LUKE BATTY - MURDERED 11 YR OLD BOY - THE PROTECTION OF THE INNOCENT - DOCUMENTARY EXCLUSIVE !

It was a crime that left Australians horrified. Eleven-year-old Luke Batty, brutally killed by his father during a mid-week cricket practice, his mother Rosie and others nearby. "For some reason I thought he was safer in an open space with people around and then you realise that you're not safe." Rosie Batty, Luke's Mother Within hours, Luke's father Greg Anderson was also dead - shot in the chest at the scene when he threatened police.This week Geoff Thompson reports on the often hidden scourge of family violence that was laid bare in a very public way in an outer Melbourne suburb earlier last year. For years, Rosie Batty struggled to manage the increasingly violent behaviour of the father of her son. She called for help - loud and clear. She involved the police, the courts, child protection and social workers to keep her son and herself safe. But this didn't happen.