{
  "id": 13575288,
  "title": "Prosecutors will not appeal sentencing of DV murderer Daniel Billings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/prosecutors-will-not-appeal-sentencing-of-dv-murderer-daniel-billings",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-10T23:12:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-11/odpp-wont-appeal-billings-sentence-for-molly-ticehurst-murder/107169404"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has decided not to appeal the 28-year prison sentence handed to Daniel Billings for the murder of his former partner, Molly Ticehurst. Billings, 31, pleaded guilty to stabbing Ticehurst to death in her home in Forbes in April 2024. The judge imposed a non-parole period of 20 years before considering release. The ODPP determined the sentence was appropriate following careful consideration of the circumstances. Billings will be eligible for parole in 2044. The ODPP had 28 days to appeal, but opted against it. The independent member for Orange, Phil Donato, expressed disappointment with the decision, stating the case was one of the most serious types of domestic homicide. The victim's family and supporters, including Ticehurst's childhood friend Aidan Clark, have called for a harsher sentence, with Clark describing Billings as a \"bastard\" and Ticehurst's family seeking justice for losing their daughter.",
  "summary": "The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will not appeal the 28-year sentence handed down to murderer Daniel Billings. The 31-year-old stabbed his former partner Molly Ticehurst to death in 2024.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}