The Canberra Times | Tara Costigan's murder rocked Canberra and stirred domestic violence debate The Canberra Times It was the savage swing of an axe that ended a young mother's life in bloody horror, shattered an aghast family and forced Canberra's secret scourge of domestic violence out from behind closed doors. Marcus Rappel's vicious attack on the woman he once ... Tara Costigan axe killer gets 26 years ACT man jailed for 26 years for brutal murder Family of woman murdered in front of her children labels domestic violence a 'national disgrace' |