Rebecca Judd has taken another swipe at Victorian lawmakers for its management of a spate of youth crimes plaguing Melbourne’s most affluent suburbs.
On Tuesday, Victoria Police announced via X that a group of teenagers had been charged following an aggravated burglary in Brighton, the ritzy suburb where Rebecca lives.
Rebecca, 41, who lives in a $7.3 million Brighton mansion with her AFL star husband Chris and their four children, promptly reposted the announcement to Instagram Stories alongside a sarcastic caption.
‘Thank you @VictoriaPolice. They probably got let out on bail and you might have to arrest them again tonight. And tomorrow. And the next day,’ she wrote.
Her post referred to a recent report published by the Herald Sun about Melbourne’s Bayside suburb crime wave, which confirmed that 80 repeat youth offenders had been arrested and released more than 10 times each over the past year.
Rebecca Judd, 41, (pictured) has taken another swipe at Victorian lawmakers for its management of a spate of youth crimes plaguing Melbourne ‘s most affluent suburbs
The footy WAG had initially responded to this report last week, writing on Instagram Stories: ‘Victoria Police are doing their job. The justice system and State Government are not.’
The footy WAG then took a direct swipe at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan, accusing her of ‘staying quiet while we wonder if a gang of machete wielding youths are going to invade our homes while our children sleep.’
‘Lock bail offenders up. Ban machetes and other weapons. There’s a start,’ she added.
Reposting an announcement from Victoria Police about a group of teens being arrested, Rebecca wrote: ‘Thank you @VictoriaPolice. They probably got let out on bail and you might have to arrest them again tonight. And tomorrow. And the next day’
Her post referred to a recent report published by the Herald Sun about Melbourne’s Bayside suburb crime wave, which confirmed that 80 repeat youth offenders had been arrested and released more than 10 times each over the past year. (Rebecca pictured with husband Chris)
It’s not the first time Rebecca has publicly spoken about her concerns regarding the youth crime wave plaguing Victoria.
In January, Rebecca publicly called for Ms Allan to ‘fix the system’ in January, following the alleged murder of Dr Ashley Gordon by two teenagers.
Posting to Instagram at the time, Rebecca said it was sad to see how broken the justice system had become, and implored Ms Allan to lock offenders up.
The footy WAG had initially responded to this report last week, writing on Instagram Stories: ‘Victoria Police are doing their job. The justice system and State Government are not’
‘This story is so sad. The justice system is broken. Fix this Jacinta Allan. Let this be your legacy,’ she wrote alongside a report of Dr Gordon’s death.
‘Until the “prevention first” strategy starts to work among teens (might take years. Might never work!), you must keep the community safe by locking up violent offenders.’
In June 2022, Rebecca once again made headlines by saying she felt ‘unsafe’ in her mansion, after a spate of home invasions in her area.
The footy WAG then took a direct swipe at Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan (pictured), accusing her of ‘staying quiet while we wonder if a gang of machete wielding youths are going to invade our homes while our children sleep
Posting to Instagram, the WAG claimed the Victorian Government didn’t ‘seem to care’ about the ‘rapes, bashings and home invasions at the hands of the gangs in Bayside’.
‘I personally know two women who have experienced home invasions in Brighton in the last few weeks while they were at home,’ she said.
She also reposted CCTV footage of a group of young men lurking outside properties in her affluent suburb and claimed it made her feel ‘unsafe’.
The teenagers, who were allegedly armed with knives, were filmed lurking outside several properties in the Bayside area before crashing a stolen BMW into a tree.
