❤️HER NAME IS DAYNA ISAAC! ❤️
‘She was my princess and I just miss her.’
Her name Is Dayna Isaac. Paul Jason Sultana murdered Dayna at her home in Penrith, NSW, on January 2, 2023. She was only 28.
There’s information about Dayna’s murder that I cannot repeat here because it is beyond the levels of horrific. Even for me – a journalist who writes daily on the atrocities endured by women at the hands of men – there is one detail that is simply cruel and unforgettable.
The She Matters posts are not about the crimes committed against women, though they must be aired as context and to help educate others on the war women face everyday in our homes, in our streets, in our workplaces, in our parks, even in our shopping centres.
Dayna wanted to be free of her abuser but he would not let her go – he would not let her out of his control.
In the lead-up to ending Dayna’s life, he subjected her to ongoing coercive control and abuse.
On her last day, he hid outside her home with rope and tape and attacked her as she came from work.
He dragged her into the apartment where he subjected her to atrocities.
On remand, the killer boasted of what he did to Dayna.
“The last minutes of her life were ones in which she must have been terrified at the thought of what was happening,” the sentencing judge said last week.
Sultana was convicted of Dayna’s murder and sentenced to a maximum of 44 years behind bars – one of the longest sentences I have seen for femicide and surely one that should set a precedent for every killed woman. He will be eligible for parole after 33 years.
Dayna’s dad Garry English said she was his best friend.
“She used to ring me 10 times a day with dumb stuff,” he said.
“(She’d say) ‘Hey, Dad, what you doing? What’s for lunch?’
“I’d get SMS’s all the time. We just bounced off each other.
“He got what he deserved.
“It’s not going to bring my princess back.
“Dayna was my princess and I just miss her.”
Garry said he could not bring Dayna back but as a society, we could make a difference.
“Educate kids, aunties, uncles, neighbours. If there’s a problem, please report it,” he said.
“People just have to be aware. And if there’s a problem, please tell or ring someone.
“That’s how I feel with it all, there’s not enough awareness.”
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