Kay Nesbit

Kay Nesbit is a victim's rights advocate and public speaker in Australia. Nesbit suffered a shotgun wound that eventually led to 57 operations to reconstruct her face. She later became a victim's rights advocate, public speaker and ran for office in Victoria.

Biography

Nesbit grew up on a farm in New Zealand near Christchurch.[1] In 1977, she moved to Melbourne.[1]

Nesbit's flatmate had been trying to avoid her boyfriend.[1] Nesbit was shot on 11 September 1985 after she told Paul Terrance Mallinder via note that her flatmate didn't want to see him anymore.[2][3][4] Nesbit survived the gunshot, but lost her jaw, part of her nose and her right eye.[5] To help her out, more than $205,000 was raised on her behalf in 1986.[6] The medical team at Alfred Hospital who reconstructed her face used other parts of her body to repair her damaged face.[7][3][8] By 1993, she had completed 31 surgeries at Alfred Hospital.[9] Eventually, she would have a total of 57 operations.[10]

She has become an advocate for victims' rights.[11] Nesbit began to start public speaking and telling her story in 1999.[12] She stood in the 2002 Victorian state election as an independent but was not elected.[4]

Nesbit's attacker, Mallinder, was found not guilty of "wounding with intent to cause murder" but guilty of "wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm"[13] and sentenced to the maximum permissible 15 years in prison, which was reduced on appeal to 13 years with an 11-year non-parole period.[14] He was released from prison after serving seven years.[4]

References
  1. Birnbauer, Bill (20 June 1986). "Resilience, Warmth, the Keys to Rebuilding a Shattered Life". The Age. p. 14. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Daly, Martin (17 November 1992). "Nesbit Is In Fear of Her Life". The Age. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Birnbauer, Bill (5 May 1987). "Rib Forms a New Cheek for Kay Nesbit". The Age. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Kay Nesbit, George Negus Tonight, ABC Television, 24 September 2003.
  5. "A Baby Borne of Love and Pain". The Age. 14 October 1990. p. 21. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Appeal for Shotgun Victim Tops $205,000". The Age. 18 October 1986. p. 13. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Birnbauer, Bill (20 June 1986). "Resilience the Key to Rebuilding a Broken Life". The Age. p. 1. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Another Step in the Remaking of a Face". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 May 1987. p. 6. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Young, Leith (18 March 1993). "Special Surgery for Kay Nesbit". The Age. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Francis, Rosemary (30 July 2008). "Nesbit, Kay". The Australian Women's Register. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  11. Catalano, Antony (7 July 1992). "Nesbit Urges Second Chance for Attacker". The Age. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Elder, John (29 August 1999). "The Face of Outrageous Fortune Goes Public". The Age. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Kay has new lease of life, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 June 1986. (Google News Archive)
  14. Court reduces jail term for Kay Nesbit gunman, The Age, 28 August 1986. (Google News Archive)

Further reading
  • Birnbauer, Bill (1989). Face value : the Kay Nesbit story. Ringwood: Penguin. ISBN 0140107746.
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