scene of yesterday's fatal stabbing in Sunshine. Photo: Twitter (@EmilyCAngwin)
Passers-by performed CPR on the 33-year-old mother of four but could not save her.
Police on Wednesday said the couple had been in court that morning over a dispute. Police alleges she was stabbed several times with a fishing knife.
The woman was attacked only three minutes after leaving her lawyer's office.
The Melton West woman had four children aged from nine to 15.
Young mother stabbed outside Sunshine shopping centre. Photo: 7News
Domestic Violence groups are calling for better protection for victims following yesterday's fatal attack.
CEO of Domestic Violence Victoria Fiona McCormack told the ABC much of the focus of support services is on helping women, rather than monitoring men.
"The intervention orders are an important part of our system," she said.
Fatal stabbing outside Sunshine shopping centre in Melbourne's west. Photo: 7News
"But the reality is depending on these alone and a few men's behaviour change programs are not nearly anywhere near what we actually require to monitor men who are a risk to women and children.
"We've got a gaping hole in the system when it comes to monitoring men who are a risk to others.
"They're currently going under the radar."
