Notorious murderer and serial Victorian rapist, Adrian Ernest Bayley, has won an appeal against a previous conviction which will reduce his 43-year minimum jail term to 40 years.

The 44-year-old had served several previous jail sentences and was on parole when he raped and murdered ABC employee Jill Meagher in a Brunswick street in September 2012.

Last year, Bayley’s non-parole period increased from 35 years to 43 years after he was convicted of raping three other women in three separate trials.

The Victorian Court of Appeal judges Marilyn Warren, Mark Weinberg and Phillip Priest handed down the judgment today, reducing Bayley’s sentence by three years.

His appeals against a second rape conviction and the sentence for a third were dismissed.

Bayley will now be eligible for release in 2055, when he is 83 years old. 

– TiVi Tuan-san