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Introducing | Tammy's Story

Tammy Shipley asked to be arrested so she could feel safe. After she was placed under 24-hour surveillance, something terrible took place.

A new three-part series by Kirstie Wellauer and Joanna McCarthy investigates how it unfolded.

A loving mother of five, Tammy could really make her kids laugh.

But she'd started to believe she was in danger — that someone was out to get her.

A couple of weeks before Christmas, she walked into a Sydney police station looking for protection. She asked to be arrested and just wanted to feel safe.

She was put under 24-hour surveillance.

Then, over the course of…

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