One of the final social media posts of a woman, killed in an alleged domestic violence incident at one of Australia’s most luxurious hotels, showed she was “loving life” before her untimely end.
She thanked her best friend for the hotel stay, a fellow lawyer she referred to as “Lawyer of the Year.”He was also allegedly found at the scene with self-inflicted wounds but was able to stand during his appearance before Magistrate Stephen Butcher.Pearson, represented by solicitor Reid Hogan, was wearing a white forensic jumpsuit and was unshaven.Alice Mcshera / Facebook
WA Police Inspector Geoff Desanges told media on Tuesday that Crown security staff checked on the hotel room after receiving a call from a concerned family member.On her Facebook page on Sunday, McShera had posted about staying at the hotel, telling followers she was “spending the night before my next surgery … drinking Dom , watching old DVDs, and loving life.”“A family member who was seeking to get hold of one of the people in that room had spoken to Crown Towers,” he said.
She obtained her Master of Laws from the Australian National University in 2015 and was a member of the Family Law Practitioners Association of Western Australia and the Law Society of Western Australia. Keegan Family Lawyers said in a social media post that Ms McShera had been “a strong woman, a powerful woman, an amazing barrister and lawyer.”“You fought for those who couldn’t fight for themselves. You were a friend, a colleague, and someone to aspire to. I cannot believe you have been taken from us.Murray Chambers said everyone had been left “deeply shocked at the terrible news regarding our respected and much-loved colleague and friend.
Anti-domestic violence organization White Ribbon Australia said McShera was the 43rd woman to die this year due to alleged violence.Before becoming an independent barrister, McShera practiced as a senior associate in a boutique family law firm and, prior to that, was a legal associate to a WA Family Court judge.